The Malad High School Cheerleaders had the opportunity to compete at the State Cheer Competition held Saturday February 24th in Boise at the Idaho Ford Center. Qualifying for the state competition by earning 3rd place with their Pom routine, the MHS cheer team went up against 16 of the top teams from Idaho in the Pom division. While not being included as one of the top four teams receiving an award, the Malad Cheerleaders were ranked as one of the top ten teams in their division, which Coach Jennifer Hill shared was their ultimate goal. 

Coach Hill spoke of her team, saying, “The Girls represented Malad High School well with a perfect performance and one of their best performances of the year. We are a young team and what a great experience this was for them. This was such a great learning opportunity for these girls and it gave us something to build on for next year. 

“Our Goals this year were to make it to state, have a perfect performance and be one of the top ten in the division and the girls did all three. I couldn’t have been more proud of them. We are sad the year is over but excited for the future for these girls and building next year’s team. We had the best support this year with help from Sam Jensen and a few others cleaning and polishing our routine and the best parents you could ask for. Every girl had someone there at State to support them!  The Girls finally have a little break then we will prepare for tryouts on April 29th.” 

Cheerleaders this year were Sophomores Taylor Cowdin, Isabella Bowen, Destiny Brees and Rebecca McCracken, and Freshmen Delanie Walton, Myriam Teeples and Ayla Coleman. They are Coached by Jennifer Hill and Abrielle Goddard.