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Justin Carrier has hit send once again: Coaches, We are proud to announce exciting news. For those of you that plan on registering for the Varsity Family Plan during the upcoming season, we are excited to announce that you will not have to fill out ANY RELEASE FORMS to attend our events–not even ONCE. This…

Justin Carrier sent the following email on May 1st: Coaches, I wanted all of you to have a first look at NCA’s revised scoring system for the upcoming season. Point ranges, definitions, and values have been tweaked ever-so-slightly based on feedback from our customers and judges. 2008-2009 NCA All-Star Scoring Grid The first page is…

Fox News is reporting the Arizona State University cheerleading program has been ended due to some racy pictures showing up on the internet. Fox News.

Occasionally someone sends me information on a cheer and/or dance website and I’m going to start sharing them with you. I don’t review the websites, just give them a little publicity. In some cases I don’t even visit them. My Cheer

Jamie Parrish has decided to bring back Georgia Allstars. Georgia Allstars

Congratulations to the 2008 Cheerleading Worlds Champions. Club Teams: Top Gun Large Coed Spirit of Texas Small Coed World Cup Large Senior Stingrays Small Senior International: Stingrays Coed 6 PACE Phoenix All Girl 6 Gym Tyme Coed 5 South Elite All Girl 5 Cheer Athletics Small Coed Cheer Athletics Small All Girl University Cheer Junior…

We would like to wish everyone good luck at Worlds and safe travels to Disney.

Reading about the tragic death of Lauren Chang has sent a thousand thoughts through my mind and I was wondering what reaction and thoughts others are having. Please share in the forum and I will expand on my thoughts later. ABC News: Cheerleader Deaths: Unimaginable but True

I’ve been told there will be significant changes to the divisions at UCA High School Nationals. The details are very scarce but changes include divisions being based on the size of the school, not just the size of the squad.

Here are a few of the International All Level Championship flyers: General Information Flyer Qualifying Events Qualifying Events Map

A member of the Energy All*Stars’ (Watertown, MA) Level 6 Coed team collapsed last weekend and passed away Tuesday night. Our condolences go out to her family, friends, teammates, gym, and coaches. Please keep them in your prayers. The Boston Globe posted some additional information.

The official International All Levels Championship announcement was made today.

We were led to believe the International All Level Championship would be officially announced today, but if it was we missed the announcement. Here is what we have heard: The inaugural IALC events will take place April 10-11, 2009, which is the Friday and Saturday of Easter weekend. The events will be held in Atlanta…

The Rumor of the Day is Varsity has bought All Star Challenge. More will be posted as information becomes available.

More rumors about the All Level International Championship are surfacing. It looks like there will be a press release around May 1st with all the details, including the qualifying event, but at least one of the participating event producers has already sent an email out. Registration fees will be $50 for teams that win qualifying…

In an announcement we all saw coming, JAM Rewards was introduced by JAM Brands today. Visit the JAM Rewards website for more info.

More rumors are floating around about the All Level International Championship, formerly known as the International All Level Championship. We’re hearing it will be held next Easter (2 weeks before Worlds, but the same weekend as NCA College) in 2 locations simultaneously, Atlanta and Los Angeles. The winners are supposed to be judged via internet…

The USASF sent the following email concerning the 2008-09 Age and Division Grid on Monday: Dear USASF/IASF Member: After several months of input from a wide variety of sources, I am pleased to forward you the USASF/IASF Age Grid for the 2008-09 season. There are two copies attached, one with highlights of the changes that…

NCA has released their 2008-2009 All*Star Nationals divisions on Varsity.com. They consisted of 7 Level 1’s, 8 L2’s, 10 L3’s, 9 L4’s, 10 L5’s, 2 L6’s, 2 International, and Special Needs, for a total of 49. NCA will also offer some small gym divisions. Update: Justin Carrier sent an email saying the initial release had…

The following was sent to cheer coaches towards the end of March: Dear Cheer Coach, We are excited to announce that Cheer Coach & Advisor magazine has again partnered with the USASF and together we are offering an award for the 2008 World’s Top U.S. Cheer Coach and new this year, an award for the…