Here right now, Congrats to VCA for level 1 grand champs! Great program, I love them :)

Great job OC Black!!!! Amy Anderson is amazing Nelson had to physically hold her back in the corner because she would have tumbled!! Luckily she is ok after being kicked in the head mid full she even threw a three to double after getting hit! what a beast!

In my opinion VCA shined!!! They are amazing and stole my heart, can't wait to see them the rest of the season! Some quality performances there. Also, PCM Mysterious killed it the energy in the arena was contagious during their performance. PCM Superstitious also looked realllllllllllyyyyy good until the end fall but its ok I forgive them. OC Camo was adorable and soooo freaking cute, and all of SCV routines were so cute and girly. Overall really good competition, and it's early in the year so I'm excited to see the REST!!! Yeeeeee

OC Black was insane!(:

1cheerleader123 wrote:

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so who was everyones favorite routinee!? i LOVED oc pinks hello goodbye themed!

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I Loved CA Flyers Senior Restricted 5. Their Routine Was Great

 

I think VCA won every division they were in except Sm Jr 3. Victory won that. But still very impressive, their teams looked great and they definitely stood out as a strong program. CA Flyers Restricted 5 had a good energetic routine and I think they got grand champs? Mysterious tore the house down. Loved Fantasy's stunts. OC Jr 4 is always one of my faves. It was a great first comp, can't wait for the rest of the season :)

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socalCheergirl wrote:

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OC Black was insane!(:

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I thought OC Black would have be better than they were by the way people have been talking them up.

They were ok. Alot of fakers in the jumps to handspring fulls, only 3 groups did the whole stunt, I dont think I saw any doubles?, none of the baskets made it all the way around, pyramid wasnt that great, and I didnt enjoy the dance as much as I thought i would from the sneak peak video.

Its the 1st competition so Im sure they will get better. Just not what I expected from all of the talk.

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 1) the pyramid isnt completly finished yet, and they had to water down some things for the competition

I did not like knowing the scores at all. It made the awards ceremony sad for those who knew they had already lost. I also don't think the younger kids need to know by how much they lost either....especially when they put on an excellent performance.

PCM Mysterious killed it! I can't stop watching their performance. I couldn't be prouder of this team. Still don't know how a few teams outscored them but the arena's reaction showed who put on the best performance :)

Yesterday was a great day for the most part. I think all programs attending, did very well for the second weekend of November, and I appluad all the the coaches out there who have put the hard work into their teams to get them on the floor this early in the season!!!! I know the swest and stress behind the product on the floor!!!! Congratulations to all my fellow friends and coaches within this industry! : )

I was very impressed with VCA and SCV programs. : ) VCA's program has the right ingredients for winning teams. They merry toegther cleanliness, difficulty, and enthusiastic performances by their althetes. I wasn't shocked that thy did so well at this regional competition. It makes me very hapy to see a gym from Vegas who will make a huge impression on the west Coast this season. Congrats to Chris and his stsff from VCA. Well done. SCV has always been a great program in my opinion. I love watching their teams and all that they bring to the floor. : ) Great job SCV.

My NEGATIVES:
1. I did not like that the scores were posted on the screen. IMO - its fine to have visible scoring on the screen for a 2-day competition.... but for a 1-day...? Kind of pointless, if you ask me. It made me think - why don't you just send the trophy and ribbons in the mail instead of having awards. IDK, sort of strange for me. And considering this was a new thing for this GSSA regional this year, it especially was strange for me.
2. The warm up wasn't the greatest situation. No full floor in warm up room. No stereos. And warm up outside (underneath an overhang in a building), where it was raining and the mats were soaking wet and grass filled from cheerleader shoes. : ( I was not a fan at all. There was plenty of room for a full floor in the warm up room, but instead it was broken down into two warm up sections, where they pulled each division to seperate sides (sort of like SIDE A and SIDE B).... but then we were moving through warm up so quickly that you waited in a line of about 4/5 to go on the floor. It wasn't always that long/big of a line.... but for a regional competition they didn't need to have seperate warm up sections. They could have easily done two tumble strips (like they had) followed by a full floor. It wasn't the worst warm up I've been in - but definitely not the best. Last year at the GSSA Regional was at USC and the warm up was awesome. So maybe my expectatition was high from last years competition.
3. Some of the scoring was a little whack. Some teams were beating other teams by 13 points, even though both teams hit in the number 1 & 2 spot. 13 points is a big difference. A routine that beats another by 13 points should be five steps above... and when it's not, it's makes you question the credibility of the judges. I'm not going to go into detail, because what's done has been done. I'm just stating the defects in the scoring.

Other than that - I feel like the competition had a good amount of teams and was a great opener for most of these gyms! Thank you for all the support for Mysterious saying "they killed it". They have been pushing, fighting, and working hard. Also, thanks for the support for Fantasy as well. Fantasy's routine this year is starting harder than it's ever started. They are a very talented group of girls and they'll be striving to hit that routine come GSSA Nationals. Good thing we have a month to get back in the gym and continue to push these kids to hit, hit, hit!!!! Thank you for supporting all of our Worlds teams this season.... it will be a long journey to Worlds and we're going to keep giving everything we can to the floor!!!!

In case you wanted to see Mysterious....

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