What is Competition Cheer?
Sideline cheer encompasses cheering for a team, such as football or basketball, and the cheerleaders’ main goal is to engage fans and encourage the team to play hard. Competitive cheer is not cheering on another team but instead involves performing routines against other cheer teams, where they are judged by a panel of cheerleading experts based on difficulty and execution of tumbling skills, stunts, flexibility, synchronicity, and facial expressions.
It is a higher level of cheer than sideline cheer and involves more focused practice time and commitment, as the team relies on every member to put in the work to make their performance the best it can be.
Our governing body, the Oregon Cheer Coaches Association (OCCA) has rules requiring that any cheerleader who participates in Competition Cheer, must have also participated in Sideline Cheer that same season. With this rule, we do not open up registration for Competition Cheer to the public, as it is only open to those who are part of our current season of Sideline Cheer.
This next season, our competition program will be open to 1st-8th graders. We will be holding assessments August 21st for those interested in Competition Cheer who are in grades 4th-8th. Teams for competition cheer will be announced the week of August 24th. More information around try-outs and our competition cheer season will be forthcoming.
For Competition Cheer, we have our Cheer Camp opportunity open now. Please register ASAP. This year we are attending UCA Varsity Camp and this will be an overnight camp at Great Wolf Lodge . Cost is $600 and includes all food/drinks, overnight accommodations, cheer camp instruction, transportation to and from camp, gifts and team apparel for camp. A $150 deposit is required to hold your cheerleaders place for camp and is due by May 8th.
In a change from last year, this camp is now open to all rising 5th-8th graders (meaning you will be in these grades in September 2026) and who have previous cheer experience. If you have cheered with another program previously, that counts as previous cheer experience.
If you have cheered with another program previously, that counts as previous cheer experience.
If you do not meet the grade requirement or are a first time cheerleader, no worries- you will get to attend our Readiness Camp happening locally August 4th-7th, where you will learn the basics of cheer and learn our cheers and motions for the sideline season.
Prices for Competition Cheer have not yet been finalized but will be communicated ASAP.
THERE'S A PLACE FOR EVERYONE!
All skills welcome to join competition cheer, we have a place for everyone to compete.
Dependent on our registration numbers, we hope to have 4 competition teams this season:
MINIS GAME DAY
YOUTH TRADITIONAL
JUNIOR TRADITIONAL
GAME DAY
