Cheering at Football Games

Football...

This is something very important to the students and staff of Kennedy High School, especially this 2015 season. This year the Cougars are doing amazing, so far we are 4-0. We beat Iowa City West, CR Washington, North Scott, and Pleasant Valley. Tomorrow (9/25) we play CR Jefferson. They're a big rival and barely beat us last year, pulling ahead in the last few minutes of the game. We are determined to beat them this year!

The students at Kennedy love to come out to the games and cheer on our Cougs! This year our student section is called The Jungle. We are louder and bigger than ever. We are a huge support to our players and we "help" out our team. The football players really appreciate us all coming out and supporting them. They all say that our cheering pumps them up and gets them going for the game. They wouldn't be able to do it without us.

The seniors especially are huge on cheering. They say if you're not cheering than you need to leave. If you are at the game, you might as well cheer with everyone else. The more people that cheer, the louder we are, the more we pump up our team and intimidate the other team. The seniors get really mad if they see people not cheering. They will call you and your friends out in front of everyone and tell you to cheer. Save yourself the embarrassment and cheer along with everyone else.

 Student sections sometimes even cheer back and forth to see who's section is louder and which school is "better." The seniors stand in the front of the student section, then the juniors, sophomore, and freshman. We need everyone cheering! Usually the upperclassman are the ones that cheer the most and the loudest. After football games I don't have a voice, I have a headache, and sometimes I can't talk the next day because my throat hurts so bad. There's no exception for the freshman and sophomores. If you're at the game, you need to be cheering! There's no reason you can't cheer. Support you team and show your love for them.

This year the boys are all about FAMILY. They are very close and rely on each other, which makes them great on and off the field! The Jungle is the same way. We are a family who comes together to support our teams!