[IISnakE]

I know this comment may step on some toes for people in the 15th region. I really do not think that Pikeville's junior high team should be able to compete against high school teams at the KAPOS state competition. KHSAA means Kentucky High School Athletic Association. I would think that there would be a competition they could compete at for their grade level. I know that they have recently implemented a Middle School State Cheerleading championship. Does Pikeville compete in this competition? I am not taking anything away from the junior high's ability. They had an awesome performance yesterday. I just don't think it is fair for them to compete against high school teams.

You are not stepping upon toes, however, I want to know why you feel it is unfair. They are younger and yet have been approved by the KHSAA to meet the requirements to cheer for their Varsity Girls Basketball team. Title IX requires the squads to be of equal ability to do this. Pikeville is talented enough and fortunate enough to have two squads to meet this requirement. There aren't many other schools East of Lexington who can do this. (It is working squads, from schools who do not have another equal ability group, to death. It is an aggravating rule. Yet this group, who refuses to recognize cheer as a sport, can have this type of power over us. Why can they get away with it? Because we let them. But this is a topic for a new thread altogether.) Why do I get the feeling that your post makes it seem like it's unfair for Pikeville to "get" to compete against older girls... why should that matter? What's age got to do with anything... if a squad is good enough to be there, what's the issue? If the older squads are good enough, why are they worried about a Jr. High Squad in their division? I would welcome good competition no matter where it came from.... but that's just me.