Mariah

possible interviews: Aljay (male cheerleader from farrington high) Austin (my brother that wants to become a cheerleader) Devin (male cheerleader from iolani) Ms. Longo (past cheerleading coach) Mrs. Swanson (past cheerleader)

LINKS: [] this site is from EBSCOhost. there is a short summary on what cheerleading is. it also gives a little history on cheerleading. how the routines, uniforms, and competition changed as this sport progressed. in addition to history this site gives statistical information about female and male cheerleaders. unfortunately there is not much information about male cheerleaders.

[] this is a site from lexis-nexis provides statistical information on the participation of male cheerleaders in high school

[] this is another site i found on EBSCOhost. this particular article traces the history of cheerleading. it mentions how the sport went from men with megaphones, to a co-ed groups flipping, tumbling, and tossing. a very interesting piece of information that i found in this article was that "Cheerleading attracts more than three million elementary, high school, and college men and women in the United States".

[] this article is from EBSCO host. i think that this article will be where i get alot of my information. it talks about the earlier years of cheerleading, when this sport started, and how it was a male dominated sport.