This past week the CSDR Cheer Team has been very busy! When the volleyball and football games were cancelled Wednesday due to the poor air quality attributed to the fires, the cheer team stayed in Riverside and practiced indoors to be ready for their first competition against hearing teams. While everyone else was relaxing at home on Thursday and Friday, the cheer team was on campus practicing. Despite the fact that Riverside had a power outage on Friday, the team spent the whole day learning the end of the dance and putting the competition routine together.

All of their hard work paid off! On Saturday, Oct. 27, the CSDR Cheer Team attended the Sharp International Cheer Competition at Norte Vista High School in Riverside. For all but five of our team members, hearing competition was a new experience! Joining us for the first time in CSDR history, our Elementary Cubbie Cheer Team also competed at the hearing competition.

I am proud to announce that the CSDR Cheer Team and Cubbie Team both won 1st place in their divisions! The high school team earned 91.25 points out of 100! Our Cubbies earned . But the most exciting news of all is that CSDR won Best Spirit over all of the hearing teams that were there! Go Cubs!!

Our Cubs and Cubbies also entered individual contests that were open to anyone who wanted to be involved. The outcome was awesome! Open Partner Stunts: Jerome Starr (CSDR graduate ’05, former cheerleader, and assistant elementary cheer coach) won 1st place with Karina Torres. High School Partner Stunts: 1st place – Louie Barrios and Crystal Hernandez. Best Toe-Touch Jump: 1st place – Jerome Starr, 2nd place – Louie Barrios, 3rd place – Karina Torres. Elementary Best Toe-Touch: 2nd place: Jarita Bustamante. Best Tumbling: 1st place: Louie Barrios, 2nd place (Elementary division): Jarita Bustamante.

After the competition many of the judges and spectators approached me and complimented our team. When you see these team members be sure to congratulate them for representing CSDR and the Deaf community extremely well: CSDR Cheer: (seniors) Louie Barrios, Nicole Castle, Crystal Hernandez, Annette Hocum, Sufia Jamal, Roxy Rocha, Karina Torres, Nathan Yoo, (juniors) Marco Duarte, Wallace Soriano, (sophomores) Alejandrina Contreras, Renea Corley-Gamble, (freshmen) Zelene Sandoval, Marilyn Rivas, Ian Vasquez.

Cubbies: Darissa Bashaw, Janae Blakely, Jarita Bustamante, Jalena Cochran, Janelle Coons, Brianna Lesti, Sukie Miller, Janae Mixon, Sabrina Padilla, Catalina Romero, Christina Vu, Ciara Williams, Malia Zornoza.

Full of CSDR Cub Pride,

Stacey Hausman
Head Cheer Coach

When: Today! Friday, October 5th
Who: CSDR Cubs vs Saddleback Valley Christian
Where: CSDR Football Field
Kick-off Time: 3:00 PM

The seven cheerleaders and two coaches will be taking the field trip to Texas School for the Deaf for Spike Out Volleyball Tournament and Football game versus Texas School for the Deaf starting Thursday, Sept. 20th through Sunday, Sept. 23rd. Spike Out Tournament will be held at TSD on both days, Friday and Saturday. Football game, CSDR vs TSD is being scheduled on Saturday evening, 5:30 PM.

Who is going, you wonder? They are:

Louie Barrios, Senior
Nathan Yoo, Senior
Karina Torres, Senior
Roxanna Rocha, Senior
Nicole Castle, Senior
Crystal Hernandez, Senior
Desiree Bell, Senior

Stacey Hausman, Head Coach
David Terrell, Assistant Coach

Wish us luck!! If you are going to Texas, see us there!

Go Cubs!

Who: CSDR Cubs versus Ribet Academy Fightin’ Frogs
When: Today, Friday Sept. 7, 2007
Where: CSDR football field
Time: 3:00 PM Kick Off

Be there!

On Sunday, August 19th, 16 cheerleaders attended Sports Training Camp at CSDR to prepare for Fall season. We have learned 10 cheers, 5 dance routines, and basic stunts and alot of team building activities.

Our new uniforms with Varsity Spirit Fashions has been ordered. We should expect them within 5 weeks.

Our first day of school was last Monday as well our first cheerleading practice.

Our first game, scrimmage, on Friday, Aug. 31st at 3:00pm, CSDR football field.

This is going to be great year!

Today’s the last day of school at CSDR. Everyone has gone home about 2 hours ago.

It’s summer break!

We will resume our new cheerleading season, 2007-08, starting August 19th. We will begin with Fall Training Camps to prepare the 2007 Cubs football season. We may expect to have approximately 22 cheerleaders with 8 returning members next Fall! With the fallout of previous uniform company that went out of business, we had to start all over again with the uniforms. We have ordered our new uniforms from Varsity Spirit Fashions which we will expect to be ready in the Fall.

CSDRcheer.com website will be in a full extreme makeover hopefully in August/September.

We’ll be adding sponsorship opportunities for any businesses who’d love to sponsor our cheer team to alleviate the costs for our uniforms, accessories, and summer camp.

Have a great summer! See you in Fall ‘07.

It is time of the year, we’re bidding our farewell to these four Seniors cheerleaders who will be graduating today at graduation ceremony! They are:

Kristina Nesel - 4 years
Samantha Gonzales - 3 years
Adelaida Moreno - 3 years
AnaRosa Ramirez - 1 year

It has been a such a joy having these very talented and bright young ladies being on our team. We wish you best of luck!

Go Cubs!

The news came in tonight just a moment ago.

Our cheer team won the 2007 Clerc Classic Cheerleading Champion!!!

Pictures coming soon.

The six members of CSDR Cheerleaders has been chosen. They are Nathan, Louie, Karina, Adelaida, Samantha and Kristina. They have been working very hard learning the two routines, a dance routine and a cheer routine to prepare for Clerc Classic Cheerleading Competition this upcoming Saturday, Jan. 13th at 5:30 PM at Gallaudet University’s Fieldhouse.

The cheerleaders has departed with Varsity Boys & Girls’ basketball teams this morning to Baltimore and ride down to Washington, D.C. today.

Good luck!!! Bring us the 1st place trophy home!