Cheer & Dance Winners

2025-26 Cheer & Dance Winners

Great Smoky open Nationals

Specialty Award Winners

Grand Champion – Quest Elite Cheer Cyclones

Paid InBids
Van Buren County HS
Xtreme Cheer Criminals

Show Your Spirit winners
Lookout Valley Sports Association
Xtreme Cheer

Sweet Surprise winners
Laura’s Lightning Mini Hip Hop

Hershey open Nationals

Specialty Award Winners

Level 1 Grand Champion – Marshall Maverick Bombsquad
USASF Prep Grand Champions – Ram All Stars Blackout
Independent Prep Grand Champions – North Fork Cheer Untamed
Elite Grand Champions – Island Extreme Riptide
All Cheer Grand Champions – Jackson Jaguars
Traditional Grand Champion – Marshall Mavericks Snowflakes
Rec Performance Grand Champion – Marshall mavericks Delta Force
All Dance Grand Champion – Channel View School for Research DREAM Varsity Prop Production

Paid InBids
FDC Elite Freedom Fighters
Cape Cod Cheer Academy Savage Sharks
Marshall Mavericks Liberty Elite
Jackson Jaguars
Philadelphia Police Athletic League Snow Angels

Show Your Spirit winners
North Fork Cheer LLC
Cape Cod Cheer Academy
North Carroll Colts
Oneonta State Kickline
Philadelphia Police Athletic League

Sweet Surprise winners
Staten Island Elite Treasure
Island Extreme Tidal Wave
717 Athletics Galaxy
Toms River Warriors
High Performix Vortex

Kiss Choreography Award
Channel View School for Research DREAM Hip Hop Dance Team

Coach of the Year
Keira Foley – Cape Cod Cheer Academy

Lifetime Achievement Coach Award
Erin Glazier – Marshall Mavericks

InterNationals

Specialty Award Winners

All School Grand Champions – Franklin HS
Rec or Independent Grand Champions – Phoenix Reignz
Gameday Grand Champions – Bristol Plymouth HS
Traditional or All Music Grand Champions – Milford HS

Paid InBids – Duxbury HS and Canandaigua Academy

Show Your Spirit winners – Angels Primary, Bellville HS and Milford HS

Sweet Surprise winners – Liberty Center HS and Eden Varsity

WOW Choreography Award – Monroe Twp. HS Gold and Lockport Lions Cheer

Coach of the Year – Erin Blette, Lincoln Sudbury

March Madness Championship

Specialty Award Winners

Grand Champions – Buckeye All Stars Scarlet Extreme

Paid InBids – The Edge Club Edge

Show Your Spirit winners – Storm All Star

Sweet Surprise winners – WGP Jr. Mints

High Point winners and winners of The One Prime Finals Bids*

*All USASF Prep – United by SHC Mini Mambas

All Independent Cheer – Cheer Combine Blackjacks

*All USASF Cheer Elite – Buckeye All Stars Scarlet Extreme

*All Dance – The Edge Club Edge

*All School and Rec Cheer – High Performix Phoenix

*United by SHC Sr. Venom
*Buckeye All Stars Black Magic
*WGP Jr. Mints
*Just Flip Out Paranoia
*Cheer Combine Ace of Spades

Wildcat Spirit Series

Specialty Award Winners

Grand Champions – Millersport Little Lakers

Paid InBids – Marietta High School

Show Your Spirit winners – BCYFA Bulldogs

Sweet Surprise winners – Piketon Youth Cheer

Buckeye State Championship

Specialty Award Winners

All Star Grand Champions – The Bounce Club Rockstars

All School & Gameday Grand Champions – Hilliard Davidson Hight School

Paid InBids –The Bounce Club Shooting Stars

Show Your Spirit winners – Moon Area High School

Sweet Surprise winners – Voltage Elite Intensity

High Point winners
All Dace – Moon Area High School
Rec & USASF Cheer – The Bounce Club Rockstars
Gameday & School – Hilliard Davidson HS

