December 2011 Chatterbox - Ruston High School

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Ruston High School December 15, 2011 Page 28
Cheerleaders Bring Home
Three State Championships
submitted by Rebecca Wheelis
JV Cheerleader
On Saturday, December 3, 2011, the RHS Competition
Cheer Squad traveled to Lake Charles to compete in
the first ever LHSAA High School Cheer & Dance State
Championship. They competed in four divisions: Time
Out Cheer, Fight Song, Time Out Dance, and Non-
Tumbling.
The Time Out Cheer is a Game Time style cheer that
is supposed to be crowd-leading and crowd-involving.
Ruston was up against six other teams. The Fight Song is
literally a fight song. In this category, Ruston was up
against five other teams. The Time Out Dance is a short
dance that could be performed during a time out; Ruston
faced nine other teams. The last competition of the day
was Non-Tumbling: a 2 minute, 30 second routine that is
The Return of Bush’s Boys
by Reed Malek
Sports Editor
As the Ruston High boys basketball team returns to
the court, so does Ruston High‘s most famous and most
notorious group of fans: Bush‘s Boys
As you veterans of RHS probably already know,
Bush‘s Boys is the moniker given to the school‘s student
section at boys‘ basketball games, which loudly supports
the Bearcats and their leader, Coach Bush - the namesake
of the group.
Bearcat Belles: State Runners-up
by Alexandria Cockerham
Sports Reporter
The Ruston High School Belles, on December 3, 2011, attended the first ever
LHSAA Cheer and Dance State Championship in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
The Belles participated in the hip-hop dance category, and came in second place
with an average score of 325.5, and had no penalties.
Molly Humphries, senior co-captain of the Belles, was very happy with her
team‘s performance both on December 3 and the whole year, as well.
―I feel so blessed. This was a fantastic year for the Belles. We had challenging
choreography, but at the end of the day it was awesome and I couldn‘t ask for a better
team.‖
The 2011-2012 Bearcat Belles are pictured at the left. In order from left to right,
top row first, they are: Maegan Goss, Ebony Wright, Eva Edinger, Baylee Wright,
Marley Ratcliffe, Alise Williams, Megan Franks, Lauren Jenkins, Maggie Humphries,
Emily Hearne, De‘Ninia Melton, Ashley Reynolds, Molly Humphries, Avery
Woodard, Ashlyn Thompson, Emily Higginbotham, Brittany Kelly.
composed of elite
stunts, pyramids,
baskets, a cheer
section in the
middle, and a
dance at the very
end. In this division,
Ruston competed against ten other teams.
After the first three competitions, awards were announced.
Ruston won State Champions in the Time Out
Cheer and the Fight Song! (Meaning they get a state
ring!) They placed 4 th in the dance, which is not bad at
all. The two wins early in the day fired the entire team up
for Non-Tumbling. After a very successful routine on the
Last year, Bush‘s Boys supported the Bearcats well -
almost too well. After nearly causing too much havoc at
the games, Bush‘s Boys was almost terminated at Ruston
High; but they have survived to this season. The support
Bush‘s Boys gives to the Bearcat basketball team is
enormous, but there are times when their support nearly
goes too far.
floor with only two mistakes, Ruston heard the results.
―In first place…Your State Champions in Non-
Tumbling…let‘s hear it for…RUSTON HIGH
SCHOOL!‖ Yes, Ruston won Non-Tumbling. The RHS
Competition Cheer Squad walked away with three State
Championships in the first ever LHSAA High School
Cheer & Dance State Championship!
Assistant principal Coach Crowe expressed his
mixed feelings towards Bush‘s Boys, saying: ―As far as
support goes, we love them! But there are some instances
where they maybe go a little too far.‖
As the Bearcat basketball teams play through their
schedules, there is one thing of which we may be certain:
Bush‘s Boys will be there to cheer them on - hopefully
not to a point of detriment!