Touchdown! Home Run! Dunk! Goal! Football, baseball, basketball and soccer. Probably the top four known sports played in the U.S. What is a sport? These four that were just listed would easily be considered a sport.

According to dictionary.com, the official definition of an athlete is, “a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise.” Over the past few days, video journalist Kyle Friesen, ’19 and journalist Carston Saelzer, ’21 practiced with the FCS high school cheerleading squad.

Cheerleader Carlee Whipple, ’18, explains that the video gives people an insight into the experience of cheer.

“It was a great experience because it gives everyone an inside scoop on what cheer is like,” Whipple said. “Most people don’t know that we actually work really hard to be good at what we do. We give it our all.”

Check out The Feather Online Dec. 14, 2017, article, Behind the Bow: Journalists join cheer practice, share experience.