SAN ANTONIO — A middle school in East Central ISD is making history and changing lives one cheer at a time.

Legacy Middle School just launched the district’s first-ever middle school cheer team. What began as a new after-school program quickly turned into a sisterhood built on spirit, courage and one incredible comeback.

Making history on the court

Thursday marked the Legacy Knights Cheer Squad’s first-ever performance at a basketball game. The team has 25 members, guided by four coaches and more students are joining each week.

The girls practice three days a week, an hour at a time, and perform once a week at games and campus events.

“The kids, they needed something for after school. They needed something to belong to and have ownership in,” said Charlyssa Duplechain, a safety monit

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