What is Sideline Cheer?
Our main focus during Sideline Cheer season is to cheer for the youth football teams we support and engage with fans to keep the fan spirits high during the football season. Sideline cheerleaders are enthusiastic, pump up the crowd, and encourage the fans to have spirit. Our cheerleaders are also typically on the field for team announcements and post-game when the team shakes hands. We also do half-time performances for the crowds on field.


 

   

2026 Season Details

Sideline Cheer is open to all interested children in grades Kindergarten-8th grade for the 2026/2027 school year.

Our Teams

We will have multiple teams this season determined by registration numbers, age group and skill level.

ALL AGES!! We will have a mandatory SBC Readiness Cheer Camp in the evenings August 4th-7th.
This camp will teach cheer basics and all the cheers and motions we will be doing during the season, so it is imperative your cheerleader is available for these evenings.
This camp will be local (to be announced) from 6:00pm-8:00pm each evening.

Interested in Competition Cheer next winter? We know this is a ways off, but your cheerleader must do Sideline Cheer in order to compete on the competition team (this is an OCCA governing body rule we have to adhere to).
  While Sideline practices are the focus in fall, we overlap with competition team practices through the season as well, and knowing our teams heading into the fall helps give us a head start on planning and skill development.

Please register for Competition Cheer if you are interested. This helps us plan numbers early to also align on practice space needs and practice times. No money is due at this time, unless you plan to attend the overnight summer cheer camp offered for competition cheerleaders.

Practices will are TBD

Our younger age group  (think Kinder-2nd grade) generally practices 1 hour, twice a week, in the evening beginning the week of August 10th.
Games will start Saturday, September 5th or 12th, and will be every Saturday through October.
Games will be an additional 2.5 hour commitment

The older cheerleaders (think 3rd grade and up) will practice 1.5-2 hours, twice a week, in the evening beginning the week of August 10th.
Games will start Saturday, September 5th, and will be every Saturday through October. Games will be an additional 3-3.5 hour commitment
 

Our last practice will occur the week ending October 9th, even though games will continue beyond this date to the end of October, perhaps into early November depending on playoff schedules.

We do not know game schedules until the end of August, however, our plan this year is to cheer at only/mostly home games for all teams.  That means as a team, we could cheer for 5/6 youth football one weekend and 7/8 football the next weekend. Our goal is to always commute the least distance for games.

We are at the mercy of TVYFL (Tualatin Valley Youth Football League) to release the youth football schedule, which typically happens at the end of August. We communicate it out to everyone the day we get the information, so stay tuned!

What's Included In The Cost of Cheer?

For cheer, all gear you purchase your cheerleader gets to keep.  Our fees also help cover costs associated with cheer, like fees to pay for our practice space/gym rentals, equipment we have to purchase (mats, signs, banners, etc.), certifications our coaches have to maintain, insurance for all participants, etc.  We do fundraising throughout the year and pass those efforts onto each cheerleader with cost reductions for program fees we have to charge.  However, costs are rising, so you can help us by both participating yourself and encouraging your friends and family to participate in our fundraising efforts, sponsoring our team or donating to our program through your company's matching charitable gifting programs.

2025 Costs
(2026 Costs are TBD, but this gives you an idea)

We will be using the same Sweatshirt, Cheer shell, bodyliner and skirt as last year. We are moving to each cheerleader providing their own all black cheer shoes for the season- this includes last year’s shoe if it still fits. So returners can save by reusing these items, or participating in our Gently-Loved Resale Group (Gently-Loved Resale Group info below).

There is a $100 Non-refundable deposit due. We will have opportunities for your cheerleader to raise enough money to cover their full out of pocket costs. Should they reach this fundraising threshold, we will reimburse the deposit at that time.

REQUIRED GEAR:
Cheer Shell $45
Cheer Bodyliner $37
Cheer Skirt $35
Practice/Event Tee-shirts (2 required) $15/each
Sweatshirt $35
Pom Poms (set of 2 Poms) $28
Bows (2 different ones)- $15 for both
Black Practice Shorts (provide own)
Black No-Show socks (provide own)
All Black athletic/cheer shoes that tie (provide own)

OPTIONAL GEAR:
Large Cheer Backpack (embroidered name) $75
Small Cheer Backpack (embroidered name) $35
Duffle Bag (embroidered name) $35
Garment Bag for Uniform/Shoes/Bow (with name)- $20
SBYC Sticker $2
Yard Sign $10


PROGRAM & REGISTRATION FEES $150
Helps cover costs of insurance, rental fees for practice space, equipment, website & transactional fees, etc.



Total cost for a new Cheerleader (brand new everything) $375
Cost range for a returning Cheerleader (reusing pieces of last year's gear to brand new gear) $208-375



We Have Ways to Help Cover Your Out of Pocket Costs!
Program Fundraising & Individual Fundraising
We will have only one required program fundraiser this sideline cheer season and it will incorporate our individual fundraising too.  It will not require you to set aside any specific day this summer, but rather will be done this spring on your own time, between May 13th and June 5th! Our program fundraiser has a required participation level and beyond it, we have set up prizes for our cheerleaders, including a threshold that will allow your cheerleader the chance to choose to have all fees covered for the season, 3 months of tumbling classes paid for at ODT, or if they are a middle schooler (6th grade-8th grade) they can choose to have their NCA Cheer Camp fees covered.  More details about our fundraiser will be laid out and all materials handed out at our mandatory Parent Meeting Tuesday, May 13th.

Gently-Loved Resale Group

This will be a Facebook Group set up only for those who are registered for sideline cheer and have paid their deposit.
Sign-ups to join this group will take place at our Parent Meeting May 13th.

Selling an item- Post a photo of the front and back of the item and size. If you do not know the size you can reach out to Kim Borton to see what size you ordered last year. You must sell the item for 50% of the full price. So Shell is $22.50, Skirt is $17.50 and Bodyliner is $18.50. When someone buys your item, you must arrange with them where/when to meet and exchange payment info (Venmo, Zelle, cash, etc.) on your own. Sales will go to the first to comment, then moving down your list as needed. You may move onto the next comment for purchase if first comment has not returned your message to connect for the sale within 24 hours.

Buying an item- you will comment on the posted image of the item you want to buy, saying you want to buy that item. Sales will be done in the order you commented on the post. The seller and you will then arrange to meet to purchase. Please be savvy with payment- have Venmo, Zelle, cash or other alternatives ready at time of purchase.

The seller can move on to the next comment  or purchase if you do not respond to them within 24 hours of them reaching out.

Not sure what size your child is- you can coordinate with the seller to go to them to try on the item they have for sale, but this is on you to coordinate, not SBYC Staff.