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December 2013

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Spreading Good Cheer
AHS Cheerleaders visit the Cardinal Cushing School
Mikalya Rooney
Contributor
Senior Mikayla Rooney is
a Co-Captain on the
cheerleading team
This fall the Abington
High School cheerleaders
took part in several community service projects.
The most memorable was
a visit with the special
needs students of the Cardinal Cushing School in
Hanover. The Green Wave
cheerleaders had the opportunity to show their
routine to the students as
well as teach them a few
of their cheers. In return,

the students showed off a
few cheer moves of their
own.
During the event, Abington cheerleaders and the
Cardinal Cushing students
took part in many games
and a crazy round of
freeze dance. Before the
Cardinal Cushing students
left they gave each cheerleader a piece of felt with
a word or design on it as
a token of their appreciation for spending time
with them. As we left,
many of my teammates
could be seen with their
felt attached to their

bags, proudly showing off their gifts to
everyone. “It is a
great experience to
spend time and
bond with these
students. We look
forward to it every
year. Nothing is better
than seeing the smile and
glow on their faces,” said
co-captain Shannon Cardinal. The happiness and
joy that comes along with
visiting the Cardinal Cushing students made this
event an everlasting memory for the Green Wave
cheer team.

Courtesy Green Wave
Cheerleaders

―It is a great experience to spend time and bond with these students.
We look forward to it every year. Nothing is better than seeing the smile
and glow on their faces‖— Co-Captain Shannon Cardinal

Cheerleading Success
The Green Wave Girls are headed to Nationals
Vinny Picardi
Contributor

yet another challenge in
the regional meeting.

The Abington High
School cheerleading
team marched into competition season with
high hopes and confidence. The girls are led
by Coach Kim Hicks,
now in her fourth year
as coach at AHS. There
was something different
about this group of
cheerleaders. In their
first two invitationals the
team placed first in both
competitions. This energized the group to capture an impressive third
place spot in the South
Shore League competition advancing them to

Going into the competition held at Dartmouth
High School, the Green
Wave Cheerleaders
were ready to take on
the best from around
the state. Unfortunately
the girl‟s dreams of
going to nationals in
the spring were cut
short by just half a
point at the regional
competition. “I was devastated. We all were.
But, I was proud of the
season we had and everything we accomplished,” said Senior Co
-Captain Shannon Cardinal.

The very next day in
school the team received
a text from Coach Hicks
that preserved their season. The text assured
the cheerleading team
they got a bid to compete in the state competition. Co-Captain Mikayla Rooney said receiving that text felt like it
was meant to be. “We
worked too hard this
season for it to end that
quickly,” said Rooney.
The Green Wave used
this fuel to take home
sixth place in the state
competition at Wachusett Regional High
School and booked them
a flight to Nationals in
Florida this spring.

The Girls Get Focused before
a competition (Courtesy
Green Wave Cheerleaders)