Cheerleading Cheers

Clear Lake’s Breanne Bassler is moving up in the sports world. And we’re not just talking about her lifts. The 17-year-old Bassler, a senior at Clear Lake High, is making a name for herself in the world of weightlifting. Bassler and two other ...  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Kanawha County school board members voted unanimously Tuesday to appeal a grievance board decision won by a former Riverside High cheerleading coach and Mary Ingles Elementary cook. School board members say Jill Kimble acted in...  

As the U.S. becomes less capitalist, Libya is becoming more so. Mark Mobius is investigating the country as his next potential frontier market. Even if he doesn't end up investing in the nation, stints to off the radar places like this at worst help ...  

In an item time-stamped at 1:16 p.m. today (in case updated, here is a graphic capture of the first six paragraphs as they then appeared) covered by yours truly a short time ago (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), the Associated Press’s Jeannine Aversa discounted today’s weaker than expected economic growth report from Uncle Sam showing that [...]  

The big stage apparently doesn’t affect the Canton Pop Warner cheerleading team. The team, made up of 31 girls ... The team members are: Kelsey Trerice, Abby Perry, Jenn Spada, Liz Smith, Shannon McGonagle, Bridget Monagle, Brittney Hurley, Staci ...  

The Lansdale Cannoneers 160 cheerleading team were the 2009 Bux-Mont Midget Cheer champions and Eastern Region qualifiers. Pictured front row (from left to right): Megan McGeehan, Victoria Campbell, Jessica Maersch, Alyssa Evangelisto. Middle row (L to R): Maria Steffens, Devin Ulrich, Missy Haun, Jessica Myers, Kennedy Alexander, Emma Reed, Betsy Ulrich. Back row (L to R): Denise Anderton, Christine Evangelisto, Adrienne Fenstermacher, Nicole...  

With both Penn basketball teams still winless after fifteen games, fans might be surprised that a playoff team has been performing right before their eyes during each game they’ve attended at the Palestra. Men’s basketball coach Glen Miller’s squad may still be a year or two away from a championship bid, but Penn cheerleading will travel to the Universal Cheerleading Association Nationals in Orlando, Fla., on Jan, 15. read more  

I just wrote the following article for the e-newsletter of the Association for Psychological Type (APT)—New York Metro Chapter: I get Google Alerted whenever "introvert" appears in news stories about wallflowers, gadget heads, mad scientists, and social outcasts. The APT community understands that an introvert is someone who recharges her or his energy by doing solo versus social activities, but misconceptions about introverts in our society...  

Whether rallying the crowd at a sporting event or participating in competition, cheerleading can be both fun and physically demanding. Although integral to cheerleading routines, performing stunts can lead to injury. Stunt-related injuries accounted for more than half (60 percent) of U.S.  

When the swine flu swept through the Peabody Pop Warner Cheerleading 'D' squad around the time of their second place finish in a competition in Springfield last month, their chances in the New England Regionals the following weekend didn't look promising.  

Cheerleading Showcase slated for Jan. 10 Morehead State University’s coed and all girl cheerleading squads will host the fifth annual MSU Cheerleading Showcase on Sunday, Jan. 10, beginning at 3 p.m. at MSU’s Academic Athletic Center. Admission will be $5.  

There were some new twists at the West Virginia state high school cheerleading competition Saturday at the Charleston Civic Center.Logan captured the Class AAA championship, the first time this decade a school other than Brooke has won the title. The AA ev...  

From the Niagara Falls Review: Passports, the economy and cheerleading might not seem to have a lot in common, but they do. Just ask Nick Nero, organizer of the 26th annual Festival of Lights Cheerleading Championship competition held in Niagara Falls on the weekend. Teams from the United States, which in past years have brought a lot of [...] Related posts:U.S. travel tumbles as Canadians make fewer trips abroad in June: StatsCan From the...  

Less than four days before Liberty and Oak Hill high school cheerleaders were set to compete in the 2009 Class AA state cheerleading championship, the state Secondary School Activities Commission announced the postponement of the competition.  

A former volunteer cheerleading coach at East Ridge High School was in court Tuesday night.   Hunter Huling is accused of having sex with an East Ridge High School student over the summer. Police say the 15 year old male student was not on the...