In a display of school spirit, a high school cheerleader performed solo at the Nebraska State Cheer and Dance Competition — "go-fight-and-winning" for a crowd which, in turn, cheered loudly for her on Friday, Feb. 17.
"It was definitely out of my comfort zone," Katrina Kohel, a 17-year-old senior at Morrill High School, told Fox News Digital.
"This is not something I would normally do by any means, but I didn't want to end my senior year on a low note," she added. "I guess you could say I wanted to go out with a bang."
When the rest of her already small cheer squad of four couldn't make it to the state competition at the last minute, Kohel decided to go at it alone
She placed eighth out of 12 teams — but won the hearts of the crowd that cheered her on from the second she ran out onto the floor alone.
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