Channelview, Texas is a neat middleclass suburb of Houston. It is a typical bedroom community of nice homes, nice cars, and nice families. Competition is fierce in all sports, but recently the competition got more than a little intense not in football or in basketball, but in cheerleading.

Amber Heath and Shanna Holloway lived right around the corner from each other. They had been friends for years. Amber was president of the Student Council and Shanna was Vice President. Their mothers were also wonderful friends. The girls both went to the same private Christian school, and the moms would even take turns driving those kids to school. Everything was fine between the two families until the sixth grade. That's when Amber beat out Shanna for cheerleader.

The two girls had always competed ag…