Carol & Jesica: Confirmed.Catfight! Haysville style!

"BRING!

IT!

ON!

A good old-fashioned cheerleader throwdown is (potentially) about to break out on national television, and the spirit-filled spatters are both from Haysville.

***TV nothin'. The real drama's on the feeds.

And they have history.

Last week, The Eagle reported that Wichita Thunder Dance Team member Jessica Hughbanks had been chosen as a houseguest on "Big Brother," the CBS reality show that sequesters strangers in a house and points the camera at the inevitable fireworks. The eighth season of the show, a summertime ratings staple, starts at 7 tonight on CBS, channel 12.

***7pm, if you live in Central Time. ;)

Then, we learned that another former Haysville resident -- Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader Carol Journey (who happens to be the daughter of state Sen. Phil Journey) had been cast on the show as well.

***Wonder if she'll try to keep daddy a secret??

Coincidence? We didn't think so.

And after reading on the CBS Web site that some of this year's guests would be sharing the house with "someone from their past with whom there is an extreme amount of tension," we definitely didn't think so.

It just so happens that both Carol and Jessica graduated from Campus High School in 2004, and both had been on the pompom squad their sophomore years.

***Oh dear... I'm having flashbacks of "Mean Girls."

There might even have been some ugliness between them at a New Year's Eve party during their freshman year, according to the mom of a fellow former pompom squad member.

***Somebody mackin' on somebody elses man??

UH-oh.

"Big Brother" has pulled this sort of thing before. Several seasons ago, they added a twist called "The Ex Factor." The contestants entered the house only to find that they'd be sharing living quarters with a former boyfriend or girlfriend with whom things had ended badly. That was an interesting summer.

***Unless you're a BB fan, and then it's the least favorite season!

If the show follows that formula, Jessica and Carol will be ambushed with the unpleasant news of their roommate status on live television tonight.

***Ah, the reality tv ambush. What could be better? ;)

Natalie Silva, a close friend of Carol's who was on the pompom squad with the girls in high school, says she can't remember any nasty rivalries.

"Honestly, they're both sweet girls," she said. "I thought we always got along just fine. I don't think they've talked to each other much since high school."

***Like, maybe cuz they don't like eachother??

And Patty Spiegel, the captain of the Thunder Dance Team, said she was surprised to learn about the "rivalry" twist.

She's known Jessica for years and has never heard her mention Carol. And "catfight" isn't exactly Jessica's style, she said.

"I've known Jessica for a long time, and I've never known her to have any enemies," she said. "A lot of people are speculating that it was some kind of dance rivalry."

Actually, it sounds like these two have a lot in common. If indeed they do hate each other's size 2 guts, maybe they can spend their summertime sequester working out their differences through a series of dance-offs.

***Not bloody likely, but nice imagery for your male readers.
::::rolling eyes::::

Who knows? By the finale, they might even have become best frenemies."

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