Most Dangerous Sport? Welcome To Cheer World . . . Of Competitive Cheerleading!
Published August 31, 2011 | 
How many of you macho guys would snicker if you were informed that the most strenuous and even most dangerous sport just happens to be competitive cheerleading?
Several of the Hamilton Southeastern Lady Royals pictured were members of back-to-back ICA State Cheerleading Championships/HC Sports Daily photo: Mark Morrow..
Oh, you don’t see girls cheerleading as being a sport, you say?
Many high schools in Indiana have cheerleading under the administration’s umbrella and consider it a varsity sport for purposes of awarding letters/hanging championship banners in the gym.
At Hamilton Southeastern for example, cheerleaders are treated like athletes.
“Our squads are very talented and work extremely hard to prepare for competitions. Our cheerleaders – football and basketball – receive varsity letters. Competition in cheerleading is big business, highly competitive and I think at some point it could be recognized as an IHSAA sport. In my 11 years as an athletic director, we have seen the decline of gymnastics in high schools and the increase in cheer squads competing,’’ said Jim Self, co-athletic director at HSE.
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