“She’s ditzy,” “They’re snobs,” “What an airhead,” and the list of unflattering traits goes on - when referring to cheerleaders, chances are you’ve probably heard them all. Just a social club of good-looking girls who wouldn’t give the average Joe the time of day, right? Wrong. Cheerleaders are athletes. In years past, high school cheerleaders needed only to be pretty, perky and popular. However, over the last decade, cheerleading has been …showed first 75 words of 343 total…

…showed last 75 words of 343 total…that, there will be some people who you’ll never be able to change their way of thinking. That’s okay! As long as they respect your opinion and, in turn, you respect them for theirs. Even my big brother, the star football player in his high school years, teases me to this day. Now, I just smile and say, “Brennon, you throw a ball, I throw a human!” That seems to do the trick!