Sis, boom, bah — wait, is that the law?

This just in: You might recall that the Morton Ranch High School varsity cheerleaders were in a little trouble, having caused the suspension of all cheerleading activities for the rest of the school year by binding and blindfolding their JV counterparts and throwing them into a swimming pool.

Now, they’re in a little more trouble.

Seven cheerleaders, aged 17 and 18, have been indicted by a Katy, Texas, grand jury and charged with hazing, a misdemeanor that could bring a maximum six-month jail sentence and a $2,000 fine.

Five more cheerleaders, minors, could be prosecuted in juvenile court.

Lawyers for the poor, misunderstood angels say the legal action is a gross overreaction.

Others, NOT paid to shill, had different thoughts, and were quoted in a Houston Chronicle story.

18-year-old Mosha Washington, for instance, said the varsity cheerleaders "went beyond too far — (their victims) could have died."

And on the question of hazing in general, well, let me quote the last four graphs of the Chronicle story:

"There has been a natural negative evolution," said lawyer Gary Powell of Cincinnati, Ohio, who for two decades edited a newsletter for schools and fraternities. "It's more creative, and, unfortunately, more violent."

Chicago psychologist Jean Alberti termed hazing "child abuse by children."

"If it happened to an adult," she said, "it would be called assault, battery, robbery — all life-threatening stuff. Until we call it 'child abuse,' we won't generate the outrage to change it.

"(Youths) think it's funny, parents think it's funny. They think it's normal adolescent development, but this is an aberration. It didn't happen 30 or 40 years ago. Now we have video on YouTube showing girls kicking other girls in the head."