Kayla Caudle is entering her first season as a CHS cheerleader. (Submitted photo)
There are a million reasons Kayla Caudle became a cheerleader.
OK, maybe it’s more like five, but that’s still a fair amount.
“I joined because I wanted to expand my horizons, since I was a little kid I’ve always wanted to be a cheerleader, and also I joined to build better friendships and be part of a team, and also cause my friends forced me,” Caudle said.
The Coupeville High School sophomore has a bit of experience in track and field, where she put in part of a season as a freshman, but this is her first crack at cheer.
It’s a decision she’s glad she made.
“My favorite part about cheer is definitely how close everyone on the team is,” Caudle said. “Everyone is just one big family and we are always there for one another no matter what.”
When she’s not working on her new cheer skills, Caudle can usually be found listening to music.
“I don’t have a specific genre,” she said. “I just listen to everything, but mostly rap.”
In cheer, school and everyday life, Caudle tries to conduct herself in a positive manner.
“My little sister influences me to do better because she looks up to me as a older sibling and I want what’s best for her,” she said. “So I try to set a good example in hopes she will follow.”
As she charges enthusiastically into a new world, Caudle, like many of her teammates, can’t help but wonder why cheer is regarded as an activity by her school, and not a sport.
Each school in Washington state makes their own decision on that matter, and she hopes CHS administrators, and Wolf fans, appreciate what the cheer squad accomplishes.
“Cheer is a sport, because we do everything that any other sport teams do,” Caudle said. “We show teamwork and school spirit, and cheer teams do compete!
“And we don’t do all that practice, and all those exercises, to be called an activity.”
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