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Hello Spiritline Candidates,

Thank you for your interest in trying out for our Spiritline. The Hillcrest Spiritline has placed multiple times in the State Cheer and Pom competition and our ºÃÉ«µ¼º½regional competition. 

Spiritline at Hillcrest is a cut sport and tryouts are required.  All of the students who make the team cheer for Wrestling Matches and Basketball games and are considered part of Spiritline.   In addition, the students who make Spirtline are required to participate in at least one of our competition teams (Cheer, Pom, Game Day or Multiple Teams).  Students who exhibit good cheer and dance skills are selected for two or three competition teams. The competition team a Spiritline member is selected for is determined by the coach based on feedback from the tryout judges.  Girls who make competition cheer will be placed on the State cheer competition team based on their score.  Girls who make pom are on the state pom team.  Both of these teams compete in the Regional and State competition.  These teams plus any girl who make the game day squad will compete in the game day category at Regionals.    

Our competition teams are Cheer, Pom and Game Day (Regionals only) .  Competition cheer consists of routines that include tumbling and stunting.  Our competition, Pom team is a dance team.  Game day includes a band dance, a cheer and the performance of the school fight song. 

Students tryout in groups of two or three in front of an independent judging panel.  Judges do not work at Hillcrest Middle school and are selected to judge only if they have a background in cheer or dance.  

The information below is the tryout material for the 2024/2025 school year.

Material to be judged during try-outs:

1 Performance Cheer, 1 Sideline Dance, Jumps (toe jump, herkie, pike jump) (See links below)

Gymnastics (Back Handspring, Back Tuck, Back Walkover, Round off), A La Seconde Turns, Ariel (front or side), Stretches - Scale, Heal Stretch (both sides)

*note – Back handspring and back tuck can be running or standing.

 Girls can make the team if they do not have all of the skills judged at tryouts but are encouraged to continue to work to develop or acquire these skills to better position them to make cheer or pom in high school.  Girls are also encourage to stay in their tumbling or dance classes outside of school to continue to develop. 

Jumps

Toe Touch -

Pike Jump -

Herkie -

Cheer-  Back and Front -

Words to the Cheer

Hillcrest (Clap Clap)

Falcons (Clap Clap)

Hillcrest (Clap Clap)

Falcons (Clap Clap)

Hillcrest (Clap Clap

Falcons (Clap Clap)

Here We Go

Hillcrest   

Falcons

We never back down

Our attitude is tough

Our spirits are high

Now Help us (Clap Clap)

Yell out our pride

Red 

Black

And

White

Fight Falcons Fight

Red

Black 

and 

White 

Fight Falcons Fight

Red 

Black 

And 

White

Fight Falcons Fight

Fight Falcons Fight

F

A

L

C

O

N

S

Falcons 

We are the best

Yeah

Tryout Dance (this video contains the dance with and without counts and the music)

A La Seconde Turns (up to four will be judged)

Stretches (Scale and Heal Stretch) -

This is the the judges will be using to evaluate your audition. 

Full tryout packet -

School Fight Song -

2nd place State - Pom 2024 -

3rd place State - Small Show Cheer 2024 -

1st place State - Small Show Cheer 2023 - 

School Assembly Spring 2023 -

2nd place State - Pom 2023 -

1st place State - Dance Solo - Amaya - 2023 -

1st place Regionals - Large Show Cheer 2022 -

1st place State - Pom (Virtual) 2021 -

1st place Regionals, 4th place State - Cheer 2020 -

1st place in State Competition Pom 2018 -

3rd place in State Competition Cheer 2017 - 

2nd place in State Competition Cheer 2016 -   

2nd place in State Competition Pom 2016-   

1st place in State Competition Pom 2013-