All teams earned a Partial paid bid to
The One Prime Finals

Mt State Extreme

Specialty Award Winners

All Rec cheer, prep cheer, and dance Grand Champions – Blackout Super Models

All USASF Cheer Grand Champions – Famous Superstars Reckless

Paid InBids – GC All Starz Eclipz

Show Your Spirit winners – Clay Royalty Cheer Athletics

Sweet Surprise winners – Sheriffs All Stars Vengeance

High Point winners* and
winners of The One Prime Finals Bids

*All USASF Lvl 3+ – Famous All Stars Reckless
*All USASF Lvl 1 & 2 – Cheernastics Youth Legacy
*All Prep Cheer – Clay Royalty Lady Luxe
*All Dance – Sheriffs All Star Vengeance
*All Rec Cheer – Blackout Super Models
Sheriffs All Stars Rebels
Royalty All Stars XOXO

Ohio Grand Championship

Specialty Award Winners

Traditional Grand Champions – Grove City Christian

Game Day Grand Champion – St. Francis DeSales

Ideal Senior Cheerleaders
Brooklyn Stimpert – Marietta HS
Emma Belcher – Centerburg HS
Molly Graham – Marietta HS
Bayleigh Carlin – Heath HS
Aubrey Newton – Marietta HS

Cheerleader of Cheerleaders
1st Place – Leia Riley – St. Francis DeSales
2nd Place – Alonna Spillman – Grove City Christian
3rd Place – Marissa Richards – Newark Catholic HS

Coach of the Year
Grace Gregory
Lakewood Rangers Cheer

Winter Open Nationals

Specialty Award Winners

Grand Champions – Spirit Athletics Jr. Jags

Summit Wildcard Bids – Spirit Athletics Lady Leps,
Spirit Athletics Jr. Jags

IN Bid
Legacy Xtreme Code Green

Show your Spirit
Kentucky Royal Elite

Sweet Surprise
Northrup HS

High Point winners and winners of The One Prime Finals Bids
614 Elite Jr.
Kentucky Royal Elite Lady Legacy
Champion Wildcats
Legacy Xtreme Lime Legends
Spirit Athletics Jr. Jags
MC Royalty Purple Reign*

Buckeye Open CHEER

Specialty Award Winners

Grand Champion – Brunswick Explosion Firestorm,
Pittsburg Poison Arrows

IN Bid
The Dance Factory Elite GNR,
Royalty All Star Kiss

Show your Spirit
High Performix,
Spirit Athletics

Sweet Surprise
United by SHC Youth Vipers,
Pittsburg Poison Arrows

High Point winners and winners of The One Prime Finals Bids
All Rec Cheer 6u-10u – Brunswick Explosion Sparks
All Rec 12U – Brunswick Explosion Firestorm
Ind. Cheer – Delta Force Stealth
School Cheer – Heath Middle School
All Prep Cheer – Ohio Cheer Explosion TNT
Jr. Flex Lvl 2 – United by SHC Jr. Pythons
Lvl 3 and up – Pittsburg Poison Arrows

Buckeye Open Dance

Specialty Award Winners

Grand Champion –Star Performance Centre Sr. Large Contemporary Lyrical,
Pittsburg Poison Belladonna

Worlds At Large Bids – Dance Etc. Sr. Elite Large Sr. Lyrical.
Pittsburg Poison Sr. Large Coed Hip Hip Cyanide,
Star Performance Centre Sr. Small Jazz

Worlds Partial Paid Bids – Star Performance Centre Open Pom,
Dance Etc. Elite Large Sr. Jazz,
Star Performance Centre Sr. Large Hip Hip,
Star Performance Centre Sr. Large Lyrical

IN Bid
Wildfire Dance Walk The Plank,
Pittsburgh Poison Mini Premiere Hip Hop

Show your Spirit
Dynamic Dance,
Techniques Studio of Dance

Sweet Surprise
Dance Etc. Large Jr. Jazz,
Indiana Invasion Mini Coed Hip Hop

High Point winners and winners of The One Prime Finals Bids
Tiny – Indiana Invasion Tiny Coed Hip Hop
Mini – Pittsburg Poison Mini Premier Hip Hop
Youth – Pittsburg Poison Belladonna
Jr. – Dynamic Dance Jr. Premier Small Contemporary Lyrical
Sr. / Open – Star Performance Centre Sr. Large Contemporary Lyrical