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Dome cheerleading performance was ‘scary’ but ‘fun’
Lindsay Crock, Haley Raplinger and Kylea Jackson - all seniors at North Cedar - earned the honor of performing at the UNI-Dome with more than 200 other cheerleaders from all over Iowa.
Because the state football games were canceled on Nov, 20 due to weather, Crock, who performed in the Macey's Day Parade in New York, had to fly out on Sunday could not participate.
Raplinger and Jackson still went to cheer with the Honor squad on Nov. 23. They performed at halftime during the class 1A and 2A state football championship games.
'It was scary having to cheer in front of so many people and only practicing the dance with everyone for two days, but it was also really fun having a big crowd to watch us,” Raplinger said.
More than 200 cheerleaders from across Iowa tried out for Honor Squad to cheer during the championship games. Each performance was about five minutes long.
Jackson and Raplinger had fun cheering with people they had never met in front of a Dome full of people.
North Cedar senior Kylea Jackson does a jump with more than 200 other Honor Squad cheerleaders during the state football championships. (Saleena Jones/North Cedar sophomore)
Haley Raplinger (left) and Kylea Jackson were picked to the Honor Squad along with Lindsay Crock, who had to bow out to attend the Macey's Day Parade. (Saleena Jones/North Cedar sophomore)
North Cedar seniors Kylea Jackson (left) and Haley Raplinger get ready to perform at the UNI-Dome. (Saleena Jones/North Cedar sophomore)
More than 200 Honor Squad cheerleaders performed at the UNI-Dome last month, including two from North Cedar. (Saleena Jones/North Cedar sophomore)
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