Crespi cheerleader first, Louisville girl second

Kelsey Phillip '25

Designer Editor

Louisville and Crespi have a long intertwined history together. At times, Louisville is forced to revolve around Crespi like how many of our sports share practice space and coaches. Louisville girls cheer for Crespi’s football and basketball teams, while our own teams are not shown as much love besides when students come to support their friends. 

When it comes to sports, Louisville has been a dominant force on the court, the field and in the water. Though we have multiple banners to represent our multiple league and CIF championships, support for the teams is often low, with mainly close friends and family of players making up the crowd. I feel that the  only way to get students to show up is if there are incentives like when senior nights end with cake and other sweets or our most recent success in CIF with our basketball and soccer teams. 

“It would be fun. It would have to be separate since our coaches are for Crespi,” said Charlotte Foti ’24, who is one of the captains for the team, talking about how she would feel about a Louisville cheer team. 

The current Crespi cheer coach, Pat Baker, once had her own Louisville cheer team from 1990-1999. They would attend Louisville games to cheer on the girls and even had their own Louisville cheer uniform. I think this should be brought back, since Louisville’s sports have become much more powerful since then, and the blue and yellow uniform would look so good. 

Though there is no formal cheer team dedicated solely to Louisville’s sports, there are Louisville girls who will drive to support their friends no matter the distance. With signs, pom-poms and cheers, Louisville’s spirit can be felt at any sporting event they are at. However, that spirit would be even higher if cheerleaders were present to represent their own school, not just their Crespi brothers.