{"id":10074,"date":"2023-03-15T08:35:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T12:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=10074"},"modified":"2023-03-15T08:35:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T12:35:50","slug":"8-year-old-wins-team-cheer-competition-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2023\/03\/8-year-old-wins-team-cheer-competition-alone.html","title":{"rendered":"8-Year-Old Wins Team Cheer Competition Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nichole Thorsby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An 8-year-old girl\u00a0performed at a cheer competition alone when her team didn\u2019t show up and won first place. Peyton Thorsby said, \u201cI was scared about everything, and I was very nervous.\u201d Peyton performed her routine by herself in front of a few hundred people at the Showcase of Championships cheer competition at the Florida State Fairgrounds when her team didn\u2019t show up due to other commitments or illness.<\/p>\n

Her mom, Nichole Thorsby, told FOX 13<\/a>, \u201cNobody had come for whatever reasons they had had, and it ended up just being her that had shown up, so her coach, Nikki, said, \u2018look like we might have to forfeit.\u2019\u201d However, Peyton didn\u2019t want to let her team down, even though they didn\u2019t show up. She ended up beating out two other groups, winning first place.<\/p>\n

Peyton said, \u201cI didn\u2019t really want my team to be disappointed in me for not going out there and not showing up for them, and so I made my decision.\u00a0I wanted to go out there, and I wanted to make my family proud and all my friends proud for myself.\u2019<\/p>\n

Her mom said, \u201cMe and her coaches were just crying our eyes out. I just couldn\u2019t believe it, but just to see her out there on her own. She\u2019s amazing.\u201d Peyton hopes her performance encourages other kids not to be scared. She said, \u201cJesus told me to be brave, so I just went out there and was brave and got the trophy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peyton\u2019s solo performance made headlines not long after Katrina Kohel, a 17-year-old senior at Morrill High School, also performed her cheer routine alone at the Nebraska State Cheer and Dance Competition. Katrina Kohel, a senior at Morrill High School, completed a one-girl show at the Nebraska State High School Cheer and Dance Championships in February.<\/p>\n

She was informed her teammates couldn\u2019t make the competition just a few weeks beforehand.\u00a0Kohel\u2019s rivals were so moved by her grit and determination she ended up receiving the biggest cheers of any competitor. She also performed well with the judges, who gave her a higher score than her team had managed to attain during its previous three appearances at the tournament.<\/p>\n

As she threw her pom poms from side to side and jumped in the air, she overjoyed fans, including fans from other teams, her competitors, and her grandparents. The rest of the family was in Omaha watching her twin brother compete in the state wrestling tournament.<\/p>\n

Kohel appeared ecstatic with her performance saying, \u201cI probably had the loudest crowd involvement there. Everybody was cheering with me, and it was an amazing feeling.\u201d After her competition, the MHS Lions posted on their Facebook how proud they were of her on a \u2018job well done,\u2019 and how she represented the team with \u2018pride.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An 8-year-old girl\u00a0performed at a cheer competition alone when her team didn\u2019t show up and won first place. Peyton Thorsby said, \u201cI was scared about everything, and I was very nervous.\u201d Peyton performed her routine by herself in front of a few hundred people at the Showcase of Championships cheer competition at the Florida State…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":10077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,8,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrations","category-courage-and-strength","category-inspiring-people"],"yoast_head":"\n8-Year-Old Wins Team Cheer Competition Alone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"8-year-old Peyton Thorsby's cheer team didn't show up on competition day. 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