For Angel, becoming a cheerleader was a dream since early childhood. Coming into Sequoia High School, Angel was urged to try-out for cheerleading by her friend, who was captain of the team. As a contrast to the stereotype of cheer tryouts as being …
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Conviction propels man without legs up mountain – Vancouver Sun
So, in Grade 12 he did what any normal, self-respecting teenage boy would do: He joined the cheerleading squad. This was a little awkward at first, West said, because some of his peers wondered what someone without legs could possibly have to offer a …
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Home healing: New legs run behind Tomy Parker’s desire to keep going – Billings Gazette
Sure enough, when Parker rolled into his bedroom, there they were: a poster of the University of Oregon Ducks cheerleading squad, and another of a Playboy bunny. It’s been wonderful, Parker says, to really be home this time, …
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Girl Born Without Arms, Legs Makes High School Cheer Squad – KTSM News Channel 9
MICHIGAN- A teenager born without arms and legs has a lot to cheer about as she’s invited to be a member of a cheer squad in Michigan. On Friday Michigan’s Portland High School had their homecoming game. …
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Girl Born with No Legs and No Arms Claims Cheerleading Tryouts Were Unfair – Gossip On This
She has friends on the cheerleading squad. “I just think it would be fun,” the 16-year-old said. So she’s practiced. Her older sister, a former cheerleader, helped her figure out ways she could cheer from her wheelchair. Julia, who’ll be a junior at …
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Omaha World-Heard: Hopeful without legs fight for a spot on cheerleading squad – Houston Chronicle (blog)
Last month, she and her parents, Mike and Carolyn Sullivan, asked the Aurora school board to correct what they see as “scoring errors” in her tryout evaluations this spring, saying she was given no accommodation for her disability. …
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High Schooler With No Legs or Arms Doesn’t Make Cheerleading Team, Bringing … – NESN.com (blog)
Sullivan, a student at Aurora High School in Nebraska, tried out for the school’s cheerleading team, but she was unable to make it. Since then, her parents, Mike and Carolyn Sullivan, have been trying to get the school board to reverse the decision, …
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Girl with no arms and legs says cheerleading try-out is unfair after she fails … – Daily Mail
A Nebraska girl born with no arms and legs has blamed unfair scoring after she failed to make her school’s cheerleading squad three years in a row. Julia Sullivan, 16, has complained to the school board after she said she was given ‘no …
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School yearbook page with photos of cheerleaders’ legs sparks outrage – DailyIndia.com
Washington, June 2: The cheerleading squad at River City High School were in for a rude shock after reading an article titled “Who Wears Short Shorts” in the school’s new yearbook, which described them as showing “more leg than Daisy Duke” and …
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Yearbook Page Showing Cheerleaders’ Legs Stirs Controversy at California High … – Fox News
School officials at a California high school are pressuring the yearbook editor to reprint a page that describes the cheerleading squad as showing “more leg than Daisy Duke” and includes digitally edited images of the girls’ legs, News 10 reports. …
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