The Lady Tigers gymnast and her teammate Alexis Jeffrey pose before Friday’s meet vs. the Alabama Crimson Tide.

after a 17-hour bus ride. "It was just so exciting, because everybody was just so happy that we finally made it, and they were rooting for us," said the team's cheer director, Uleka Young.

When cheerleaders leave Hazleton Area High School on Wednesday for the national championship, they will ride their own bus.

Forsyth High School cheerleaders were among 15 injured when a school bus crashed Tuesday evening in Stone County. All of the injures were listed as minor in a report by the Missouri State Highway ...