Tag Archives: Philadelphia

Lansdale Catholic cheerleaders win Philadelphia Catholic League championship – The Times Herald

“We’re really good jumpers, we’re awesome dancers, but stunts haven’t been our strongest thing,” she added, referring to the formations squads build in order to lift a cheerleader into the air or send her flying. “That’s something I think we have a fear of going …
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Lansdale Catholic cheerleaders win Philadelphia Catholic League championship – The Reporter

Before this year, winning the All-Catholic championship was as far as PCL cheerleading squads could go. But now Lansdale Catholic varsity squad will compete against 95 other public and private schools for the state title in less than a week. Meanwhile …
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The NFL’s 10-year-old cheerleading sensation – Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)

For a lot of people, the best action on the field was Christian Bottger, a 10-year-old boy from Largo, FL., who showed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers cheerleading squad how it’s done. Fox cameras caught Christian as he tried to fist-bump the team’s mascot, Capt.
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Cost Keeping Olney Cheer Squad From Competing In Nationals – MyFox Philadelphia

A cheerleading squad from Olney that has worked hard all year will have the chance to prove they’re the best in the nation, but their biggest obstacle isn’t the competition, it’s the cost. You don’t have to watch very long to know the girls haven’t just leapt straight …
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Claymont cheerleaders top ECOL competition – New Philadelphia Times Reporter

Varsity cheerleaders from Claymont High School took first place in the 15th annual East Central Ohio League cheerleading competition held Nov. 10 at Dover High School. Coshocton varsity placed second and New Philadelphia third. Dover’s squad took first …
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Inquirer Editorial: Let’s hear it for treating cheerleaders as athletes – Philadelphia Inquirer

Citing a staggering rise in emergency room visits by cheering squad members over the last three decades, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a policy paper calling on school sports associations to designate cheerleading officially as a sport.
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