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Three-time defending champion
Shelbyville Moulton in the small team cheer category and three-time
defending champion Homer Glen Homer in the large team cheer category
top the list of entries in their respective events. Defending small
team routine champion Kincaid South Fork has moved to the large team
routine event, joining last year's champion Lockport Kelvin Grove.
There are two divisions of competition
in IESA cheerleading. The small team division is for school squads
of from one to 12 cheerleaders. The large team division is for
squads with 13 to 25 cheerleaders. Within each division this year
there will be competition in cheer only, routine and novice events.
Following is a breakdown of what is
involved in each event:
Cheer only -- The squad performs a
routine without music for one to three minutes. The cheer may
include stunts, tumbling and jumps. A school may enter the event in
either the small team or large team division.
Routine -- The squad performs a
routine with music for one to three minutes. The normal full routine
is the setup to music, then the cheerleading and sideline portion,
followed by music to the finish of the routine. A school may enter
the event in either the small team or large team division.
Novice -- New in 2004, schools may
enter the small team or large team division. Schools entering the
novice event may perform either a cheer only or routine, but that
performance will not be rated. It will be judged and comments about
the performance will be given to the coach.
Criteria used by the judges in IESA
cheerleading competition allows them to award up to 100 points for a
squad's performance. Categories of points include communication, 15
points; fundamental skills, 45 points; group techniques, 15 points;
overall effect, 20 points; and sportsmanship, five points.
Deductions of five points may occur if the time limit is not met and
two points per incident for a squad member being physically out of
bounds.
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 For complete information regarding
the 2004 IESA cheerleading series, go to
www.iesa.org and click on the
underlined "Cheerleading" in the orange screened box at the top of
the page. Once on the Cheerleading home page, click on the
underlined
"Participating Schools" list to find out which
schools will be participating at the state final. Nearly 60 squads
will participate in this year's event.
Scores of each squad performance are
posted on the IESA site at the conclusion of competition.
The Illinois High School Association
will begin its cheerleading state series next year.
Year-by-year IESA cheerleading state champions
Small
team cheer
- 2001 -- Shelbyville Moulton
- 2002 -- Shelbyville Moulton
- 2003 -- Shelbyville Moulton
Small
team routine
- 2001 -- East Peoria Central
- 2002 -- Shelbyville Moulton
- 2003 -- Kincaid South Fork
Large
team cheer
- 2001 -- Homer Glen Homer
- 2002 -- Homer Glen Homer
- 2003 -- Homer Glen Homer
Large
team routine
- 2001 -- Bloomington Holy Trinity
and Kincaid South Fork (tie)
- 2002 -- Lake Zurich South
- 2003 -- Lockport Kelvin Grove
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