Becky Weslow, who started the competitive cheer team at St. Michael in Orland Park in 1992, presided this year over the school’s 20th state title.
When Becky Weslow came in 1992 to teach at St. Michael in Orland Park, the school had no competitive cheerleading program.
It took a few years to build the team into championship material, but the Wildcats won their first ICCA state title in 1998 and then won 19 more including their latest title this year. The St. Michael squad won the large team division Jan. 6-7 at the BOS Center in Springfield.“Every year presents its challenges,” she said. “So every year is unique. It’s a different set of kids. It’s different chemistry.
In her years at the helm at St. Michael, Weslow has seen sets of sisters and cousins participate and even mothers and daughters.“She expected the same amount of perfection back then that she expects now,” Lindsay said. “She’s not going to take a chance. She wants to know it’s secure and she wants to know what’s going to hit and that’s what’s going to get her the ‘W’.The team is made of fifth through eighth graders.
Becky Weslow was a Queen of Peace student who was a cheerleader for St. Laurence. She loves the sport and throughout her career has worked in many areas aside from coaching to keep the sport thriving. Three of the most successful high school cheerleading schools in the state – Sandburg, Providence and Marist – almost always have St. Michael alum peppered on their rosters.
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