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by Ted Mallory, BV Cheer Coach

Order a BV Cheer tee-shirt and support cheerleading at Boyer Valley.
We need warm-ups, poms, and a new mascot costume.
Shirts are just $12 for S, M, L, & XL, $14 for XXL and XXXL
Submit your order to Mr. Mallory. SHirts will arrive in January.

Woodbine

  
We finally got all 7 squad members together at a game. Now, if we can get all seven plus Quincy and a mascot at a home game! THAT would be a trick.

Our first time stunting at a game!

Can you believe Cammey can kick like that??!

Senior/Veteran Christine helped out with the game evaluation

Wishing for snow, the girls decide to form a snowflake during practice last week.

Quincy's Angels

The following story ran in the Thursday, December 10, 2009 Dunlap Reporter

Boyer Valley freshman Quincy Baker has a lot of school spirit. He's really wanted to participate in school activities and be a part of a team just like his older brother, Senior Colton Baker. But Quincy is a special needs student with a lot of limitations. It isn't always easy for him to communicate, he's endured hundreds of surgeries in his short lifetime and because he's so slim, a lot of people assume that he's more frail than he is.

For a long time it looked like school sports was just out of the question. But part way through football season last fall, Quincy had three "angels" intervene for him. Senior Football Cheerleaders Sasha Meggers, Meckensie Jensen and Christine Harriott realized that Quincy's school spirit could be put to good use. All three girls had served at different times as helpers or baby sitters for "Q" as they call him. Sasha was practically a sister to him, having grown up as next door neighbors with the Bakers in Dow City.

The three Seniors talked to their Coach, Ted Mallory, and Quincy's Mom, Paula Ritterbush Eickholt and the next thing he knew, Quincy was part of the squad. Meggers, Jensen, and Harriott had been cheering for Boyer Valley since the seventh grade, so Quincy's been exposed to every cheer they have and the girls had often taught them to him. They joke about being his girlfriends, but whenever he se's a photograph of any of the three girls in a yearbook or on Coach Mallory's desk, he lights up and points to his squad-mates.

Qunicy cheered at home football games in 2009. He plans on cheering at home basketball games this year too, although because of the inherent danger of balls, players and referees, he will be in the stands directly beside the squad. At the season opener in Missouri Valley, on of the cheerleaders was actually hit in the head with a ball. Coach Mallory frequently has to dodge colissions and crashes when he takes pictures for the yearbook and the Reporter.

Quincy's three angels have moved on from cheerleading. Harriott will graduate at semester, Jensen is putting more hours in at her job in Soldier and Meggers has been focusing on being Captain of the Boyer Valley Drill Squad- which just brought home their fifth first place State rating for pom in a row. Even though they're moving on, the girls still have plans for Quincy. They want to take him to his first prom.

This year's basketball Cheer squad features four Sophomores, two Freshmen and a Junior. Only Sophomore Cammey Hast has cheer in high school before, though another four have cheered in junior high. Mallory has been impressed with their energy, enthusiasm and initiative at practices.

"If they can push past their stage fright," he says "they will be incredibly effective at raising spirit at games." He thinks they've got a lot of skill and have a ton of potential.

Mallory has coached both middle school and high school cheer at Boyer Valley since 2001. Before moving to Iowa, he coached at Los Angeles Lutheran Jr/Sr High School in Sylmar, California. He lives in Charter Oak with his wife Bethany and their three daughters.

Congratulations BV Drill Team

5th place in Hip Hop, 1st place in Pom for the 5th year in a row, and Best Audio Recording.

Just for fun

A yearbook staffer wanted me to shoot a pair of flying poms for one of the MS Cheer pages. I played with it in Photoshop some. Kinda fun.

Season Opener

Here's some shots from last night's game in Missouri Valley. I was having some troubles with my camera setting- and with gunk on the lens, so I didn't do nearly as well as I usually manage to. I'll try to do better next time.

These girls did pretty good for a first game- I couldn't believe how nervous they were , they'd been doing SO good in practices. Still, there was hardly any "dead-air" time because they kept on cheering. I'd say they were a little more comfortable by the 2nd half of the boys' game than when they started the girl's game. I should be a great season, because they have so much potential and, as you can see- they're having a lot of fun together too. What more could you ask?

2009-10 Tee Shirts

Middle School Cheer Shirt, pink on black

Basketball Cheer Shirt, pink on lime

Football Cheer Shirt, lime on pink

Tee shirts are $12

I've ordered them for people currently on cheer. Sorry, they haven't told me how soon they'll be done. Before Christmas is about all I can tell you. Please bring me your $12 as soon as you can. You won't receive a shirt until you've paid your $12.

Parents and friends are welcomed to support BV Cheer by ordering one too if they'd like them- just let me know the size and send your money and I'll add to the orders.

These are Coach Mallory originals, they're not from any catalog, Web site, designer or service- you're very own Coach put in the time, effort and graphic design skills. Therefore no one else anywhere on Earth will have shirts anything like these. Made just for you!

If we get hoodie sweatshirts, expect them to be $20. Football hoodies will be pink ink on a grey hoodie. Any ideas for Basketball's or MS colors for hoodies? Keep in mind I don't know what colors they'll be able to offer. Sure bet they'll have black, white, grey or purple though. Don't start bringing money for hoodies just yet- I haven't ordered any. Plenty of both Basketball and MS cheerleaders have also been asking about sweat pants too. I'll let you all know about sweats & hoodies when we get to it.

Box Pyramid at practice

Here's the 2009-10 Boyer Valley Basketball Cheer Squad; Cam, Mel, Rea, Tiff, Hol, & Rae

Mascot Shopping

Here are a bunch of mascot costumes I've been looking at. Naturally, I lean toward the $199.00 one because then we can use more of our money if we need to order 1 or 2 new cheer uniforms.

But I guess I also lean more toward the same look that we've had for the last 10 years ($760 cheapest). It's you guys who'll have to wear it for the next few years, so I'd love your input. Mean, cute, silly, gray, tan, pug? Let me know what you think as soon as you get a chance to look at a few of these.

SpiritHalloween.com $199.99

enchantedg- $399

Buycostumes.com Spike $499

FrightCatalog $599

CostumeCity $629

Bully from Stumps $689.99

Best Mascots.com $760

Sportsteam.com- $760

Pug Dog Mascot $761

CharacterCostumes $797

Buycostumes.com $799

Annies Costumes - Dog Mascots $???

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Tuffy Bulldog $983.40

Pug Mascot $983.40

CostumeCity $995

Bully CostumeCity $1,075.00

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"Look up, not down- Look out, not in- Look forward, not backward-
and lend a hand." ~Teddy Roosevelt

Senior Night, Friday, October 9

I can not begin to explain how much I'm going to miss these girls. Good luck in college, National Guard, and just plain in life, Ladies. Oh wait, hopefully at least 2/3 will be back for basketball season, but still- I really care about ya and wish it wasn't coming to an end. Thank you for all your hard work over the years. Sometimes you fought like sisters, sometimes you laughed until you had to pee. All the time you lifted school spirit. I mean it when I say that I genuinely thank God for each of the three of you and have been blessed to get to be a part of your lives. I can't believe how much you've all changed in 6 years!

Love-
Coach

Sasha's Run-Thru

Brrrrrrrrr

You're furry- so warm my hands!

It was a LOOOOOONG drive, there were few fans and no visitor stands, Chris was gone to Guard duty and Cammey was with her family in Kansas, and did I mention that it was FREEEZING?! But we still won 34-0!

Kensie was sad that there weren't any pictures of her on the blog yet, so now there is one.- bundled up.