I would like to suggest that it may be that not enough school participate because it is relatively new as a competitive sport. This means, similar to our 1A marching band friends, there may not be enough competing groups to warrant a pre-state contest YET. Additionally, the disrespect towards cheer and cheer parents is really quite disappointing on this thread. As many times as I see directors asking for our field to be respected by athletics and then turn around and be disrespectful about something these kids pour hours of work into is just not professional. I personally enjoy the that our cheer coach and I work well together and I enjoy using our HS Band to record the music for their cheer contest. Of the varsity squad at our school -6 of the 10 are band, 2 of which are section leaders and 1 is a drum major. Of the JV squad, 6of 8 are in band. I would hate for them to ever think what they do is not respected.
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