SCHOOL CHEER

2025-2026

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This page includes all the rules, divisions, and scoring information for SCHOOL CHEER. This information is subject to updates and changes, please check back to find the most up to date documents.

SCHOOL CHEER

DIVISIONS & RULES

  • Cheer America offers three different types of School Cheer routines:
  • Crowd Leading, Performance, and Game Day.
  • 25-26 SCHOOL CHEER DIVISIONS
  • 25-26 SCHOOL CHEER RULE BOOK (coming soon)

CROWD LEADING

Crowd Leading divisions focus on leading the crowd with effective material. Routines will include transitional stunts/pyramids, but are required to have a cheer section encouraging a crowd response similar to leading the fans on game day! Teams can use all sideline appropriate props such as signs, poms and megaphones in routines.

Routine maximum time: 2 Minutes 30 seconds

PERFORMANCE

Performance divisions showcase the athletes skills and focus on visual elements. Routines will consist of transitional stunts, pyramids and a cheer. In the Performance divisions it is not required that the cheer encourages crowd participation.

Routine maximum time: 2 Minutes 30 seconds

GAME DAY

The game day routine will focus on traditional crowd leading skills, and must include band chant, situational chant, cheer and traditional fight song dance. Routines should include (but not limited to) signs, poms, flags and megaphones.

  • ***NEW THIS YEAR:
  • - This division will utilize UIL & NFHS Scoring and Rules.

  • - The announcer will call out an offense or defense prompt after the band chant.

Routine maximum time: 3 Minutes

SCORE SHEETS

  • PERFORMANCE
  • CROWD LEADING
  • GAME DAY
  • NON-TUMBLING
  • NON-BUILDING

RULE CLARIFICATIONS

*GAME DAY DIVISIONS: NEW this year, the announcer will call out an offense or defense prompt after the band chant.

*Middle School Divisions: Per NFHS Safety rules middle schools are NOT permitted to perform Basket Tosses.

COLLEGE CHEER

College Cheer rules and scoring information will be available early Fall 2025 once the new updates for this season have been made official. Cheer America offers Intermediate and Advanced Performance as well as Game day divisions.

*Please contact us if you have questions about college exhibition or competition! info@CAcheermail.com