Natalie Valle, new to the La Jolla High cheer squad, says her friends encouraged her to go out for the team. The squad, under new Cheer Advisor Cindee Russell, raised the spirit level on the La Jolla side by leading cheers at the Vikings' season-opening football game at Country Day Friday night, Aug. 28.
To be specific, Sally Chen and Diana Dominguez were the individuals who convinced Natalie to try out for cheer this year.
Valle gushes enthusiasm. "I never thought cheer would be this much fun." Every team member wore bright red coloring on their eyelids for the game, which resulted in a 52-42 come-from-behind win by Coach Jason Carter's football team.
Of Russell, her new advisor, Valley says, "She wants us to go above and beyond from what people think we can do." The Viking girls and boy (co-captain Sean Nelson) did stunting at the game, erecting towers of girls after touchdowns behind the end zone.
"She has us working our butts off every practice," says Valle of Russell. Nat relishes the hard work because she sees the positive results in the squad's performance.
Valle stands 5'1" and her "favorite artist of the moment" is The Weeknd. Her favorite song by him is "Can't Feel My Face".
Copyright 2015 Ed Piper
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