Senior cheerleading captains Samantha Bleck, Olivia Truong and Kimmie Skinner describe their last season with the Algonquin team.

Q: What are your thoughts on the season overall?

Samantha: “The season has just begun, but the team’s really coming together, routine is coming together.”

Kimmie: “We have a lot of potential.”

Olivia: “I think everyone is really excited to come together as a team and work hard towards the common goal [making it to states].”

Q: What are some highlights from any seasons?

Kimmie: “Coming together as a team and creating unbreakable bonds and making friendships that last.” 

Olivia: “Cheering at the TD Garden was a highlight, [as well as] team sleepovers and making it to states last season.”

Samantha: “Team bonding and competitions.”

Q: How does your team prepare for competitions?

Kimmie: “We have practices where we drill our routine.”

Olivia: “We practice pretty much everyday and we go through a routine and we run sections and work towards running the whole routine at once.”

Q: What was the most memorable part of your cheerleading experience?

Kimmie: “Friday night football games when the stands are packed. It’s pretty memorable and something you probably won’t forgot because it was really fun and an experience like none other.”

Olivia: “For me it’s competition season when my sister and I go out on the mat and hug before we compete, so it’s a way for us to bond.”