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Catch a shining Starr!!

Posted in Cheer, Happy birthday, tagged Brittany Starr, Cheer, CHS Wolves, Happy birthday, Julie Bucio on June 11, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Brittany Starr

Starr (middle row, third from left) with her Wolf teammates. (John Fisken photo)

Starr and fellow Wolf cheerleaders Julie Bucio (left) and Katherine Morales hang out while waiting at a UW cheer camp.

Brittany Starr loves her job and it shows.

When she became a Coupeville High School cheerleader this past school year, returning to the sport she was a part of back in her younger days, she immediately seized the moment.

Every chance she had, Starr was right there with teammates and friends like Amanda Nietzel, front and center, capable (and very willing) of being loud and proud in support of her school and classmates.

A friendly, outgoing young woman who celebrates a birthday today, she embraced everything about her new team.

“What isn’t there to enjoy about cheer! The energy of all the girls is just great to be around!,” Starr told me in an interview last year. “When we are with each other, as soon as we walk in the door for practice, everything bad gets put behind us.

“It makes it so easy for all of us all to be our selves around each other.”

Whether she’s putting in work with her teammates or involved in her non-sports life, Starr is one of the best and brightest Wolf Nation has to offer the world.

As she hits her cake day, we want to take a moment to wish the CHS senior-to-be big happy birthday wishes.

May your day shine as brightly as you do, Miss Starr.

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Cheer brings joy to Starr’s life!!

Posted in Cheer, tagged Brittany Starr, Cheer, CHS Wolves on August 29, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Brittany Starr (Photos courtesy Starr)

Starr and teammates share a moment at the end of a paint war with the Wolf football squad.

Cheer puts a smile on Brittany Starr’s face.

“What isn’t there to enjoy about cheer! The energy of all the girls is just great to be around!,” she said. “When we are with each other, as soon as we walk in the door for practice, everything bad gets put behind us.

“It makes it so easy for all of us all to be our selves around each other.”

The CHS junior is new to the Wolf squad but it’s a return to her earlier days, when she took part in junior cheer as an elementary school student.

“I started cheer because this year I wanted to try something different and it keeps me motivated to keep my grades up,” Starr said.

It may also spur her into trying other sports in her remaining time as a Wolf. Either way she is already proud to call herself an athlete.

“When I hear someone say cheer is not a sport it really upsets me; we do just as much, if not more work, than some sports at our school,” Starr said. “I never knew how hard the girls worked until I started this year, but we work all summer.

“Cheer is a sport to me; we work hard to get everything perfect,” she added. “It’s not just yelling and waving our arms around.”

Getting to where she currently is has been made easier with the help of many of those she is closest to, from friends to family.

“My mom was a pretty big impact on who I am today; she also thinks cheer is not a sport but she is the most amazing woman to me,” Starr said. “We don’t have much but she did whatever she could to get me into cheer.

“Then there is my best friend Amanda who has got me through so much. Her and her family are amazing people!,” she added. “But without Mrs. (Kristin) Hurlburt, I would not be in cheer right now. She helped me get scholarships and everything else I needed to pay for cheer.”

As she goes forward, balancing school with cheer, Starr has a wide range of things in her life which bring her joy.

“Algebra and English have always been my favorite classes,” she said. “For my free time I love to draw or paint, sing, and now cheer is one of my favorite things to do, so there’s always that.”

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