Student signs to cheer for Dickinson State

Green River High School student Damien Holmes will be soaring to new heights - and helping the teammates he throws into the air do the same - when he becomes a Blue Hawk.

Holmes recently signed his letter of intent to cheer at Dickinson State University in North Dakota.

"I think it's wonderful," GRHS Head Cheer Coach Mikayla Smart said of Holmes's future opportunity. "It's incredible to have a kid of his caliber come from our school and be recruited at the level that he's being recruited at."

DSU is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Cheering for an NAIA school m...