Prepping for the pep rally, As the Manhattan High School football team moves into the playoffs MHS cheer is also nearing the end of their fall season.

Recently, Varsity and JV cheer have been working these past few weeks getting ready for the fall Homecoming Pep Rally on Oct. 12. They performed a four- minute routine, starting with a cheer to hype everyone up, then a three-  minute dance routine with stunts.

“We have been drilling really hard to give everyone an amazing performance,” senior Linley Wilson said. 

For the rest of the fall sports season the MHS Cheer team will work on routines and performances for upcoming football games. “We’re super super excited for… senior night. We are doing an all- senior stunt group for the very first time ever.” said Wilson. 

The average week during Tuesday and Thursday practices include preparing for games, and for the past six weeks working on their performance for the pep rally.

 “Tuesdays we’ll work on everything for the Homecoming Pep Rally. We just work on dances and everything,” sophomore Brooklyn Ballou said. “On Thursdays, we do the same for half of practice then the second half we’ll work on the game plan. We just go over everything for the Friday night football game.” 

They will end their fall season when the football team wraps their 2022 season. 

The team will not be attending Kansas State High School Activities Association Cheer Competition this year, so the Pep Rally is the cheer team’s only major performance. They will end their fall season when the football team wraps their 2022 season. The MHS Cheer winter team will take over for the fall team in November.