They’ve got spirit!

Pin Oak Middle School cheerleaders

Cheerleaders at Pin Oak Middle School keep school spirit alive. Under the direction of new coach Loren Ingram, the girls cheer at football, basketball and volleyball games, pep rallies, and even a Rice University football-game halftime. Most of the seventh- and eighth-grade girls have been involved in competitive cheer or gymnastics, and they bring those skills to the squad. Each year the squad welcomes new members with an early-morning “kidnapping” and swim party. This year’s cheerleaders are (top row, from left) Cindy Cook, Alexis White, Trinity McDonald, Ravyn Louis, Jacklyn Helm, Winnie Gordon, (middle row, from left) Jordyn Whitaker, Anna Bernal, Grace Beasely, Margot Purdie, Sophia Haskin, McHaley Ho, Madi Rivera, Lindsay Elwood, Brooke Selldin, (bottom row, from left) Tomer Oren, Lilly Smith, Lauren Aungier, Alyssa Hatfield, Sydnee Smith, Grace Evans and Elizabeth McLaughlin.

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