Category: Spirit

I had a few thoughts recently I thought I would share. I think UCA should move High School Nationals to March and All Star Nationals to February. I’m not sure this would work with state basketball tournaments, but it would be nice to give the high school teams an extra month to get ready and…

AACCA, NCSSE and the USASF Parent Action Committee have created an award to recognize and reward sportsmanship on and off the competition floor. Additional information available here.

On Wednesday, March 17, UCA received approval from USASF in their appeal to award an additional paid bid to Brandon Senior White.

UCA released the following announcement concerning Worlds bids at UCA Nationals: UCA National All Star Cheerleading Championship Announcement This weekend at the UCA National All Star Cheerleading Championship (NASCC), Brandon All-Stars Large Senior Semi-Limited Coed team (Senior White) should have been awarded a paid bid to the USASF Cheerleading Worlds in April. This unfortunate misunderstanding…

PacWest & UCA awarded bids to Worlds this weekend: PacWest Partial – South Elite (Senior Semi-Limited Coed L5) At Large – Denali All Stars (Senior Small Limited Coed L5) PacWest Update – South Elite declined the Partial bid. PacWest then offered the Partial bid to Denali All Stars (Senior Small Limited Coed L5) and the…

So far we can only find four events that have surpassed the 300 All Star cheer team mark this competition season. Please let us know if we missed any. Cheersport Nationals with 656 NCA All Star Nationals with 523 JAMfest Cheer Super Nationals with 365 Coastal Battle at the Capitol with 311

Varsity has announced most of their 2010-11 competition dates. Varsity Competitions 2010-11

AmeriCheer announced the acquisition of Eastern Cheer & Dance Association (ECDA). AmeriCheer Acquires ECDA

USASF has redesigned the USASF.net website. USASF.net.

Coastal & Cheer Alliance (Canada) awarded bids this weekend: Coastal’s Battle at the Capitol Paid – New Jersey Spirit Explosion (Senior Small L5) Paid – South Jersey Storm “Thunder” (Senior Semi Limited Coed L5) At-Large – Cheer Tyme “Obsession” (Senior Small Limited Coed L5) At-Large – Elite Cheer Michigan “Celebrity” (Senior Small L5) At-Large –…

Cheer America awarded the following bids last weekend: Paid – Cheer Athletics “Panthers” (Senior Large L5) Paid – Maverick Cheer “Diamonds” (Senior Unlimited Coed L5) At-Large – Tiger Elite (Open Coed L6) At-Large – Tiger Elite (Senior Large Limited Coed L5) At-Large – Texas Dynasty “Onyx” (Senior Small Limited Coed L5) At-Large – Texas Cheer…

UPA announced their 2010 Coaches of the Year and Hall of Fame inductees: 2010 NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR Top 5 UPA National DANCE Coaches Of The Year Recipients: Theresa Kubalak – Power of Dance, Wisconsin Amy Pederson – Fargo North HS, ND Jim Trost – Energizers, Wisconsin Erin Fine – Johnson County Community College,…

Dan Kessler of the JAM Brands sent the following: Dear Coaches, In honor of National Sportsmanship Day, I want to take a minute to say THANK YOU for embracing our Your Partner in Spirit “call to action” regarding Sportsmanship! The JAM Brands placed sportsmanship at the top of our “Wish List” for the 2009-2010 season,…

Cheer LTD has joined the Varsity Family Plan. Varsity Family Plan members now include: All Star Challenge American Championships American Cheer Power American Cheerleaders Association (ACA) Athletic Championships Cheer LTD Cheersport National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) National Dance Association (NDA) Spirit Cheer Spirit Sports United Spirit Association (USA) Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) Universal Dance Association (UDA)…

Jammy has release dates for most of the JAM Brand competitions for the 2010-11 season. JAM Brands Event Producers include: JAMfest America’s Best COA Coastal Game Day Great Lakes Live! JAM Brands Events 2010-11

March is National Cheer Safety month. Show your support by joining the AACCA/NCSSE and NCSF events on Facebook.

Here’s the bids awarded at COA, UPA, & WSA: COA Paid – All Star Legacy (Senior Small L5) Paid – Rockstar Cheer “The Rolling Stones” (Senior Small Limited Coed L5) At-Large – All Star Legacy (International Open Coed L5) At-Large – American Elite (International Open Coed L5) At-Large – Pittsburgh Pride (Senior Small L5) At-Large…

Here are a few comparisons and observations about the 3 major championships of the regular season. Only All Star Cheer teams and divisions were counted in the numbers below. Please add your notes and observations to the comments. Observations Cheersport had the largest average division size at 9.24 teams per division, followed by NCA (6.97)…

NCA announced the following At Large Bids this weekend: All Star Legacy (Senior Small L5) Cheer Athletics FierceKatz (International Open L5) Cheer Legendz Pumaz (Senior Small Limited Coed L5) Cheer Fusion (Senior Small L5) Extreme Cheer Company (Senior Small Limited Coed L5) Gage Inferno Lady Dragons (Senior Small L5) ICE “Lightning” (Senior Small Limited Coed…

American Cheer Express, JAMZ, Spirit Unlimited, and UPA had gave bids this weekend. We haven’t seen a list for American Cheer Express or UPA yet. JAMZ Paid – Orange County (Senior Small L5) At Large – Macs (Senior Small L5) At Large – Fierce (Senior Small Limited Coed L5) At Large – Cheerforce (International Open…

NCA Nationals is over. Below is a list of the Level 5 and Level 6 champions, Paid Bids, and top single day scores. Complete coverage can be found on Varsity.com. Level 5 & 6 Top 3: Youth L5 – Cheer Extreme (85.54), World Cup (85.34), Cheer Athletics (84.34) Junior Small L5 – Stingrays (89.02), Maryland…

This weekend is the final major weekend of the All Star regular season. Worlds bids will be awarded at NCA (Dallas, TX), JAMZ (Las Vegas, NV), UPA (Minneapolis, MN), Spirit Unlimited (Atlantic City, NJ), and American Cheer Express (Nashville, TN). Good luck to all the teams competing this weekend.

UCA High School Nationals were held last weekend. Complete results can be found on Varsity.com. UCA National Champions Small Junior High – Martin Middle School Large Junior High – North Laurel Middle School Small Junior Varsity – Madison Central High School Large Junior Varsity – Centennial High School Junior Varsity Coed – Arlington High School…

Junior team Bids to the 2010 Cheerleading Worlds have now been awarded (again). Congratulations to all the teams earning bids. All Girl (2010 Scoresheet Ranking, 2009 Scoresheet Ranking) Green Bay Elite (1, 5) Stingrays (2, 1) East Celebrity Elite (3, 6) World Cup (4, T3) Woodlands Elite (5, T3) Maryland Twisters (6, 2) Coed (2010…

There were 9 Paid and 27 At Large bids to the Cheerleading Worlds awarded this weekend. Paid Bids CheerSport ACE Thunderbirds – Large Senior Limited Coed 5 ACE Warriors – Senior Semi Limited Coed 5 Brandon Senior Black – Small Senior Limited Coed 5 Cheer Extreme – Small Senior 5 GymTyme Senior Platinum – Senior…