You Make Me Want to Shout!
Photo Credit: Betty O'Connor
Comets come together to form a star in honor of Lasallian schools.
Kelsey Ritchie
September 13, 2011
Filed under Entertainment, Feature
Comets, strap in!
The famous “roller coaster” cheer has been a fan favorite and Bishop Kelley trademark for the past few years. It was developed by 2010 alum Matt Cunningham, who led the student section in leaning left, right, up, and down to make the entire stands appear to be enjoying the thrills of a roller coaster. This year, students plan to take school spirit to all new heights with new cheers, more chants, and a few surprise twists, turns, and plummets. So Comets, throw your hands up in the air and get ready for the ride of your life.
Student spirit leaders are expecting a jaw-dropping and record-setting show of school spirit this year. To increase school spirit and involvement, a Facebook group dubbed “The Red Army” was created. On this page, students can find information about upcoming games, scores, team schedules, and they can find videos of all of the new cheers and chants that will be used at sporting events.
“We have a lot of new ideas for cheers. Some of them include the “I Believe That We Will Win” cheer, in which the student section jumps up and down on the stands and yells those exact words,” sophomore John Cunningham said. “Another cheer is the ‘Winning Team, Losing Team’ cheer, where the student section points and shouts at the team who is winning (Bishop Kelley) and the team who is losing (opponents). Finally, there is the “Happy and You Know It” cheer. The student section will sing “If you’re winning and you know it clap your hands” (clap clap) three times, and then switch to “if you’re losing and you know it clap your hands” and then point to the other team to clap. I encourage all students to watch the videos of these cheers on The Red Army Facebook wall.”
With all of these new ideas, expectations of the student body are taking a double loop and catapulting to the top.
“We’re looking for 100 percent participation from the student section for home games. We really want to see attendance jump at sports like soccer, volleyball and basketball,” Alex Malati, junior, said enthusiastically. “We want to bring some physical cheers to the game and just bring school spirit back to BK High! We just want to become the loudest crowd in all of Oklahoma, which we think we can achieve.”
“We have a lot of new ideas and can’t wait to showcase them at games and pep rallies,” senior Phillip Ngo added.