Waukee High School’s competition cheer and stunt squads participated in the 2012 state cheerleading championships Nov. 3 in Des Moines. Two groups, the gold competition squad and Waukee stunt team B, won first-place honors. In addition, Waukee’s …
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Howlett will coach Ankeny cheer teams – DesMoinesRegister.com
The cheerleading program has one varsity squad, three junior varsity squads, four sophomore squads and four freshmen squads. This is the last school year before the opening of Ankeny Centennial High School. Next year, the cheerleading program will be …
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AIB’s competitive dance team starts in the fall – DesMoinesRegister.com
Scholarships are available for AIB student athletes named to the team. “There is something very special and exciting about performing a dance routine as a team,” dance coach Allison Bugg said. “There are so many moving parts to a dance, …
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Review: Cast flies high in ‘Bring It On’ – DesMoinesRegister.com
“No cheerleading squad!? What’s the point of having a school?” gasps a friend from Truman (the deliciously malicious Kate Rockwell). Campbell soldiers on with help from a fellow redistrictee named Bridget (the scene-stealing Ryann Redmond, …
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‘Bring It On’ tumbles into Des Moines – DesMoinesRegister.com
1884: Peebles moves to the Twin Cities and sets up a pep squad at the University of Minnesota, whose students create the first organized cheer a few years later: “Rah Rah Rah! Ski-u-mah! Hoo-rah, Hoo-rah! Varsity! Varsity! Minn-e-so-tah!
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Prep basketball teams try to capture magic of The Grinnell System – DesMoinesRegister.com
Lisbon, which had a 9-12 enrollment of 173 in 2010-11, has 31 boys out for the team. Cheerleader Brittany Shinn couldnít keep her focus last year when she stood on the sidelines of Gladbrook-Reinbeck games. Shinn, who had played the previous two …
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Iowa high school cheer squads give all in intense state competition – DesMoinesRegister.com
Eighty-eight schools took the mat in the Jacobson Building to demonstrate before the judges their skills at stunts, tumbling, dancing or cheering. In some cases cheerleading squads used all four elements. Nashua-Plainfield High School Cheer Coach Molly …
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88 schools to compete in state cheerleading competition – DesMoinesRegister.com (blog)
The 21st Annual Iowa Cheerleading Championships brought high school cheerleading squads from across the state to the Iowa State Fair Grounds to compete today. Eighty eight schools will take the mat in the Jacobson Building to prove to the judges their …
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Valley squad prepares for season opener – DesMoinesRegister.com
The girls who cheer them on are getting set for a season of hits, touchdowns and celebrations. The 48 members of the Valley football cheerleading squads are hitting the gym with practices each day preparing for the first game of the season, …
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Dowling cheer squads win honors – DesMoinesRegister.com
The sophomore and varsity all-Americans received invitations to perform at the London New Year’s Day parade. Four members of the Dowling Catholic cheerleading squads received Pin It Forward awards for their exhibition of leadership and teamwork.
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