The No. 8 story on the
countdown of my personal favorite Top 10 John's Journal stories from the
2020-21 school year was originally posted during the hockey season on Feb.
26. It features one of the most unique groups of cheerleaders in the state, the
Minneapolis public school hockey cheerleaders.
The group, which consists of
talented figure skaters, originally skated during intermissions of home hockey
games for the Minneapolis boys and girls teams; students from all seven Minneapolis
public high schools are eligible to be members of the teams. The theme is the
same for the cheerleaders, who hail from different schools.
Here’s an excerpt: Roosevelt ninth-grader Lydia Martin said her
love of skating first drew her to the team, along with family tradition. Her
mother was a cheerleader at Southwest and her father was the Husky mascot for
St. Cloud State hockey games. Lydia said she also enjoys being part of a
district-wide activity.
“It’s a sense of community. We are all from
different parts of this big city, different schools, different friends, yet we
come together to make one team.”
The cheerleaders do more than cheer at games.
They also have built a social media following with YouTube “Hockey Talk” videos
focusing on game results, their own skating prowess and lots of entertainment
(videos can found by searching Minneapolis Hockey Cheerleading on YouTube, and
information on other social media platforms can be found at @612RINK).
Click here to read the
story: https://www.mshsl.org/about/news/johns-journal/johns-journal-they-cheer-they-skate-they-inspire
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