Schedule is posted...

Updated 1/19/09 6:30pm ESTDoors Open at 9:30am9:30am - 11:00am Registration

10:00am - 10:50am Warm-Up Check-in (1 hour before your competition time)

10:55am Prayer & National Anthem

11:00am - 11:50am Team Competition

12:13pm Session 1 Awards Ceremony ( In the middle of Session 2)

11:00 Central Valley Pom & Dance Tiny Dance Stockton, CA

11:03 Victorious Elite All-Stars Special Needs Manteca, CA

11:07 Central Valley Pom & Dance Stockton Mini Dance Stockton, CA

11:10 POWER Special Needs Rocklin, CA

11:13 Central Valley Pom & Dance Lodi Mini Dance Stockton, CA

11:17 cheergyms.com Pyramids Senior Red Special Needs Concord, CA

11:23 Central Valley Pom & Dance Lodi Youth Dance Stockton, CA

11:27 West High School High School Varsity Large Level 4 Tracy, CA

11:30 Central Valley Pom & Dance Stockton Youth Dance Stockton, CA

11:33 Los Gatos High School High School Varsity Large Level 4 Los Gatos, CA

11:40 Cheer Stars Youth Dance Manteca, CA

11:43 GymStars Elite Tiny Level 1 Stockton, CA

11:47 Cheer Stars Senior Hip Hop Manteca, CA

11:50 Riptide Ripples Tiny Level 1 Hollister, CA

11:30am - 12:05pm Registration

10:57am - 12:20pm Warm-Up Check-in (1 hour before your competition time)

11:57am - 1:20pm Team Competition

1:50pm Session 2 Awards Ceremony ( In the middle of Session 3)

11:57 cheergyms.com Pyramids Youth Small Level 2 Concord, CA

12:00 Riptide Rampage Junior Level 2 Hollister, CA

12:03 Fame Athletics Youth Small Level 2 San Jose, CA

12:07 GymStars Elite Junior Level 2 Stockton, CA

12:13 Awards for Session 1

12:33 Royal All-Stars Mini Level 1 Elk Grove, CA

12:37 POWER Youth Level 3 Rocklin, CA

12:40 cheergyms.com Pyramids Mini Level 1 Concord, CA

12:43 Silver Spirit All-Stars Youth Level 1 Minden, NV

12:47 POWER Mini Level 1 Rocklin, CA

12:50 Cheer Xperience Youth Level 1 El Dorado Hills, CA

12:57 Cheer Xperience Mini Level 1 El Dorado Hills, CA

1:00 Cheer Stars Youth Level 1 Manteca, CA

1:03 Silver Spirit All-Stars Mini Level 1 Minden, NV

1:07 Riptide Rookies Youth Level 1 Hollister, CA

1:13 cheergyms.com Motions Mini Level 1 Concord, CA

1:17 Santa Rosa Elite Cheer Youth Level 1 Santa Rosa, CA

1:20 Starz Sparklers Mini Level 1 Truckee, CA

Session 2: Youth Small Level 2, Junior Level 2, Mini Level 1, Youth Level 3, Youth Level 1CHEERSPORT Stockton, CA Grand Championship- Sunday January 25, 2009

CHEERSPORT is a member of the USASF and as an acting member must abide by all rulings made by the board. All division

combinations are per USASF rules. You may visit their website at www.USASF.net to view their Cheer and Dance Guidelines.

Session 1: Special Needs, Tiny Dance, Mini Dance, Youth Dance, High School Varsity Large Level 4, Tiny Level 1, Senior Hip Hop

Cheerleaders, Dancers, Coaches, Families and Friends, WELCOME to CHEERSPORT's Stockton, CA Grand Championship. Thank you for choosing to

attend our competition. We are excited to have everyone here to compete in what we know will be an outstanding competition. We wish all the

competitors the best of luck and pray for an injury free competition. Thanks again for coming and please let any CHEERSPORT staff member know if

we can be of assistance. Take Care and God Bless You.

