Cheerleaders show a little too much spirit and are suspended

RIPON, Calif. -- Six cheerleaders are fighting suspensions after they flashed football fans a message on their underpants.

Vice Principal Ken Goeken ordered the girls to serve suspensions Tuesday and Wednesday for defying their coach and going ahead with a special cheer they choreographed for the last day of the football season.

At the end of the cheer, the girls bent over, lifted their skirts and showed the crowd the words “Indians No. 1” on their bloomers.

The girls -- who missed reading scenes from William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” and fear their grades will suffer -- are asking to make up course work and instead be banned from cheering at an upcoming basketball game.