Cheer places fifth in the state finals

Kenzie Krcelic, Staff Writer

February 6, 2020

Cheer wrapped up their competition season last weekend on Saturday Feb. 1 at the 2020 Florida High School Competitive Cheerleading State Championships in Gainesville. Competing against eight schools in the Large Division, Robinson took home fifth. Robinson hit their routine with a only a few minor ...

Robinson’s cheer team road to regionals

Lindsey Chadwick, staff writer

January 27, 2020

Robinson's cheer team is inching closing and closer to states. The 2012 Robinson cheer team won the  FHSAA 1A State Finals making it one of the two teams in Robinson's cheer history to receive the state championship rings. But, since then the program has not yet been able to match the level of success...

Photo Gallery: Home cheer competition

Hanna Malone, Staff Writer

January 9, 2020

On Tuesday, January 7, Robinson hosted its first home meet in two years. Their performance placed third, qualifying them for the Western Conference competition. Sickles High School won first place and Steinbrenner took second.

Recapping the 2018-19 cheer season

Alanna Felton, Editor-in-Chief

February 20, 2019

In 2012, the Robinson cheer team won the FHSAA 1A State Finals, and it has been their goal every year since to repeat that success. Last season, the team fell short of qualifying for state finals by just 7/10ths of a point. Missing out on their chance at states by such a slim margin only made this...

Weekly recap: 11/26/18-11/30/18

Macy McClintock, Sports Editor

December 6, 2018

Boys Basketball The Knights (2-2) had a big week this past week with three games, ending with a big comeback victory. The Knights began the week with a 62-49 win over Armwood (0-2) on Tuesday, Nov. 27. The Knights then fell to Hillsborough (3-1) 59-34 on Thursday, Nov. 29. But, to end the week, th...

Baritone or base? How about both!

September 11, 2018

Many students at Robinson High School have struggled with playing multiple sports or being in the band program because of the time commitment. But cheerleader and baritone player Sabrina Takagishi ('21) manages both at the same time. Takagishi juggles marching band and the varsity cheer program along...

Weekly recap 2/5-2/9

The staff of rhstoday.com

February 14, 2018

Cheer: After trekking all the way to Gainesville on Monday, Feb. 12, the Lady Knights finished third at semifinals— just 0.7 points away from advancing to the finals. “We did one of our better performances, but we didn’t make it to finals,” Junior Captain Alexandra Takagishi said. “...

Photo gallery: Robinson cheer competition, 1/11/18

Macy McClintock, Managing Editor

January 12, 2018

On Thursday, Jan. 11, the cheer team competed against eight other schools in a home meet, with the top four placing teams qualifying for next week's Western Conference competition. The top four teams advancing are Plant, who came in fourth place, Alonso, who came in third, Gaither, who came in secon...

Weekly sports update 12/11-12/15

Paul Jennewein, Staff Writer

December 18, 2017

Wrestling  The Robinson wrestling team will travel to Bloomingdale High School for a non-conference meet on January 18 at 7:00 p.m. Girls Soccer The Lady Knights (5-8-1) defeated Middleton (1-8-1) by a score of 7-0 on Tuesday night, and followed it up with a 9-0 victory over Spoto (1-8-1) ...

Robinson Cheer is ready for a comeback

Morgan Felt, Staff writer

November 29, 2016

Robinson Cheerleading has had a rough season. In their first competition at Brandon, the team came in eighth place out of ninth, a difficult loss for the squad. Soon after the competition, coach Jeff Melesky tweeted on the @rhscheer account: Wasn't a very good day for RHS cheer. Wake up call nee...