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Team Throwback: Ecole Secondaire La

Citadelle’s First-Ever Cheerleading Team

By Molly Kett was being a cheerleader introduced three French social butterfly like I was,
for Saint Lawrence High cheers, which we composed this was right up my alley,”
ecently, Sports Energy
School in Grade 9. In ourselves and still kept said Bingley. “Back then,
RNews received these
Grade 10, because of English cheers making there was a lot of rivalry
wonderful throwback
overcrowding, the School it a bilingual cheering between high schools in
photos of a cheerleading
Board started a transition squad. We were so proud Cornwall and surrounding
team. But it wasn’t just
to have a French shift to have done this together areas. A football game was
any cheerleading team.
and an English shift to as cheerleaders with the always attended by a huge
This team has a little bit of
accommodate all of the guidance of Mrs. Charron, crowd, especially when you
history as Ecole Secondaire
students.” of course.” were hosting other teams.
La Citadelle’s first-ever
Bingley says that in Grade According to Bingley, Being a young and new
cheer team.
10, they created their own the best part of being a school, I might say we did

“Back in the early cheerleading team with the cheerleader is the pride respectively well. Being a
seventies, we were part guidance of Mrs. Louise you feel cheering for your good cheerleader involved
of a transition that would Charron, who was their school and engaging the the love and pride of
give birth to a brand new coach. crowds to join in while representing your school,
French high school in our “We designed and created your school team plays. but you also needed

community,” said Linda our own cheerleading to be cheerful, bubbly,
“The friendships you
Bingley, one of the cheer outfits, and the football always smiling, and most
acquire, and the memories
team’s members. “My first team became the Patriots,” importantly, to cheer very,
are priceless. Being a
cheerleading experience said Bingley. “We even very loud.”

Cheerleaders La Citadelle High School 1972-1973
Left to Right: Sylvie Léger, Francois Charbonneau (nee Cardinal), Carole Quenneville, Paulette Piché (nee Lalonde), Sue Miller (nee Comtois),
Lucie Gauthier (nee Mercier), Diane Charbonneau, Diane Chartrand, Nicole Gatien (nee Charbonneau). Middle Captain - Linda Bingley (nee
Brisson). Photo Submitted