In my limited experience, I think that the Californian colleges are behind in acknowledging how far cheer has come. The scholarships are not there.

Those Californian colleges that I know of as being stronger in cheer seem to compete at UCA College Nationals.

The truth is, there's no where to go in California anymore.  OCC, I would say, has the strongest team of the California schools, and they're a JC.  Sac State used to be good, but have kind of fallen apart.  Palomar used to be one of the best Coed teams in the country (as a Junior College) and their program is GONE.  San Diego State has a very talented, growing All-Girl program, but no scholarships, and they compete UCA.  And like you said, Long Beach didn't make it out of prelims.  Most Cali kids have to go out of state to get scholarships and to cheer for Nationally ranked teams.

On a positive note though, my friend Tony, who is a California original (worked with Clovis Elite, Pacific Coast, and Palomar) WON partner stunts for Morehead (Kentucky) this weekend in Daytona!!  Its not a Cali school, but he's a California kid!!!

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The truth is, there's no where to go in California anymore.  OCC, I would say, has the strongest team of the California schools, and they're a JC.  Sac State used to be good, but have kind of fallen apart.  Palomar used to be one of the best Coed teams in the country (as a Junior College) and their program is GONE.  San Diego State has a very talented, growing All-Girl program, but no scholarships, and they compete UCA.  And like you said, Long Beach didn't make it out of prelims.  Most Cali kids have to go out of state to get scholarships and to cheer for Nationally ranked teams.

On a positive note though, my friend Tony, who is a California original (worked with Clovis Elite, Pacific Coast, and Palomar) WON partner stunts for Morehead (Kentucky) this weekend in Daytona!!  Its not a Cali school, but he's a California kid!!!

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Agreed!! Not enough colleges are competitive in california or even have decent programs.

We were in that situation 2 years ago. College cheer has changed. You can't do doubles anymore and there have been alot more publisized stunting injuries. They still use a regular cheer floor no spring floor. When you come from all stars and go to college it's a big transition. It seems West coast schools don't offer the scholarships that mid west an east schools offer. Don't know why that is though. My kid decided not to cheer in college and stayed in allstars.