By Matt Browning

The Haven cheer squad was voted as the Wichita Small School Cheer Squad of the Year. The Wildcats received over 17,000 votes, which was nearly 44 percent of the overall vote. Haven has cheerleaders at football and girls and boys basketball games.

“Being the top-voted cheer squad for this year means a lot to me because of the hard work and determination of our whole cheer team,” said senior Mara Jade Smith. “We had to overcome so many obstacles this year and came out being even stronger. I am truly thankful for this cheer season and how much fun I had with all of the girls. I will definitely never forget the memories that I made with all of them.”

Fellow senior Matty Schrag feels like the cheerleaders add to the atmosphere on game nights for football and basketball.

“We added a lot to the atmosphere, our cheer squad has always been known to be the loudest but smallest squad,” Schrag said. “We can get our crowd involved in almost every cheer we do which is amazing. For football and basketball we encourage our crowd to be the most positive we can and it always works.”