Showing their spirit: Scott County Central High School cheerleaders

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Their coach calls them "small and mighty." That's as apt a description as any to describe the six-member Scott County Central High School varsity cheerleading squad. It's one of the smallest squads in the school's history. But coach Stacey Russell said these cheerleaders know how to compete and how to keep a crowd pumped up. Of course, it doesn't hurt to be cheering for a basketball team looking for its third straight state championship. Today meet senior Lacey Knight and her sister, junior Kara Weiss, who together captain the squad.

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