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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cheerleading has taken second fiddle to poms. In the last twenty years the less athletic have been on the cheerleading squad where the real performers now do poms.

The Churchill Varsity squad was at event and entire squad was doing front and back no hand flips with twirler girls way up in air. Looked like whole group had formal gymnastics training.

I was just at a competition with Winston Churchill and they are amazing. They made the other teams look like JV. I think there are a mix of levels, but Churchill this year looks really strong even for a strong program.

The Churchill JV squad was as good as other teams varsity squad

Damascus

OP, it's often the teams that can pivot to whatever the newest cheer style is - and they know what it is

Is that really what you want? Or are you looking for talented gymnastics?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cheerleading has taken second fiddle to poms. In the last twenty years the less athletic have been on the cheerleading squad where the real performers now do poms.

The Churchill Varsity squad was at event and entire squad was doing front and back no hand flips with twirler girls way up in air. Looked like whole group had formal gymnastics training.

I was just at a competition with Winston Churchill and they are amazing. They made the other teams look like JV. I think there are a mix of levels, but Churchill this year looks really strong even for a strong program.

Damascus

Anonymous wrote:Cheer injuries are horrifying

They should be required to wear helmets.

Cheer injuries are horrifying

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cheerleading has taken second fiddle to poms. In the last twenty years the less athletic have been on the cheerleading squad where the real performers now do poms.

Huh? The level is insane. The cheer squads have way more pressure on them during the fall season. Cheer has to learn sideline cheers and their competition cheer, plus cheer at all football games (home and away) during the one season. My DD’s team practices 15 hours a week in addition to the football games. Poms only performs at the home games and doesn’t do their competition dance until the winter season. I think you must have a very dated view of cheer.

Both are great forms of exercise and competitive, but saying that cheer is behind poms is ridiculous.

This. The level of athleticism that cheer requires especially all-star cheer is insane. Have you seen the tumbling and the stunts that cheerleaders are doing these days? There's a reason why it's the #2 sport that has the most injuries (after football). My daughter does sideline cheer practices M-R at least two hours after school; not including the football games; and then all-star cheer on top of that for 7 hours a week; not including the competitions (across the United States) that ramp up in the winter. There are a good number of girls doing HS sideline cheer who are on all-star cheer too.

Anonymous wrote:Cheerleading has taken second fiddle to poms. In the last twenty years the less athletic have been on the cheerleading squad where the real performers now do poms.

Huh? The level is insane. The cheer squads have way more pressure on them during the fall season. Cheer has to learn sideline cheers and their competition cheer, plus cheer at all football games (home and away) during the one season. My DD’s team practices 15 hours a week in addition to the football games. Poms only performs at the home games and doesn’t do their competition dance until the winter season. I think you must have a very dated view of cheer.

Both are great forms of exercise and competitive, but saying that cheer is behind poms is ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:Cheerleading has taken second fiddle to poms. In the last twenty years the less athletic have been on the cheerleading squad where the real performers now do poms.

The Churchill Varsity squad was at event and entire squad was doing front and back no hand flips with twirler girls way up in air. Looked like whole group had formal gymnastics training.

Anonymous wrote:Cheerleading has taken second fiddle to poms. In the last twenty years the less athletic have been on the cheerleading squad where the real performers now do poms.

Not true at all.

Cheerleading has taken second fiddle to poms. In the last twenty years the less athletic have been on the cheerleading squad where the real performers now do poms.

Sherwood

Anonymous wrote:I went to a Cheer event and a few MCPS schools in it. Some schools were way better. Are some HS’s known for cheer?

Historically, Sherwood and Damascus. Churchill has also been good recently.

I went to a Cheer event and a few MCPS schools in it. Some schools were way better. Are some HS’s known for cheer?