Category: Spirit

We have not found anything officially stating who was offered bids at America’s Best or All Star Challenge. We believe Twist and Shout Small Coed earned one of the paid bids from America’s Best and Top Gun Large Coed and World Cup Large Senior earned the paid bids at All Star Challenge.

World Spirit Federation gave the following bids to Worlds in Indy this weekend: Fully Paid Worlds Bids: Cheer Extreme – Small Senior 5 Gym Tyme – Large Senior Limited Coed 5 At Large Worlds Bids Cheer Illinois Athletics – International Open Coed 5 eXtreme All StarZZ – International Open Coed 5 Step 1 All-Stars –…

This is the first weekend a significant number of paid bids to Worlds will be given. We’d like to wish everyone good luck on the mat this weekend.

The Internation All Levels Championship has reached 1,500 bids according to an email they sent (twice) today. More information about the event can be found here.

Varsity was comprised of UCA, UDA, ACA, & USA prior to being taken private with the help of Leonard Green & Partners (Consumer Products Portfolio). Since then they have been on a buying spree. NCA, NDA, & CDT – This acquisition gave Varsity the major player in the All*Star market, as well as the second…

We missed the announcement, but Jammy has bought Power Cheer & Dance. I don’t know much about them, but you can visit their website here. http://www.powercheeranddance.com/

We Cheer, a cheerleading video game, has shipped for the Nintendo Wii.

The IALC issued the following information about the event: Coaches, I know it is difficult to keep up with all the information and “new stuff” that is happening in the all-star market. I wanted to take this opportunity to provide answers for the “most asked” questions about All-Levels and help clear up some of the…

The International All Level Championship has added All Junior Level 5 divisions to the competition. See the press release on Varsity.com.

The USASF has recently released a new website. At first look it appears to be a significant upgrade over the last version. Check it out at USASF.net.

Spirit Cheer is the latest company to become a Varsity Brand. See the Press Release here.

Four Scott High School (Tennessee) cheerleaders died in a car crash this weekend following cheering at a football game. The full story is on CNN.com.

Varsity Brands will no longer require release froms for All*Star Competitons. See the full information on Varsity.com.

The IALC has added Mini divisions and moved the Indy event to Columbus, Ohio.

JAM Brands and American Cheerleader Magazine have asked everyone to nominate Spirt Town USA. Vist spirittownusa.com for more information.

Mike Burgess, the USASF Rules Chairman, sent the following memo: Dear USASF/IASF Membership: Over the past several months committees and the National Advisory Board of the USASF and/or IASF have been meeting to discuss several topics related to all-star cheer and dance. As a result of these meetings, and in particular the most recent gathering…

The following rules have been “clarified” by the USASF: Level 4 and Level 5 Stunts RULE ADJUSTMENT: Downward inversions from prep level or above may not land in an inverted position. Clarification: Downward inversions from prep level that land in an inverted position ARE NOW ALLOWED this season. Level 4 Pyramids a. RULE ADJUSTMENT: In…

Here are 2 more stories that we wished didn’t exist. Jones County Junior College in Mississippi & West Coast Extreme in Oregon

Justin Carrier from NCA sent the following email recently Coaches, The new Championship season is off to a great start here at NCA/NDA!  We’ve launched our new websites, NCA.varsity.com and NDA.varsity.com, and we’re gearing up for our second event of the year this weekend. Many of you will be receiving our NCA/NDA Competition and Safety…

USA Cheer is putting together a “Dream Team” to represent the United States at the International Cheer Union World Cup. USA Cheer Press Release

Science Daily has published on article on cheerleading risks and injuries. Science Daily

The National Cheer Safety Foundation (NCSF) has declared today, August 9th, as National Cheer Safety Awareness Day. The NCSF has also released a report increasing the number of catostrophic injuries since 1982 by 30. 30 Unreported Catastrophic Injuries

There’s no, or at least very little, secret about Varsity Brands’ dislike of, and brewing rivalry with, JAM Brands. The question I pose is who is being targeted by the Varsity led International All Levels Championship. JAM Brands JAM Brands is the obvious choice due to their recent acquisitions positioning them as the only entity…

The new IALC website is up at all-levels.com. The flash intro is a little slow, but it seems fine otherwise.

The Fab 5 Movie debuts tonight on Lifetime. Check you local listing for the channel and time. In case you don’t know or forgot what I’m talking about here’s a Newsweek link.