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Cheerleading

Coaching Staff

  • Fall Head Coach: Sarah Chamberlain
  • Fall Assistant (JV) Coach: Toniann Klaus
  • Fall Assistant (Freshman) Coach: Lynley Tineo
  • Winter/Competition Head Coach: Sarah Chamberlain
  • Winter Assistant Coach: TBD

Incoming Freshmen Fall Tryouts

If you are interested in trying out for Football Cheer, you need to hand in a new physical form to a nurse by August 12th. You must be cleared by a nurse specifically for Cheer to tryout. The sooner you hand in a physical the better.

  • When: Monday, August 15th and Tuesday, August 16th
  • Where: Meet in Multipurpose room, 2nd floor of Athletic Center
  • Time: 9:00-11:00am

There will be bus pickups at:

  • Passaic City Hall - 8:15am
  • Clifton (Main & Piaget) - 8:20am
  • Paterson City Hall - 8:30am

Mandatory: If you make the team you will have to attend the summer camp August 15th-19th and 22nd-26th from 9-12. No exceptions.

Be on the lookout for an incoming Freshmen Athletics meeting from the Athletic Department. We highly recommend attending.

Competition Tryouts

If you are interested in trying out for Competition Cheer, you need to hand in a new physical or medical update form to a nurse by September 9th. You must be cleared by a nurse specifically for Cheer to tryout.

  • When: Tuesday, September 13th, Wednesday, September 14th, & Thursday, September 15th
  • Where: Meet in Multipurpose room, 2nd floor of Athletic Center
  • Time: 3:00-5:00pm

There will be 5:00 buses home.

Mandatory: If you make the team, you will have to attend the Stunt Camp on Saturday Septemeber 24th from 9-3 and Choreography on Saturday November 19th from 9-5.

General Tryout Information

  • Students must have a physical into the nurse and check to make sure they are cleared before the 1st day of tryouts. The earlier you are cleared the better!
  • Students should come in athletic clothing and sneakers. No jewelry is to be worn. There will be bus transportation to and from tryouts.
  • Students will learn a cheer, dance, and practice their jumps (toe touch, left and right herkies, pike) on Monday and then be scored on Tuesday. Students will be scored from 1 to 5 (1 = poor; 5 = excellent) in the following categories: Cheer, Dance, Motions, Timing, Poise, and Spirit.
  • Competition will have a third day of tryouts which will score athletes on their stunting and tumbling levels.

Information

Fall

  • August practices.
  • Work out on your own in the summer.
  • Need to go to weight room on some OFF days in fall (I will be checking).
  • JV – Monday and Thursday practices; Mon & Thursday & Saturday FB Games.
  • Varsity – Tuesday and Wednesday practices; Friday games.
  • Emphasis on cheers, dancing, and stunting.

Winter

  • December – February practices and games.
  • All on Tuesday or Thursday.
  • Varsity practice in December from 3-5; games at 4 starting in January.
  • Tryouts first week of December.
  • Emphasis on cheers.

Competition

  • Tryouts beginning of September.
  • Mandatory choreography a weekend in November.
  • Co-ed!
  • Don’t need to be on fall or winter.
  • Season is September – beginning of March.
  • Emphasis on Stunting and Tumbling - Looking for more back-handsprings

Accomplishments

  • 2021 Big North Liberty Division Champions
  • 2017 State Divisional Champions - NJCDCA
  • 2015-2016: NJTAC second place overall; NJ States second place overall
  • 2010-2011: NJTAC first place cheer; second place cheer dance, second place overall
  • 2009-2010: NJTAC first place cheer; second place cheer dance, second place overall
  • 2008-2009: NJTAC champs: First place overall
  • 2006-2007: NJTAC second place overall
  • 2005: 8th place at Cheerleading Nationals

Schedules

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Passaic County Technical-Vocational Schools
45 Reinhardt Road, Wayne, NJ 07470
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