My Cheer Captain, Her Hidden Game

At Oak Ridge High School in Texas, football is the school’s religion. The Oak Ridge Knights, the varsity team, have won the state championship three years in a row. Ethan, the quarterback, is the school’s star: handsome, confident, with an elite throwing arm. Ava, the cheer captain, leads the crowd to cheer for the team at every game. They are the two most prominent figures on campus, yet they have never really crossed paths. Ethan thinks cheerleading is nothing more than “eye-candy performances,” while Ava sees the football players as nothing but “arrogant jerks.” That is, until an accident forces them to work together to plan the homecoming carnival, where they discover the hidden sides of each other.