I followed a high school cheerleading team in Vancouver, Washington, on their road to the state championship for the first time in 16 years, making history for Fort Vancouver High School. Senior, Jay Jay James, right, lost her boyfriend to a shooting a day before senior night, when this photo was taken, and a week before state. “Everybody struggled on the team,” she says, “and knowing people were going through stuff and still showing up to cheer, I knew I couldn’t give up. It has always been more than a team.”