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School spirit first, cheer captain says – Nogales International

“It is a great honor to know that our Spiritline as a whole, which would consist of Partner Stunt, Pom and Cheerleading, all together as one huge family and team, came out to be victorious to be the number one overall champion,” Coed Cheer Captain …
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Racist basketball cheer was a ‘joke,’ Buffalo high school player says – New York Daily News

Members of a Buffalo girls’ basketball team are standing by their claim that a cheer ending with a racial slur was just a joke. Eleven players on the Kenmore East High School squad were suspended for two days after the team’s lone black player got into …
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‘I’d do it all over again for my team,’ says La Salle cheerdance heroine – Inquirer.net

“Cheerleading is considered as a sport and I know that every squad trains as hard as the athletes from other sports—sometimes even harder,” she said. “The UAAP should count us to make cheerdancers feel as important as the other athletes. …
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Cheerleaders told to cover up as principal says new skirts are too short for class – Daily Mail

Cheerleaders at a California high school have been told to wear sweat pants under their uniforms. The principal says their cheer-squad skirts are OK for games, but too risqué for the classroom. San Jose Piedmont High School principal …
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Wire watch: Who says cheerleading isn’t a sport? – Lincoln Journal Star

Daily Times reported that Cardinal O’Hara High School in Springfield, Pa., has found it necessary to create a “spirit squad” to cheer on its football and basketball teams. Because the cheerleading squad was too busy practicing so that it would be ready …
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Double Jeopardy: Lesbian Activist Says Fear of Parents’ Homophobia Inspires … – Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

They met in high school when he was the football team captain and she led the cheerleading squad. They married after high school and had Holt and her brother shortly thereafter. Her dad’s also the lead minister at a small non-denominational church in …
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