Jones, Fields provide balance on D

Northside (Warner Robins, Ga.) defensive stars Abry Jones and Eric Fields play with very different styles, but together they form a perfect combination.

Top-seeded Texas is rich with talent

Texas boasts an embarassment of football riches, including high school football so intense it has inspired two decades' worth of books, movies and TV shows.

Bob Jones High cheerleaders practice all year for a 2½-minute routine that combines tumbling, stunting and cheering

01 March 2009: Cheerleaders from around the world converged on the Dallas Convention Center to compete in the 23rd annual National...

Cheerleading is more than pompoms, pep

Yes, cheerleaders are athletes, and they combine skills from a variety of other sports to help their squads excel, writes Julie Turner.

Toughest high school sports: fall season

ESPNRISE.com looks at fall sports to determine which is the toughest.

Athletics going strong at TSD

Athletes at the Texas School for the Deaf (Austin, Texas) are proving their abilities on the field, writes Jeff Miller.

Alone, Richardson wins team state title

Bonnie Richardson is a one-girl track team at Rochelle (Texas) High School. At last year's state meet, she won the team title -- all by herself.

Cimarron cheers to another state title

Cimarron-Memorial (Las Vegas) has a lot to cheer about since the cheerleading squad is now back-to-back state champions, writes ESPNHS reporter Damon Harker.

Cimarron-Memorial cheerleaders after winning state

Cimarron-Memorial cheerleaders

Frankie and Cheerleaders

Attucks' win helped race relations

For Crispus Attucks, the first all-black team to win a state championship, both blacks and whites rallied around the team. It didn't come instantly. But because the Tigers were so talented and disciplined, the gyms always were packed.

Court rules cheerleading is contact sport

High school cheerleading is a contact sport and therefore its participants cannot be sued for accidentally causing injuries, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a case being closely watched in the cheerleading world.

Gilbert takes home top football award

After leading his team to consecutive state titles and setting a Texas career passing record with 12,534 yards, Garrett Gilbert was named EA SPORTS Mr. Football USA.