Scoring

United Scoring System

Divisions and Rules

• Cheer America will offer the following All-Star Divisions listed by the USASF. All all-star teams must follow the rules listed by the USASF.
• *All USASF Worlds Divisions will be scored using the new USASF Worlds Scoring system. View USASF Worlds scoring documents HERE.*

• USASF AGE GRID (2026-2027)
• USASF CHEER RULES (2026-2027)

United Scoresheets, Rubrics, Level Appropriate Documents, Deductions and Glossary

• United Scoring Page

Open Scoring System

Cheer America only offers Open Championship Scoring System at select events for All Star Cheer. Please note not all divisions may be offered, send us an email if you have questions. Info@cacheermail.com

DIVISIONS & RULES

Cheer America will offer the following All-Star Divisions listed by The Open Championships. All all-star teams must follow the rules listed.

• THE OPEN DIVISIONS/AGE GRID
• THE OPEN RULES, GUIDELINES & GLOSSARY
• OPEN UPDATED RULES SUMMARY
• OPEN ALL-STAR NOVICE
• OPEN ALL-STAR PREP
• OPEN ALL-STAR ELITE

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• SCORE SHEETS

• TINY NOVICE SCORESHEET
• NOVICE SCORESHEET
• PREP SCORESHEET
• ELITE SCORESHEET

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PERFORMANCE REC vs GAME DAY REC

• Cheer America offers two different types of Rec Cheer routines: PERFORMANCE REC and GAME DAY REC.
• Performance Rec teams will be split into Affiliated & NonAffiliated divisions. Learn more about the differences below!

PERFORMANCE REC

• Max Routine Length- 2:30 minutes, No Minimum
• Routines Requirements: Routines may be all music or a combination of music and cheer.
• Scoring and Rules- These skill based divisions will follow USASF Rules (same as the 25-26 season)
• ‍Exception – Level 4 – Fulls are allowed in running tumbling only and will be counted toward the running tumbling difficulty and technique scores.
• *Teams will be split into Affiliated, and Non-Affiliated divisions.

GAME DAY REC

• Max Routine Length- 3:00 minutes, No Minimum
• Routine Requirements: Routines will be composed of Band Chant, Offense or Defense Chant, Crowd Involvement Cheer and Fight Song
• Scoring and Rules- This traditional crowd leading division will follow UIL/NFHS Scoring and Rules. Routines should include (but are not limited to) signs, poms, flags and megaphones.
• There will NOT be a situational call out for Game Day Rec divisions. Teams may pre-select either Offense or Defense for their crowd leading portion.

AFFILIATED REC: Teams must have an affiliation with or be governed by an organization such as Pop Warner, City Parks and Recreation Dept., YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs or other programs that are community based and not affiliated with All Star cheer. Team(s) must cheer for a sport during the 2025-2026 cheer season.

NON-AFFILIATED REC: Teams are part of an all-star gym or all star program.

DIVISIONS & SCORING INFO

• All Cheer America Events will be held on the spring floor unless otherwise noted. If you are looking for a Junior High Club Crowd Leading Division please see school divisions.
• Click here for more information about Rec Cheer divisions.
• REC CHEER DIVISIONS

SCORE SHEETS

• PERFORMANCE REC (Level 1 & Level 2 Mini)
• PERFORMANCE REC (Level 2-5)
• GAME DAY

SCORING RUBRICS

• PERFORMANCE REC RUBRIC

SCHOOL CHEER

DIVISIONS & RULES

• Cheer America offers three different types of School Cheer routines:
• Crowd Leading, Performance, and Game Day.
• 26-27 SCHOOL CHEER DIVISIONS
• 26-27 SCHOOL CHEER RULE BOOK

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
• NON-TUMBLING
• NON-BUILDING
• GAMEDAY

ADDITIONAL SCORING DOCUMENTS

• Performance Rubrics
• Crowd Leading Rubrics
• Non-Building Rubrics
• Non-Tumbling Rubrics
• GAMEDAY DETAILS

RULE CLARIFICATIONS

*SCHOOL GAME DAY DIVISIONS: NEW this year, the announcer will call out an offense or defense prompt after the band chant. Situational Call outs are listed on the 'GAMEDAY DETAILS' document above.

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

COLLEGE CHEER

Cheer America offers Intermediate and Advanced as well as Game day divisions.

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

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EVENTS

Individual and Small Group divisions will be available at the following events.

• BLAST-OFF BATTLE- 11.15.26 San Antonio, TX
• Platinum Premier Championship- 12.6.26 Round Rock, TX
• March Money Madness- 3.6.27 San Antonio, TX
• iNationals- 5.2.27 Galveston, TX

DIVISIONS & DOCUMENTS

• Cheer America offers several different types of individual & small group routines: Best Cheerleader (individual or small group), Best Dancer (individual or small group), Group Stunt, Partner Stunt, Power Jumps, Power Tumbling, Cheer Only, or Spirit Leader.
• RULES DOCUMENT
• SCORESHEETS

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