Practice

Varsity will resume practice Tuesday, August 25. There will be no more monday practices for Varsity. Practices will be from 3:30 pm-5:00 pm from now until remainder of the season. For JV practice information contact coach jones.

Thanks,
Gini Taylor-Varsity Coach

New Info

Hello everyone. Official practice begins on Monday, August 17, from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. Varsity will practice monday-thursday, and will leave ths @ 5:00 pm sharp on friday for the game at polk. JV will also practice monday-thursday for the week of August 17, but will begin a new practice schedule the week of August 24. Please contact the coaches for any practice info. If you have not turned in your payment for the month of july, that is highy overdue. Please get those final payments in as soon as possible. Pictures went as smoothly as possible, thanks to everyone. We will get them to you as soon as they are finished.

The 2009 football schedule is as follows:
August 21-Varsity @ Polk
August 27-JV (home) vs Asheville
August 28- Varsity @ Asheville
September 18- Varsity (home) vs Rutherfordton
September 24-JV @ Smoky Mountain
September 25- Varsity (home) vs. Smoky Mountain
October 1- JV (home) vs. Brevard
October 2- Varsity @ Brevard
October 8- JV @ North Henderson
October 9- Varsity (home) vs North Henderson
October 15- JV @ Pisgah
Ocotber 16- Varsity (home) vs Pisgah
October 22- JV (home) vs West Henderson
October 23- Varsity @ West Henderson
October 29- JV (home) vs. East Henderson
October 30- Varsity @ East Henderson
November 5- JV @ Franklin
November 6- Varsity (home) vs Franklin

IMPORTANT MEETING

There will be a very important meeting held on Thursday, June 18 at 6:00 pm @ THS. Those cheerleaders who have not turned in their size forms need to bring them to the meeting. If you will not be able to attend the meeting, please contact one of the coaches and tell them the size of shoe you will need. Also, the deadline for business cards/adds is July 15. In order to receive your money earlier, you need to bring in the material received from the business so that we may put the money you have raised into your account before the next payment is due. At this meeting a schedule for summer practices will be available, as well as most of our camp wear with exception of the shoes due to some cheerleaders failing to turn in their sizes. Camp begins on June 22, so it is very important that you are able to either come to this meeting or get in touch with one of the coaches before camp starts!

Thank You,

Gini

Important Dates to Remember

May 28th, 8pm: Free Sports Physicals @ Haywood Regional Health and Fitness Center

May 29th: 2nd payment due (subtract $35.00 from your camp deposit bill due to the previous payment made on 5/15)

June 22-24, 9am: Camp

July 2, 10am: Summer practices begin

July 21, 9am-2pm: Community Cheer Camp

Thanks-Gini

Reminder

The first payment on all accounts is due on Friday, May 15th. You can turn in the $35.00 payment to the Tuscola High School office and ask for it to be placed into the cheerleading box. If you were unable to attend the meeting on May 7th, you missed a very valuable fundraising opportunity. Please get in contact with one of the coaches to discuss everything that was mentioned at the meeting.

Thank You, Coach Gini Jones

Official Meeting Date

We are very sorry for the delay, but the meeting will be on thursday, May 7th at 6pm. This meeting is for both parents and cheerleaders. At the meeting we will be discussing camp, appaeral, fundraisers and competitions. If you are unable to attend please contact Gini or Dawn and we will make other arrangments to get the information to you.

Thank you,

Coach Gini Jones

Congratulations to the 2009 football and competition cheerleading teams! We are so excited about what the upcoming season is going to hold. There is a projected cheer meeting for both parents and cheerleaders on Tuesday, MAy 5th at 7:00pm in the THS cafeteria. This again is not final, but anticipated. Thank you for all of you hard work. A final date will be announced at both WMS and THS about the meeting so keep your ears open!

Thank You--Coach Gini, Coach Dawn and Coach Chelsea

Try-out Dance, Cheer and Arm Drill Videos

Dance

Cheer

Arm Drill

Opportunity for Extra Try-Out Help

Can't make it to the clinic, or feel like you need a little extra one-on-one cheerleading help?

Conact Paige Jones @ 828-400-4084---text or call
$10/hour
availabe April 25th-28th to go over everything you need to know and do for try-outs, including: dance, cheer, arm drill and jumps!

