My youngest daughter, the joy of my twilight years, is on the Jacksonville High School junior-varsity cheer squad, and the JHS JVs were at the competition. So I was there awash in a sea of estrogen, for as you know, high school cheerleading is, for all intents …
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At Clay County school, concerns over race and cheerleading – Anniston Star
The four black students who tried out the first cheer team at Central High School of Clay County didn’t make the cut. School officials say the girls didn’t score well enough to secure a place on the team. Members of the black community say that the …
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Harvey H. Jackson: They are athletes — get over it – Anniston Star
It seems that the cheerleading squad of the University of Alabama (my alma mater, ’66) went out and won the Universal Cheerleaders Association college …
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