Updated 1/19/09 6:30pm EST

12:45pm - 1:30pm Registration

12:27pm - 1:47 Warm-Up Check-in (1 hour before your competition time)

1:27pm - 2:47pm Team Competition

3:17pm Session 3 Awards Ceremony ( In the middle of Session 4)

1:27 POWER All-Girl Open / International Rocklin, CA

1:30 cheergyms.com Pyramids Senior Large Level 2 Concord, CA

1:33 POWER - Red Senior Open Large Level 2 Rocklin, CA

1:37 One Athletics Senior Large Level 2 Roseville, CA

1:40 Riptide Revolution Senior Open Large Level 2 Hollister, CA

1:43 Silver Spirit All-Stars Senior Large Level 2 Minden, NV

1:50 Awards for Session 2

2:10 Swat All Stars Junior Level 3 Vacaville, CA

2:13 POWER Junior Level 5 Rocklin, CA

2:17 Cheer Xperience Junior Level 3 El Dorado Hills, CA

2:20 Royal All-Stars Senior Open Small Level 2 Elk Grove, CA

2:23 Royal All-Stars Junior Level 3 Elk Grove, CA

2:30 TnT Explosions Nitros Senior Open Small Level 2 Truckee, CA

2:33 One Athletics Junior Level 3 Roseville, CA

2:37 POWER - Blue Senior Open Small Level 2 Rocklin, CA

2:40 Cheer Xperience Senior Small Level 2 El Dorado Hills, CA

2:43 Rockets Senior Open Small Level 2 Patterson, CA

2:47 Cheer Stars Senior Small Level 2 Manteca, CA

2:15pm - 3:00pm Registration

1:53pm - 3:20pm Warm-Up Check-in (1 hour before your competition time)

2:53pm - 4:20pm Team Competition

4:27pm Session 4 Awards Ceremony

2:53 Sierra All Stars Senior Small Level 3 Auburn, CA

2:57 Riptide Rush Senior Coed Level 4 Hollister, CA

3:00 Team X Senior Small Level 3 Antioch, CA

3:03 Royal All-Stars Senior Coed Level 4 Elk Grove, CA

3:07 Swat All Stars Senior Small Level 3 Vacaville, CA

3:10 Fame Athletics Senior Coed Level 4 San Jose, CA

3:17 Awards for Session 3

3:37 One Athletics Senior Open Level 4 Roseville, CA

3:40 GymStars Elite Senior Open Level 3 Stockton, CA

3:43 cheergyms.com Pyramids Senior Open Level 4 Concord, CA

3:47 Fame Athletics Senior Open Level 3 San Jose, CA

3:50 Swat All Stars Senior Open Level 4 Vacaville, CA

3:53 POWER Senior Open Level 3 Rocklin, CA

4:00 cheergyms.com Coed Open / International Concord, CA

4:03 cheergyms.com Motions Senior Open Level 3 Concord, CA

4:07 One Athletics Coed Open / International Roseville, CA

4:10 Reaction All Stars Senior Open Level 3 Rancho Cordova, CA

4:13 POWER Senior Small Level 5 Rocklin, CA

4:20 One Athletics Senior Small Level 5 Roseville, CA

4:27 Awards for Sesssion 4Session 3: All-Girl Open / International, Senior Large Level 2, Senior Open Large Level 2, Junior Level 3, Junior Level 5, SeniorOpen Small Level 2, Senior Small Level 2

Session 4: Senior Small Level 3, Senior Coed Level 4, Senior Opepn Level 4, Senior Open Level 3, Coed Open / International,

Senior Small Level 5

Athletic Perfection will be there too =)

Cheerz4Ever wrote:

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Results

Special Needs
1 Cheergyms
2 POWER
3 VEA

HS Varsity Lg 4
1 San Benito HS
2 Los Gatos HS

Mini Lv 1
1 POWER
2 AP
3 Royals

Youth Lv 1
1 Riptide (wow a bit rude to celebrate while annoucing who was 2nd place)
2 Silver Spirit Allstars
3 Cheer Stars

Youth 2
1 AP
2 Pyramids
3 Fame

All girl international Lv 5
POWER

Sr Sm Lv 2
Cheer Starz
SrLg Lv 2
1 Silver Spirit Allstars
2 Pyramids
Sr Open Sm Lv 2
POWER
Sr Open Lg Lv 2
1 POWER
2 Riptide
3 One Athletics

Junior 3
1 total scores shows POWER and Royals tie. After looking at the deductions Power and Royals still tied. Cheersport took only the high and Low score from both teams....

