Dartmouth Cheer Force
Thunder is recruiting! A
junior, level 3 team in the
Halifax Regional
Municipality in Nova Scotia.
If you would like more info,
please visit http://www.dcfthunder.com/.

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| Why Cheerleading is a Sport |
By Kaye Fish | The News Herald As the newspaper adviser for Patton High School, I assigned one of my students a controversial topic. Is cheerleading a sport? The fact that she is a cheerleader lead me to believe that she would read my mind and write exactly what I thought she would write. Yes, Kristie and I emphatically agree, cheerleading is most certainly a sport. Now before you get your NASCAR watchin', pork rind eatin' bloomers in a wad about this revelation, allow me to present my argument. |
| USASF Announces New Division |
| The USASF has announced recently that it will add a new division for this coming season. It is Senior Open, ages 18 and younger, 0-4 males, 5-36 members and will compete using level 4.2 What is Level 4.2? All stunts, pyramids and tosses will use level 4 guidelines and all tumbling (standing and running) will use level 2 guidelines. |
| Team Canada |
Attention Canadian Cheerleaders: |
| Where Did It All Begin? |
Cheerleading made its entrance at Princeton University in the 1880s with the chant, "Rah rah rah, tiger tiger tiger, sis sis sis, boom boom boom ahhhhhhh, Princeton Princeton Princeton!" This was an attempt to encourage the crowd at their sporting competitions to cheer. Although it is estimated that 90% of today's cheerleading participants are female, cheerleading started out as an all-male activity. |