A trip to an away game turns into a harrowing experience for the cheerleaders when their van is hijacked by two gunmen who demand to be driven to Canada

Things were looking good - and so was Mary Ellen! When a Chicago model agency asks the stunning and ambitious cheerleader to go for an audition, she can't believe her luck. Once there, the real challenge begins. Mary Ellen will do anything to be a model - but will she have to, to keep things looking good...?

There's a new squad of cheerleaders at Tarenton High, and being a cheerleader means something different to each of them. And that makes problems. To beautiful Jessica, it's escaping from conflicts at home. To Sean, it's having girls notice him. And to Tara, it means being a star. Olivia can see they're in big trouble already. How will they ever pull themselves together and be a team when everything is pulling them apart?

When the arrogant, untalented Robinson Ladd joins the cheerleading squad without trying out, the other squad members are outraged, and Olivia decides to find out why Coach Engborg wants Robinson on the team.

Slammer Akins is his name—and cheerleading definitely is not his game. But he's the substitute coach while Mrs. Engborg is in the hospital, and what he says, goes. What is really going, though, is the spirit and style that make the Tarenton squad special. And when Jessica gets distracted by Patrick's reaction to Mary Ellen's unexpected visit, things get even worse. It seems like nothing short of mutiny will stop Slammer—but will it save the squad?

Follows the romantic adventures of Tarenton High's most popular group, the cheerleaders.

Former head cheerleader Mary Ellen Kirkwood is back in town and she's in love. But is Pres just kidding when he asks her to marry him? No one knows. But romance is in the air. Olivia can't even think about cheerleading, and for once, nasty Diana's schemes don't worry her. Patrick has some serious questions for Jessica, and Hope could be falling out of love with Peter, and in love with someone new. Before it is all over, there may be a cheerleader wedding...but no one is sure.

Pres has been in a terrible accident. He can't walk. He won't even try. No one can reach him, until Mary Ellen calls the members of the old squad and asks them to come back and join the new squad—to win the most important fight the cheerleaders have ever faced!

Tara has a big part in the local play. And she suddenly realizes that this is what she was meant to be—a star! But rehearsals mean skipping cheerleading practice. Coach Engborg says, No way. And so does the rest of the squad. Tara must find a way if she wants to keep the part. Will she have to lie? or will the help offered by a handsome actor save her? Tara may have to make a choice. is it time for a new cheerleader on the squad?

Tryouts for an alternate cheerleader are a week away. Diana is sure she's a cinch. And the squad is worried that she is right. But Hope thinks Melissa, a shy junior who is a ballet dancer, might be right for the job if only Hope can convince the squad—and Melissa! Does Melissa have what it takes to be the newest cheerleader? Or will Diana get everything she wants?

Faced with failing French and losing her place on the squad, Jessica has less time than ever for Patrick. His attempts to help only make things between them worse. It's goodbye, Jessica says. And this time she really means it. But does she? What if Patrick falls in love with someone new? Someone on the squad? Someone who falls back in love with him? Like Tara? Patrick and Tara? Was it always meant to be?

If Olivia's boyfriend truly loves her, why is he telling stories about the cheerleaders on his radio show? And why is he joining those who say that boys don't belong on the squad? Other squads have gone all-girl, exchanging flying movies and daring stunts for—less. Is the Tarenton squad going to be forced to do the same? The team has to prove that the boys belong and that being together is what makes them the best. The time has come for action...the kind that stops the show!

A shopping expedition turns into a nightmare when Mary Ellen Tilford is kidnapped for ransom, and Tara Armstrong, in the wrong place at the wrong time, is taken, too. Mary Ellen says, "Do what they say. Don't make any trouble." Tara says, "We've got to fight. We've got to save ourselves." Someone's right. And someone's wrong. Maybe dead wrong.

Diana's unsuccessful bribe of her math teacher, Nick, leads her to take her revenge on him in the form of a nasty lie that threatens various relationships

When the cheerleading squad wins a Caribbean cruise, the members enjoy themselves with fun and romance until one of the members becomes suspected of stealing an antique jewelled dagger

When Peter begins a computer dating project, he throws the cheerleading squad into romantic turmoil, creating possible match-ups that completely ignore the present.