1 Royals
2 Power ( Youth team competed Jrs this comp)
3 One Athlethics
4 Swat

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Great day for all teams. 

1) Special Needs- Just enjoy the spirit they bring to every competition.
2) Youth teams are looking really good this year.  
3) Does anyone have the scores for the final session.  I love OA TEAMS always looking really awesome.
4) Junior 3 was a tough division with great competition.  I thought One Athletics tied with ROYALS..  OA did a really good job.  ROYALS did not look as exciting as they usually do, but they still placed 1st. good job.  

AbbyByTheBay wrote:

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Cheerz4Ever wrote:

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Youth Lv 1
1 Riptide (wow a bit rude to celebrate while annoucing who was 2nd place)
2 Silver Spirit Allstars
3 Cheer Stars

I know I'm probably in the minority on this, but I don't care.  I say let teams celebrate their win the moment they realize it, they deserve it.   I don't know of any athletes who are bothered by this; it's typically the parents who get upset because they forget this isn't the scouts, it's a sport, and a competitive one at that.  There are plenty of other ways and opportunities to teach good sportsmanship.  Don't take away that great feeling you have once you realize you've won.

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OMG! I thought i was the only one. Why does it matter when you celebrate? If you won you deserve to.

CaliCheerWatcher wrote:

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AbbyByTheBay wrote:

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Cheerz4Ever wrote:

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Youth Lv 1
1 Riptide (wow a bit rude to celebrate while annoucing who was 2nd place)
2 Silver Spirit Allstars
3 Cheer Stars

I know I'm probably in the minority on this, but I don't care.  I say let teams celebrate their win the moment they realize it, they deserve it.   I don't know of any athletes who are bothered by this; it's typically the parents who get upset because they forget this isn't the scouts, it's a sport, and a competitive one at that.  There are plenty of other ways and opportunities to teach good sportsmanship.  Don't take away that great feeling you have once you realize you've won.

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OMG! I thought i was the only one. Why does it matter when you celebrate? If you won you deserve to.


Celebrate when your team's name is called.  Let each team have their time to shine as you will get yours as well. If you know your team is going to be called for first.....hold it....then when you hear your name go nuts!   

The level 4.2 has been discussed for many months already, I don't know how most people wouldn't know about it.

I agree with the idea of waiting until your team is called to celebrate your first place.  However, I also know that there are special circumstances that make it nearly impossible to contain the excitement.  If it's a regular thing a team does then I don't believe that's ideal, that being said this is the first time I've heard of Riptides doing this so I believe the excitement of a hard earned win overruled the "we will not cheer until we are called" mantra.

Here's an email that resulted from Jamfest Indy (I put the words pertaining to this in blue and bold):

"Coaches,
It seems like the 2008-2009 season just kicked off, but yet I've already been to a dozen NCA/NDA and Varsity Championships. It's exciting to watch our sport continue to grow...it's exciting to watch our coaches become more experienced, our athletes become more advanced, and the routines become more dynamic. I've enjoyed almost every moment of these events.

Yes, I said "almost every moment". There is one aspect of the championships that continues to disappoint me, and that's the awards ceremony. Generally speaking, many athletes in the following two groups would benefit from improving their sportsmanship - the teams that don't win Nationals and the teams that do.

NON-NATIONAL CHAMPIONS:

I miss the days when our cheerleaders were PROUD and ecstatic just to place Top 5 in the Nation, or the days when being one of the Top 2 Teams in the Country was a dream come true. I was lucky enough to be ranked third my last year cheering all-stars. I remember getting off the plane after that trip and calling all my friends and family members to tell them about this huge accomplishment. I was on the THIRD BEST CHEERLEADING SQUAD IN THE NATION.

