First person: Three cheers for hard-working cheerleaders

• Topics:
  • Sports
• Published:
  1. The Sacramento Bee, January 17, 2003
• Metainfo:
  • 556 words
  • 18.5 inches

The pom-poms. The cute little skirts. Stunning gymnastic routines. Victory cheers. What images pop into your head when you think about cheerleading? Many people mistakenly picture a stereotype: blond and perpetually perky.