Sophomore Daniel Davis was ready to be shown. 

After being Rider’s mascot Rupert the Raider this past year, Davis decided it was time for a change so he went out for next year’s Legacy cheer squad. 

Davis wasn’t nervous when it came to trying out for cheer, but he was more nervous to see if he had made the varsity team. 

Once the results came out and he saw his name on the list to be a cheerleader for Legacy, High School, he was excited. 

“I did run around my house jumping around because it’s just the best feeling ever to see your name on the varsity list,” Davis said. 

Davis said being a mascot helped him with tryouts and he’ll know what it’s like for next year. 

However, being a mascot is way different than being a cheerleader. Cheerleaders have stricter rules than being a mascot. 

 “You can embrace pretty much everything, like with cheerleaders, sometimes they can’t joke around, they have to look professional,” Davis said. 

Being a mascot has many ways to engage with the people in the audience and making the ones who are watching laugh and enjoy watching the cheerleaders. 

“You have to keep the secret the whole entire school year,” Davis said. “Mascoting and cheerleading are the same, but with mascots you have a bit more freedom.” 

Davis is going to be the first male cheerleader to be on the team at Legacy High School. He is ready to be the first male to start a legacy at the new schools, and that’s what he looks forward to for next year’s cheer season. 

“Being a mascot allowed me to understand what it is to be a cheerleader and what it means because that was my goal to start off as a mascot,” Davis said.