I really don't see that today. For the most part, I see utter devastation. As a competitive coach, I realize the importance of training a team to 'win' and to strive for first place. It's in doing so that we tap into an athlete's true potential. While they may not always be fortunate enough to land in the top spot, they at least train like a champion and will continue to improve and progress. We need to revive the notion that it is OK to be proud of 2nd place.. or 3rd place... or 4th place or 5th place.

Teams shouldn't just celebrate the ranking at that particular event, they should celebrate the hard work, dedication, and sacrifice it took to get where they did. We can't ignore the message being sent. There's a right time to take a hard look at what could have been done better, but I don't think it is at the competition. Everyone benefits from celebrating what teams accomplish and enjoying their time spent at any competition - parents, kids, and coaches. Parents will see positive attitudes, solid life lessons, good work ethics, and decide this sport is where their kids should stay.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS:

On the flip side, teams fortunate enough to win 1st place aren't giving 2nd place their due respect. At every event, when the 2nd place team is called out, the winning team is so quick to begin their celebration that the moment of glory for the 2nd place team is lost. Teams who place 2nd in the nation deserve to celebrate their huge accomplishment with the crowd. This is the standard award ceremony behavior we have bred as coaches. Our challenge to the National Champions is to WAIT for the 2nd place team to be recognized, congratulated, and celebrate before you begin your own celebration. It shows discipline, self-control, and appreciation for your competitors.

This sport is something we're all proud to be part of. The life lessons that come along with all-star cheerleading will stay with these kids long after they've retired from our sport. Remember that sportsmanship starts with us. At NCA, we'd love to be part of this project and we challenge every coach to 'step up their game' and step up their sportsmanship.

For those of you that will be at our All-Star Nationals next month, good luck in your final weeks of preparation. We look forward to celebrating this competition season with you.

Thanks,

Justin Carrier
Vice President - Varsity All-Star
NCA/NDA
Varsity Brands
972.840.4038

Couple of comments about the competition yesterday...

1) Love the venue seating. Hated the venue lighting (not good for photography/videography)
2) Why in the world are they scoring/placing special needs teams? Does that really need to be competetive?
3) Disapponted with all the level 5/6 performances (except Power International). While they are always exciting none of them were clean. BTW, congrats to the AO Sm Sr 5 and their coaches, they really are stepping up.
4) Where is all the Level 5 competition. Really, one Jr (Power), one International (Power), and two Sm Sr (Power, One Athletics). Why are other gyms not putting Level 5 teams on the mat? Used to be that everyone would stick around to see the Level 5 squads duke it out at the end of the day. Yesterday, by the time the Sm Sr 5 and the Open Internation squads took the mat the auditorium was about 1/3 full. Seems it is all about the stiff competition at Level 3 these days.

Regarding the lack of Level 5 Teams.  Because of the economy there are fewer parents able to provide for these type of extra-curricular activities.  There are also a limited number of qualified tumbling coaches...

Count_it wrote:

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Gym Coach wrote:

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Regarding the lack of Level 5 Teams.  Because of the economy there are fewer parents able to provide for these type of extra-curricular activities.  There are also a limited number of qualified tumbling coaches...

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I also believe its the drilling of "if you don't have a full squad with a triple toe back or a full squad that can throw running fulls, don't put a level 5 team on the floor".  we have heard this for the past few years and now this is the result.   Teams are dropping down to level 4 even though they have cheerleaders that can throw fulls.   Teams are continuing to drop further and further down the levels because we have been told this.  don't get me wrong there are still gyms out there that still buck the system and push their teams to the next level but there are only a handful of teams that do so.  It's time to change the score sheets to allow teams to try the next level and be competitive.  you don't need to be a bunch of olympic gymnasts to still stunt, jump, and dance like a the next level, where ever your teams may be now.

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You nailed it right on the head. In order to score within a certain range. you have to have majority elite tumbling and many gyms don't have the numbers to do that.