Demopolis cheer sweeps UCA camp

Demopolis High School cheerleaders attended UCA cheer camp at Auburn University May 31 through June 3. The occasion marked the first time DHS has had a clean sweep of first place in all categories at the event. The Tiger cheer squad finished first in extreme routine, first in sideline cheer, first in timeout cheer and first in band dance. Some of the group’s main competition included St. James of Montgomery, Northridge of Tuscaloosa ,Opelika High School, and St. Patrick Catholic of Biloxi, Mississippi.

Demopolis High’s Ashley Carter, Sarah D. Culpepper, Ashleigh Ivory, Sally Mackey and Hannah Webb each made All-American cheerleader and were invited to cheer in London at the day parade.

UCA staff invited Carter, Culpepper and Webb to try out for the 2017-18 UCA staff team. The entire squad got invited to cheer at the Buffalo Wild Wing Citrus Bowl at Disney World Dec. 29, 2017 through Jan. 2, 2018. Team captains Culpepper and Webb were invited to cheer at The Varsity Spirit Spectacular pre-parade performance in Disney World Nov. 29 through Dec. 3.

Julia Singleton, the DHS Tiger mascot, received the leadership award from her peers at camp.

“This is what happens when you practice hard and have a drama free week at camp: a clean sweep. We look forward to an awesome football and basketball year of cheering with this group of girls,” Jennifer Lay Jones, who coaches the squad along with Ali Hathcock, said.

The 2017 Demopolis High School cheerleading squad consists of:

Sarah Duncan Culpepper – Senior Captain

Hannah Webb – Senior Captain

Ashleigh Ivory – Senior Assistant

Ashley Carter – Sr.

Savannah Horshok – Sr.

Maggie Bradley – Jr.

Sally Mackey – Jr.

Alex Abrams – So.

Leah Hinton – So.

Khya James – So.

Taylor Smith – So.

Arri Beason – Fr.

Kimberly Branch – Fr.

Brianna Doss – Fr.

Alysse Dunklin – Fr.

Abbie Hathcock – Fr.

Abby Quinney – Fr.

Charity Singleton – Fr.

Jakara Taylor – Fr.

Julia Singleton – Mascot

Tyler Ward – Mascot