Reminder

Remember that all forms including: 4 teacher recommendations, parental and cheerleading candidate consent, proof of current physical, and latest report card are due no later then 2:00 pm on Tuesday, April 28th. Place these in the THS office in the cheerleading box, or in the temporary cheer box at WMS.
*If you recieved a free physical @ the Haywood Regional Fitness Center, your physical is still current. You do need to turn in proof that you did recieve that.

If you were unable to attend the try-out meeting on April 9th there will be more try-out packets available in the WMS and THS office after the week of spring break.

Remember: you only have 2 weeks to complete and turn in everything in the packet. It is vital that you accomplish the above requirements or else you will not be eligable to try-out.

If you have any questions feel free to caontact the coaches.

Try-out packets for those who will not be able to attend the informational meeting on Thursday, April 9th are now available in both the THS and WMS main office.

If you have any questions or concerns about not being able to attend the meeting feel free to call Gini at 828-400-4083

Information on the new 3 squad plan

This year Tuscola is going to be trying a new cheerleading plan and it is as follows:

There will be a total of three different squads. For the football and basketball seasons there will be separate tryouts.

There still will be a competition squad, but the decision for who makes the competition team will be determined on the top 16 scores of all girls who tryout.

Due to the North Carolina High School Cheerleading Rules, a cheerleader who participates in competition must be cheering during the sport that is in process. Competition will occur during both football and basketball season, so those cheerleaders who want to tryout and participate on the competition team must cheer for both football and basketball.

If you only wish to try out for the football team you will not be eligible to cheer for competition.

On the day of the cheerleading try out clinic, April 25th, you will fill out a form to determine whether you would like to try out for the football team only, or tryout for the competition team (football and basketball). If you do make one of the top scores but only wish to cheer for football, you will be put on the football only squad.

For those cheerleaders who do tryout for both the football only and competition team, and do not make high enough scores to be a part of the competition squad, but do score high enough to be on the JV or Varsity football squad, you will be put on the football only squad.

If you wish to cheer for basketball and do not make the competition team, there will be another tryout held for basketball season cheerleaders.

This means that during the basketball season tryouts will be held to replace the football only cheerleaders. The basketball only cheerleaders will cheer at all home and away basketball games, but will not be eligible to compete.

On the day of the clinic you will be asked to do the following:
Check one, or both of the below:
Football only ________
Competition (Football and Basketball) _________

You must check both to be eligible for both positions. If you only check Competition, and did not meet the scoring requirements, but did score a high enough number to make the football only team but failed to select both options, then you will not be paced on the football only team. So, in order to be put on just competition or football only select a single team, if you wish to make any squad you are eligable for you must select both.

*Please be ready to make the above decision by April 25th.

Meet the Coahes!

Gini lauren Jones: Varsity Coach

birthday: 5-20-89
experience: 18 years of dance (12 of which were competitive), 6 years of cheerleading, 1 year of coaching, competition coreographer for 2 years
hobbies: church, being with family and friends, cheerleading, dancing
other information: current student at Western Carolina University studying Education. Engaged to Andrew Taylor, getting married August 2, 2009.


Dawn Jones: Junior Varsity Coach

birthday: 9-22-67
experience: 1 previous year of coaching jv, numerous years of watching 3 daughters dance, and 2 of them cheer
hobbies: church, being with family and friends, coaching
other information: assistant teacher in the OCS department at THS, married to Johnny Jones, a devoted father and fan of tuscola cheerleading.

2009-2010 cheerleading motto: "If it's in your heart, it shows in your spririt."

Tuscola cheerleading has a major job of being role models for younger girls in the community, and for the school in general. As coaches we plan to make sure that THS cheerleading is just this!

Try-Outs

Tuscola High School 2009-2010 Cheerleading tryouts will be held on Wednesday, April 29th starting at 3:30 pm.



There will be an informational meeting for both parents and perspective cheerleaders on Thursday, April 9th at 5:30 pm in the THS lobby area. At this meeting the packets full of forms and information required for tryouts will be handed out.



There will be a cheerleading try-out clinic held on Saturday, April 25th from 9am to 3pm , where the dance, cheer, arm drill and jumps will be learned in order to try-out for the team. If you are unable to attend this there will be opportunities to learn the routines, but attending the clinic is highly recommended. This clinic will be held at THS in the gym.



for more information concerning the 2009-2010 try-out schedule, please contact Gini Jones at carolinachic89@yahoo.com or (828)400-4083

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