Nixa Public Schools – New addition cheering on Nixa sports

And, head coaches Andrea Breen and Ariah Willoughby consider that this addition, together with this yr’s crew, is likely one of the greatest ever.

“Followers can anticipate to see extra cheerleaders than ever on the sideline with new expertise and materials,” mentioned the 2. “We actually consider this group of people is the perfect sport day program we have ever had on a Nixa sideline.”

This system is welcoming males, also referred to as the ‘stuntman’, to the sideline.

Breen and Willoughby affirm that this addition offers males with an avenue to proceed their profession and develop lifelong expertise.

“They (stuntmen) are our crew of males that love the ‘stunting’ side of cheer and throwing our feminine athletes within the air,” they mentioned. “It was added due to the quantity of cheer alternatives for males in school cheerleading. Most male cheerleaders, offered they develop the abilities, can typically attend division one school on cheer scholarships that cowl most or all of their tuition.

“The driving power was the alternatives which might be open for males within the cheer world from the collegiate degree to skilled groups. Our long run purpose is to have a varsity co-ed crew along with a varsity all-girl crew,” additionally acknowledged the 2.

This can be a pattern setter for different colleges across the space to comply with, as Nixa is the one one in southwest Missouri rocking a stuntman.

In response to the workers, tryouts have been successful and 4 are rostered on the crew, and constant curiosity is being portrayed.

“We had eight present up for tryouts and at the moment have 4 rostered on the crew. We’ve new questions on a regular basis about becoming a member of,” commented the workers. “We’ve beloved having the boys in observe. They preserve the ladies targeted on their expertise and are continuously hyping the crew as much as hit new expertise. Additionally they have developed a really protecting nature over their stunting companions so our stunting classes are safer than ever.” 

Breen and Willoughby truly have been Nixa cheerleaders and graduates themselves. Breen, class of 2011, and Willoughby, class of 2012, started their teaching careers on the junior excessive degree due to the lasting influence it had on them throughout their time. 

They merely need to present the identical for his or her athletes.

“After we have been in highschool cheer, this system left a exceptional influence on who we’re as adults and coaches,” they mentioned. “Coach Corya was a driving power behind us wanting to teach. The talents we took away from that program helped us form this system to the place it’s now.

“We consider our program offers our athletes life expertise that assist them grow to be profitable and extremely motivated adults as soon as graduating from our groups. Seeing the athletes develop of their expertise and of their private lives offers us the drive to be the perfect teaching workers we will be,” additionally acknowledged the 2.

A linked teaching relationship and crew success and development on the junior excessive degree impressed Breen and Willoughby to pursue the highschool degree. 

The 2 even led their junior excessive program to be one of many space’s greatest.

“After we began teaching the junior excessive collectively in 2015, we shortly realized our teaching kinds and work ethic complimented one another very well,” they mentioned. “We had many profitable years on the junior excessive.

“We grew the crew from 16 to 32 athletes and 3-peat regional championship titles, incomes us the “greatest junior excessive within the midwest” title. We got the chance to assist end out the 2019 season at the highschool which impressed us to carry all our lifelong objectives to the highschool degree,” additionally mentioned the 2.

Now, at the highschool degree, Breen and Willoughby stick with it that success.

In 2019, they began with roughly 18 ladies. Quick ahead two years later they’ve grown to 3 groups with 52 members and added a stuntman. On the junior excessive and highschool ranges, this system has 79 whole athletes cheering on Nixa.

COVID-19 halted all of Nixa’s main cheer competitions, and the vast majority of final season the crew was solely capable of be on the sidelines cheering on Eagles’ soccer and Nixa basketball.

Together with being on the sideline, this yr regional and state competitions are the season objectives.

“As coaches, we’re most excited to compete this yr once more at regionals and state competitors. We’re full hearts and clear eyes set on a state championship,” they mentioned. “Our junior excessive crew shall be competing in each regionals in St. Louis and Kansas Metropolis in October. Our highschool crew shall be competing within the Kansas Metropolis regionals and the state competitors in December.”

With a profitable summer season, the imaginative and prescient is in sight and the search for that title started. Nixa final gained a cheer state championship in 2009.

“Cheer camp was a large success for our program. We introduced a report 75 children to a in a single day camp for 4 days in July,” acknowledged the workers on their summer season occasions. “Nixa cheer sweeped the placements on the final competitors day of tenting, strolling away with first place of their competing divisions.

“All groups competed up a class so our junior excessive competed in opposition to junior varsity groups, our freshman and junior varsity groups competed in opposition to all-girl varsity groups, and our varsity crew and stuntman positioned first total at camp,” additionally they mentioned. 

First glimpse of the brand new Nixa stuntman will be seen on Friday nights cheering on Eagles’ soccer, and Breen and Willoughby’s crew, together with Nixa followers, are in for a memorable yr.

“The vibe and spirit all these children have are going to make for a really enjoyable and memorable yr,” they mentioned.