On certain days in the patriotic red, white and blue Liberty halls, three students dress up in white, green and blue.

The girls have “Timberland Cheer” branded across their shirts as they walk the hallways, preparing for a Timberland hockey game to cheer at.

The Timberland hockey cheer team only features three girls, all who call Liberty their home – seniors Abi Fox (captain), Hannah Jones, and junior Vicky Parks.

Fox joined the team her sophomore year, when it consisted of girls from Timberland as well. However, the team was unable to continue onto the next year. This year, Fox’s dad and dad’s girlfriend sponsored the team.

“We basically just said, ‘we’re signing up,’ and we signed up for Mid States and everything and now we are officially a team, going against other schools,” Fox said.

On Sunday, Oct. 16, the Spirit Day for the Mid State Hockey Cheerleaders was held. The Timberland cheerleaders were one of 14 teams in attendance, and was the only varsity squad with three cheerleaders.

“I felt so happy to finally be there again,” Fox said. “Getting there, I wasn’t nervous really for the fact of how many girls were there. I was more worried about us winning spirit and making sure we were happy.”

On Spirit Day, the girls played games and trivia and learned cheers. Each squad was called down alphabetically to compete and there was a peer vote. The squads judged each other based not on their cheers, but on the team’s amount of spirit.

“They didn’t really focus on what our cheers were,” Fox said. “It was more if we had spirit and we were the loudest out of all of them, with only having three girls.”

The cheerleaders were awarded the Megaphone Award, which is the first place award.

“This was an amazing accomplishment because they are the only varsity squad with only three cheerleaders,” head coach and head sponsor, Laura Kiefer said.

Fox said her and her team made sure they introduced themselves and got their names out. They threw out compliments and smiles left and right and just acted like themselves to get their tiny presence and huge spirit noticed.

“I am so very proud of the girls for being able to accomplish this goal of theirs against some very fierce competition,” Kiefer said.

Despite the sometimes small attendance at games, the girls refuse to lose their spirit.

“We intend on staying spirited throughout the games, still getting along with the cheerleaders, and also we want to win Blue Angels for spirit competition,” Fox said.