Alyssa Alger ’15
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“We do a chant that gets us pumped.” –Kyle Knarr ’15 Bowling
“We all get pumped by doing some Cedar cheers, and we always make the other team jealous of our enthusiasm.” –Trent Chiles ’15 Bowling
“The team listens to music, and everyone tapes their sticks or gets ready to stretch, then we stretch, then jog and get ready. Me, I try and get there a bit before everyone to just get the listen to the music and get my mind focused on the game and what I have to do.” –Zack Taylor ’13 Hockey
“I just like to listen to rock songs, do dynamic and static stretches, and use a foam roller to get my muscles really warmed up. Then I just take some time to visualize what I can do to help get prepared.” –Mitchell Hawes ’14 Hockey
“Something I do to prepare myself is to get us pumped, and then we get in a circle and pray.” –Sara Kriekaard ’16 Basketball
“I listen to music and eat Subway before every game. And with my team, we all listen to rap and hip hop on somebody’s phone, and we also pray.” –Ashley Vanderhoef ’16 Basketball
“As a team, Burrows usually yells and stuff to get us all pumped up.” –Nate Sorensen ’15 Basketball
“We usually listen to music really loud in the locker room and sing and dance.” –Marissa Oakes ’15 Basketball
“Before the competition starts, during the national anthem, we all stand in a line with one hand behind our backs, locking pinkies with the teammates standing behind us and in front of us. Right before we go out on the mat, we have a different chant for each round, and it gets us excited. And we always wear red lipstick at every competition.” –Courtney Piatt ’15 Competitive Cheer
“We usually talk and just chill so we don’t have as much stuff on our minds [so we can] just stick to focusing on basketball.” –DaMarcus Barnett ’16 Basketball
“I listen to music with my team and watch them jump around.” –Shelbi Link ’15 Basketball
“I make myself mad and use that anger out on the mat to win.” –Logan McGahan ’15 Wrestling
“We just joke around a lot to get the nerves out of the way.” –Jessica Wells ’16 Basketball
“We listen to music, and we have a poster we slap before our games.” –Taylor Vandyke ’16 Basketball
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