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“Cheer is fun!!”

Posted in Cheer, tagged , , , , on September 10, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Wolf cheerleader Mira Mostafavinassab works the sidelines during a CHS football game. (Photo courtesy Jen Mostafavinassab)

Nothing slows down Mira Mostafavinassab.

While some of us complain about minor aches and pains, the Coupeville High School senior faces much bigger challenges with an up-beat attitude, determined to do everything her classmates do.

“Although having Down Syndrome makes me different, I am a typical teenager that loves the band One Direction, watching movies, and spending time with my friends,” Mostafavinassab said.

She’s in her second season on the Wolf cheer squad, and was in the thick of things Friday as she and her squad performed for fans during the home opener against La Conner.

Mostafavinassab is a veteran of the cheer game, having also put in three years for a youth team called the Evergreen Shooting Stars in Woodinville.

From the moment she showed up for Friday night’s performance, Mostafavinassab was a vital presence for the Wolves.

Other cheerleaders came over to hug her while the team was setting up, and she returned their love back to them, capturing the cheer squad’s Ohana mentality.

“Cheer is fun and I love hanging out with the cheer team,” Mostafavinassab said. “They are all so sweet.”

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“It’s so much fun!!”

Posted in Cheer, tagged , , , , on August 23, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Jessica Acosta

Friendship brought Jessica Acosta to cheerleading, and friendship is keeping her there.

The Coupeville High School sophomore, who is entering her first season with the Wolf cheer squad, is a firm believer in the Ohana lifestyle which springs from being part of a team.

“I started this summer at cheer camp and I started because it’s something that I have always wanted to do and it’s something I could do with my friends,” Acosta said.

“What I enjoy about cheer is learning the cheers,” she added. “It’s so much fun and I also really enjoy stunts.”

When she’s not working on her cheer game, Acosta enjoys playing soccer and spending time with family and friends.

A fan of her Spanish class (“I knew what I was doing and I got to work with my classmates and that was something I really enjoyed”), she can often be found listening to music and sets no limits on what tunes she enjoys.

“I don’t have a certain type of music genre that I listen to,” Acosta said. “I like to listen to different music and discover something new, because I could like something I haven’t listened to.”

As she and her cheer teammates put in long hours of work with new coaches Emily Stevens and Amanda Jones to prepare for the fall season, they do so without being acknowledged as a sport.

Each Washington state high school is allowed to choose whether they consider cheer a sport or an activity, and CHS currently opts for the latter.

That’s something Acosta would like to see change.

“I feel like cheer should be considered a sport because we do warmups, we also run and we do just as much work as other sports do,” she said.

Either way, Acosta will continue to put all her effort into making her first season on the sidelines an impressive one.

“I’m not doing any other sports or activities, so that I can really focus on cheer and be able to give it my all.”

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One more cheer!!

Posted in Cheer, tagged , , , , , on February 5, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Natalie Hollrigel

   Natalie Hollrigel somersaulted away with the Coaches Award when CHS cheer honors were announced. (John Fisken photos)

Natasha Estes (left) and Claire Mietus have a deep discussion about the program.

   Natasha Estes (left) and Claire Mietus have a deep discussion about the program.

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Ohana.

The loudest team gets honored first.

Capping a successful winter cheer campaign, Coupeville High School is handing out awards and letters to a larger-than-average squad.

After topping out at five to six for basketball season in recent years, the Wolves had an enthusiastic roster which went 15 athletes deep this time around.

Six of those girls are taking home awards, led by captains Kaela Hollrigel and Claire Mietus.

Joining them are Natasha Estes (Wolf Award), Natalie Hollrigel (Coaches Award), Nanci Melendrez-Partida (Most Improved) and Mckenzie Meyer (Most Spirited).

Letter winners:

Julie Bucio
Maggie Crimmins
Natasha Estes
Sophie Fürtjes
Kaley Grigsby
Gaby Halpin
Kaela Hollrigel
Natalie Hollrigel
Ja’Tarya Hoskins
Nanci Melendrez-Partida
Mckenzie Meyer
Claire Mietus
Mira Mostafavinassab
Heather Nastali
Mica Shipley

Also honored:

Abby Hamilton (Manager)
Cassidy Moody (Mascot)

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Long may Lainey reign!!

Posted in Cheer, Happy birthday, tagged , , , , , on July 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Birthday girl Lainey Dickson.

Birthday girl Lainey Dickson.

She is like a ray of sunshine on the prairie, isn’t she?

Like big sis Allison before her, Coupeville High School cheerleader Lainey Dickson has so much spirit and energy, it would be a crime against humanity if she wasn’t a cheerleader.

So, it’s a good thing Lainey, who celebrates a birthday today, chose the Ohana life.

It was, quite simply, her destiny.

Part of a large, very successful athletic family with strong Coupeville ties, Dickson is a young woman going places.

Bright, outgoing, kind, loyal, (I can keep going…), smart as all get-out and able to light up the entire crowd even on a foggy Friday night when the Wolves are four touchdowns behind, she is a winner through and through.

As Lainey celebrates her birthday, nine weeks to the day she and her fellow CHS cheerleaders will return to the field for the 2016 football opener against South Whidbey, we want to wish her the best.

Thank you, Miss Dickson, for being an amazing ambassador for your school, your town, your faith and your family.

We are blessed to have you front and center here in Wolf Nation.

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Not even summer can slow down Wolf cheer!!

Posted in Cheer, tagged , , , , , on June 17, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Julie Bucio (John Fisken photos)

   Julie Bucio, who will be a sophomore in the fall, is one of 13 returning Wolf cheerleaders. (John Fisken photos)

Mckenzie Meyer

Junior-to-be Mckenzie Meyer holds center stage last winter.

The cheer is strong in these ones.

The first Coupeville High School football game sits 77 days away (Sept. 2 at home against South Whidbey), but a strong pack of Wolf cheerleaders are already at work.

CHS coach Cheridan Eck has 25 girls, including 13 returnees, and a manager, who are showing up for mid-June practices.

Summer cheer camp looms in the future, along with countless stunts, cheers and group displays of Ohana.

While the roster may change between now and the start of school, here’s where it stands through June 17 (stars indicate returning cheerleader):

Ashlie Battaglia
Amber Benway
Julie Bucio (*)
Kiara Burdge (*)
Robin Cedillo (*)
Maggie Crimmins
Lainey Dickson (*)
Natasha Estes (*)
Kaley Grigsby
Naika Hallam (*)
Gaby Halpin (*)
Abby Hamilton (*)
Kaela Hollrigel (*)
Natalie Hollrigel
Ja’Tarya Hoskins
Nanci Mellendrez
Mckenzie Meyer (*)
Claire Mietus (*)
Mira Mostafavinassab
Heather Nastali (*)
Alyssa Pigott
Moira Reed (*)
Bronwyn Schmidt
Mica Shipley
Kameryn St Onge
Melissa Otto (Manager)

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