Cheerleaders from Gaithersburg, Md., pump up their team in 2011. Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Images. Northwest High School cheerleader Alyssa Unowitz, top left, performs a ...

THE BERNALILLO HIGH GRAD WANTS TO BE THE FIRST CHEERLEADER WITH DOWN SYNDROME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. AND SHE SHARED ...

Maggie Dunn, 17, and Caroline Gill, 15 — both of whom were students and cheerleaders at Brusly High School in Louisiana — were killed in the crash, which officials said occurred during a high ...

The Prospect High School cheerleaders are a good example. These days, cheerleading takes time, skill, physical fitness, determination and dedication.

And Leesburg High School in Lake County, Fla., has told cheerleaders they can't wear their uniforms to school, even on game days, unless they also wear additional clothing to make the outfits less ...

In East Hanover, N.J., one high school student who made the cheerleading squad complained that "all my hard work has been thrown out the window" because of a new policy.

Cheerleading coaches and school administrators in a Colorado district have been placed on leave, and Denver police are investigating amid series of videos showing high school cheerleaders ...

The video, reportedly filmed during Denver’s East High School cheer camp in June, shows incoming-freshman, Ally Wakefield, being held down into a splits position by fellow cheerleaders and her ...

The cheerleading team at this co-ed private high school took third place in the Intermediate Varsity category and in the Large All-Music category of the state cheerleading competition, run by the ...

Nearly 20 years ago at her high school in Illinois, cheerleading try-outs lasted three grueling weeks. Some schools require a tumbling certification, ...

The young ladies on the Lumberton High School cheerleading squad learned that the hard way this weekend. The squad shared the video of their 9/11 tribute routine on Facebook and promptly received ...

Parents of two Bothell High School cheerleaders have sued the Northshore School District, alleging school officials erred when they suspended the girls from the team this year after nude photos of ...