Feb 10, 2009

Well, it's been a while, hasn't it?! Sorry about that. Things got crazy and then the holidays hit and time just flew by. Enough excuses, here's the latest from us and happenings around campus.

We are working on our competition routine. It's got a lot of very advanced skills in it and we're progressing nicely. I'm confident we will perform well at all our planned competitions this year. And speaking of competitions, these are our plans for this spring (fingers crossed we can pull it off):

• NYS Championships - Utica, NY - Feb 28, 2009
• College Open @ CANAM - Myrtle Beach, SC - March 21, 2009
• Cheer New York Nationals - Toms River, NJ - Apr 4, 2009

So that's our spring in a nutshell. Not too bad, right?! It's going to be a lot of work, but I'm confident we can make it all happen. Alright, that's enough to digest for now...

OH WAIT... I forgot to mention the other exciting news...

Ithaca College Men's Basketball is ranked #8 in the country!!!!

Yes, it is amazing supporting and cheering on a basketball team that is performing so well this year. They are currently 20-1 and have won 7 straight games. We have games tonight and this Saturday (2/14) at home. (Yes I know, we have a game on Valentine's Day... but what can you do? I didn't make the schedule.) We finish our season at home on Feb 22 against RIT, who handed us our lone loss of the season on a miracle 3-pointer from half court at the buzzer.

So those are the happenings of the IC Bomber cheerleaders. Hope to see you at a game real soon, or perhaps at a competition if we're lucky.

Nov 17, 2008

Cortaca has come and gone, and what a great weekend it was. IC defeated previously undefeated Cortland St 35-13 in the pouring rain. The cheerleaders were there in full force and they were definitely soaked at the end of the day. It was a great experience and I know the girls had fun.

The Cortaca win coupled with St John Fisher losing to Alfred, Ithaca won the Empire 8 conference title outright. This allowed Ithaca to claim the second seed in their NCAA Division III bracket and they will host Curry College on Nov 22, 2008 at Ithaca College's Butterfield Stadium.

In addition to a very busy week and weekend of football, the IC Cheerleaders completed their basketball season tryouts and welcomed four new members to the program. These new additions were just in time for our basketball season home opener, which is Nov 18, 2008 (tomorrow night).

The Bomber men's basketball team is currently 1-0 following a big win at Cortland St in their season opener this last Saturday (ironically the same night as the Cortaca Jug football game).

Oct 27, 2008

Sorry for the long hiatus on my part. It has been a very busy couple of weeks. Here are some of the highlights:

• Oct 11 - Had a very successful cheerleading stunt clinic with special guest instructor Robb Webb
• Oct 12 - Helped travel around local region running private stunt clinics for area high schools
• Oct 18 - Home Football Game... which IC won
• Oct 25 - Home Football Game... which IC won (and we cheered in pouring rain for most of the game)

Check out the pictures from these events or games on our pictures section. Some pictures still need to be posted, but there are some good ones out there to check out already.

That brings us up to current. We have the final home game of the year this coming weekend (Nov 1). This weekend also happens to be Family Weekend at IC, so it will be a busy day for us and hopefully a successful day for the football team (who plays Springfield College at 1:00pm at Butterfield Stadium).

Sept 23, 2008

We have successfully survived Homecoming Week, which is one of our busiest weeks of the Fall semester. With that week now behind us, we can begin to focus on some of our upcoming events and fund raisers.

Sept 15, 2008 - Homecoming Week

• Spirit Rally 2012 : Homecoming week kicked off on Sept 14 with the 5th annual Spirit Rally for the freshman class. This event is held each year in Emerson Suites on the Sunday night before Homecoming weekend.
  
  
• Homecoming Pep Rally : The Homecoming pep rally is held each year in the Mondo Gym of the Fitness Center. The pep rally begins in the early evening on Friday night before Homecoming weekend.
  
  
• Homecoming Football Game : The annual Homecoming football game will be held at Butterfield Stadium on Saturday Sept 20, 2008. The game will feature Ithaca College vs. Hartwick College. The game begins at 1:00pm.

(Note: The cheerleaders will be performing at each of these events)

Sept 8, 2008

This coming weekend: Sept 13-14, the IC Cheerleaders will be busy raising money and entertaining the newest class to the college, the Class of 2012.

Sept 6, 2008

First football game of the year.

Ithaca College vs. Lycoming

What an exciting game to start off the year. IC triumphed with a final score of 17-16. To read more about the game, go to the Ithaca Journal.

Sept 1, 2008

Congratulations to the newest members. We had an excellent group of cheerleaders to pick from this year and are pleased to welcome six new members to the squad.

Thanks to everyone who tried out for the cheerleading squad.

Aug 15, 2008

Here is the latest news on preseason and tryouts. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Aug 4, 2008

Alright everyone, I haven't forgotten about you, I've just been too crazy busy to have a minute to breath, but I'm trying to breath more now (always a good plan :-) ) and so I thought I would put some information out here for all of you to digest.

* - Preseason is for returning IC Cheerleaders only. Incoming freshman and transfer students do not attend preseason practices. See tryouts for information about joining the IC Cheerleading Program.

July 26, 2008

Hailey turned 4 months old today. She's getting very big and quite active. And of course, I'm still a gushing father, so I have to post pictures and make comments.

This picture is actually from her first ever attempt at eating baby cereal. This is obviously one of the before pictures, because while she didn't make a huge mess, she was definitely a lot messier after the feeding than before.

May 17, 2008

Congratulations to our four seniors from basketball season this year. It has been a wonderful ride with the four of you and you will all be missed next year. Best of luck with all your future plans and remember the wonderful times you had as an Ithaca College cheerleader.

I'd also like to mention Ele Clancy-Thompson and Caitlin Greenstein. Both also graduated this year, Ele in December and Caitlin in May with the four seniors displayed at the right. Ele and Caitlin did not cheer for basketball season this year, but they were both very important members of the squad who will be missed very much. Best of luck to both of you as well.

Photo Caption: (From left to right) Vera Murphy, Amanda Cassidy, Amanda Howard, Amanda Bussett

March 26, 2008

As some of you may be aware, on this historic day in my life, my first child was born. This is going to be my perpetual excuse for not keeping this site up to date lately. Forgive me for my laziness, but my beautiful baby girl will take precendence over web site maintenance every time. For those of you that are not aware (and perhaps because I'm just feeling like a proud, gushing new father), here is some information about my baby girl.

Hailey Nicole Friends
Born: March 26, 2008
Time: 9:14am
Weight: 7lbs 1oz
Length: 19.5 inches long