What, you thought that the troupe best known for leaping through fire at University of Maryland basketball games was the only local talent fit for primetime television? Think again. Gymkana’s ladder acrobatics has some competition from the eyeliner-heavy dance team of Fairfax County’s West Springfield High School, who have also reached the semifinals of NBC’s America’s Got Talent.

All things being equal, I’m going to give the edge to the Springfieldians, if only because, according to the Post, they “like to scare people.” Mission accomplished.