Halls’ Unified Cheer team is the state champion

By Steve Williams

Halls High School has a new state champion.

Its unified cheer team took first place at the TSSAA State Cheerleading and Dance tournament that was held in Knoxville Nov. 6 and 7.

With this state title Halls also made history by winning the first Unified Cheerleading State Championship on the high school level. Rhea County also made history by being the first middle school team to do it.

Halls competed in the “Game Day” category.

“The team was made up of eight special education students partnered with eight general education peers,” said Head Coach Alex Yanniello.

The special ed students had varying disabilities.

“We have a student that primarily uses a wheelchair,” said Yanniello. “We’ve got all different kinds of dis

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