Coupeville Sports

Lainey Dickson

A new high school sports year approaches and the Coupeville High School cheer squad is hard at work.

To get you ready, we present a series of features on Wolf cheerleaders, with the headline to each article paying tribute to 2009’s “Fired Up!,” the best cheerleader movie ever made.

Yeah, you heard me the first time, “Bring it On.” I said it and I meant it.

The proud Dickson football legacy lives on at CHS.

Older brother Jared graduated in June after a stellar gridiron career and is off on a two-year Mormon mission, but sisters Allison and Lainey are returning to the sidelines as key members of the Wolf cheer squad.

Lainey, who will be a sophomore in the fall, is entering her second year cheering for the red and black, and she remains as excited by it today as she was on the first day.

“I always wanted to be a cheerleader, and it sounded like a good opportunity to be part of a team and boost Coupeville spirit,” Dickson said. “I enjoy learning new cheers and dances.

“I also enjoy being part of a stunt group and part of a team, because we all learn how to work together and get things done.”

Dickson has played other sports along the way, participating in track and soccer when she was younger. She also hopes to join the CHS softball team in the spring.

While cheer is considered an activity, and not a sport, by CHS administrators, Lainey is content in the knowledge she and her teammates are putting in as much hard work as anyone in a Wolf uniform.

“Technically we aren’t considered a sport, but we practice just as much if not more than other sports,” Dickson said. “It takes just as much commitment and hard work as any sports team!”

When she’s not working the sidelines, Dickson enjoys playing the piano and loves to “walk around my house listening to Disney music, too!”

Like her brother before her, she is quick to praise the job her parents (Randy and Lisa Dickson) have done in raising a family that’s deeply committed to each other and their faith.

“My parents have been amazing examples of the person I want to be, and have always supported me in the decisions I make,” she said. “So I would definitely say I am the person I am because of them.”