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IHSA State Cheerleading competition

The Illinois State Cheer competition was held this weekend... what a great event and venue. To review results from Day 1, click here! for Day 2, click here!

xTreme Spirit Cheer competition -
Mardi Gras Classic
This cheer competition edition was held this past weekend @ Harper College in Palatine, Illinois. The Competition consisted of over 60 squads competing at various levels. For more, click here.

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Richton Park Raiders cheerleaders 2009

Matteson Bears Jr Varsity Cheerleaders

Matteson Bears Varsity Cheerleaders

2009 Will-Cook Cheer Competition Recap		Will-Cook Cheer Association (WCCA) showcased there teams over @ Rich Central High School in their annual competition. Click here to read more...
WIDGETS		PEEWEE
1st - MATTESON		1st - South Holland
2nd - Country Club Hills		2nd -Country Club Hills
3rd - South Holland		3rd - Markham

JUNIOR VARSITY		VARSITY
1st - MATTESON		1st - SOUTH HOLLAND
2nd - South Holland		2nd - MATTESON
3rd - RICHTON PARK		3rd - RICHTON PARK

What’s the point of Cheerleading by Hannah Karp

There's no doubt that modern cheerleading -- a combination of dancing, tumbling and high-flying stunts -- is rough. But if you read the news of late, you'd think it's the world's most dangerous pastime. Cheerleading accounts for 65% of all female catastrophic injuries in high school and college, according to the University of North Carolina's National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research. For more, visit http://tinyurl.com/lgnc25

HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHEERLEADING FINALS

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Court rules cheerleading is contact sport
MADISON, Wis. -- High school cheerleading is a contact sport and therefore its participants cannot be sued for accidentally causing injuries, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a case being closely watched in the cheerleading world. Click here for more...