Persistency is one of the life lessons which sports often teaches.Persistency has paid off for 2021 Lamesa High School graduate Daijah Whited.After not being selected as a cheerleader in junior high, Whited made it part of her life in high school on into college. She’s now helping youngsters learn the activity.“One of the hardest and most discouraging things which happened to me was never making cheerleader injuniorhigh. Ifinally made it my freshman year in high school,” Daijah said.She admits she nearly have up after junior high.But with her mother Christel’s help, Daijah refused to give in. After leading cheers for ...