Cheerleaders have always served as the crowd motivators at home games for LHS. Always staying positive and encouraging the team are their number one priorities. However, there is much more to their team than just peppy cheers. The cheerleading team also goes through an intense competitive season. A sanctioned sport for the last two years, cheerleading has begun to gain more recognition. Unfortunately, this LHS cheerleading season was marked with injuries and sickness.

"This year we had 20 girls on the team," coach Katie Pabst said. "However, because of all the injuries and sicknesses, we had a constantly changing routine to compensate for those losses. We never performed the same routine at each of our seven competitions ."

Despite these misfortunes, coach Pabst feels as though the team improved greatly over the season and believes that the team will continue to grow over the following seasons.