The girls on Northtown’s cheer team don’t just cheer here at Northtown.

Yes, they cheer at football games, basketball games, volleyball games, and any other sport you can think of, but they also perform at assemblies and go to competitions.

The girls even took seventh place at state competition this school year.

Along with their cheering responsibilities at Northtown, the cheer team held a cheer clinic for young girls in the North Kansas City area during the first weekend of February.

The cheer clinic was held Saturday, Feb. 4 from 9 a.m. to noon. All of the cheer team was there to participate, helping girls all the way from kindergarten age to eighth grade.

The clinic aimed to help the young girls learn the basics of cheer. They were shown stunts, learned a dance, and even helped the team “yell” to gain support from the audience.

A performance of the dances they learned at the clinic happened on Tuesday, Feb. 7 during halftime of the basketball game.

“The little girls did so great! It was so cute watching them cheer and dance,”said junior Joy Branch.

All of the cheerleaders really enjoyed spending time with the young girls. They not only got to do something they love, but they got to do it while helping younger girls, an opportunity that will help those young girls for years to come.

“It was really fun seeing the little girls do cheers that the big girls do,” said senior Destiny Jones.

Some of the young girls even surprised the older girls with how well they cheered.

“Some of them were really good at a young age. I was like, ‘Whoa,’” said Jones.

No matter if they were superb athletes or just learning the correct way to cheer, the older girls really enjoyed helping out the young ones.

Spending time with the young girls meant that the older girls had to leave a good impression for them to follow.

“I really enjoyed teaching them because I got to be a role model for them,” said Branch.

“My favorite moment was when we were showing the girls cool tumbling [moves]. One of the girls grabbed my hand and told me, ‘You guys are so cool!’” said Branch.