The morning after Cierra Mamonoff was struck by a car and killed, Yolanda Julios stood before a white cross planted in memory of the teenager and wiped her eyes.

Julios had only known Cierra, 15, from watching her perform cheerleading routines at her son’s basketball games at J.W. Mitchell High School.

It didn’t matter.

“Even people who didn’t know her are feeling this pain,” she said.

Julios paid her respects at the memorial on Little Road in Trinity, where Cierra died, and then left.

She came back that afternoon with her own tribute to the Mitchell High sophomore:  A candle and a winged, stuffed cat holding a heart printed with the message “You're an Angel.”

This is what mourning looked like on Thursday at the memorial outside the entrance to Generations Christian Church:

A wooden cross, installed during a memorial service the night before and topped Thursday afternoon with the crowned, winged cat.

Roses, flower bouquets and stuffed teddy bears on the ground. Balloons tied to the cross’s top. A seat cushion bearing the Mitchell High colors and slogan “It’s All about the Black and Gold” and tied around the base of the cross. Candles glowing in the morning fog.

Hugs and hushed words among teenagers.

An adult’s supportive hand on a teenager’s back. The teenager, a member of Cierra’s cheerleading squad, sobbing and dropping to the ground later on.

Brief, quiet visits and hand-written notes. Photos of Cierra, who was a junior varsity cheerleader. A caution to take care when crossing Little Road from a man who said he was at the scene of Cierra’s death.

On Wednesday morning, Cierra had been walking east across Little Road near Kish Boulevard with two other youths, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The two youths stopped in the median, the patrol said. Cierra kept walking across the road, according to investigators, and she was struck by a northbound Hyundai sedan. She died at the scene.

Before and after school let out Thursday, students and community members paid tribute at the memorial. They talked briefly of Cierra.

“She was outgoing, and she was full of life,” said Lacey Stackon, a Mitchell High senior who was a cheerleader and came to pay her respects with a small group of students.

“She loved to be with her friends, and she was very popular,” said Danielle Kuehner, who knew Cierra since kindergarten.

“We were like little sister and big sister, and she was my little sister,” said Nina Calabrese, a member of the cheerleading squad.

Students were receiving crisis counseling from the Pasco County School District. And in their grief, they are forgetting their differences and finding solace in each other, said Olivia Naab, a sophomore who knew Cierra since the fifth grade.

“It just sucks under the situation,” she said.  

“There’s definitely no more cliques,” Danielle said.

“Today, I hugged a girl I wasn’t even friends with,” Olivia said.

J.W. Mitchell High School cheerleaders will be collecting donations at the girls basketball home game tonight for Cierra's family. They will also be selling ribbons and donating the proceeds to Cierra's family.

The game runs from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. at the school, which is located at 2323 Little Road, New Port Richey, Fl.

Students from Mitchell High will also be washing cars on Sunday at the 7-Eleven gas station at Seven Springs Boulevard and State Road 54 in Trinity to raise money for Cierra's family. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This story has been revised. The memorial  mentioned early in the first paragraph, and on which the stuffed cat was placed, is a cross. It was previously referred to as a crucifix.