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Junior Varsity Cheer Captain
During my Junior year of High School, I had the honor to be elected as the Junior Varsity Cheerleading Captain. The team and I instantly had a bond that was unbreakable, although we faced some difficult times.

When the season began, we did not have a coach to lead us, so we practiced apace with the Varsity squad. A few weeks into the season, the Varsity coach found us a mentor that would lead us. As a few more weeks went by, our coach started picking up on more activities, which was too much for her to handle so she left, and we were once again without a coach. The team began to fall apart and it became very stressful for all of us. After the first three months of cheering, we had lost 8 girls on the team. Throughout those three months, my
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