Would cheer, dance and lacrosse be safer if sanctioned as high school sports?

Published: April 6, 2026

By: Sheridan White, LSU Manship School News Service

BATON ROUGE—A House resolution seeks to recognize high school dance, cheer and lacrosse teams as sanctioned sports in a move that could bring greater structure and safety oversight to activities long popular among students but not governed like traditional athletics.

House Concurrent Resolution 10, introduced by Rep. Roger Wilder III, R-Denham Springs, would ask the Louisiana High School Athletic Association to bring the activities under its authority.

The House Education unanimously passed the resolution this week, and it will next go to the House floor.

“We’re throwing these teenage girls 15 feet in the air, and then there’s no safety protocols for that right now,” Wilder said. 

As a non-binding resolution, the measure asks – rather than orders –the LHSAA to sanction the activities, and Wilder said he simply wanted to open a dialogue about it.

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