DANCE FANS
Welcome to the 2025 GHSA State Dance Championships! I know you are ready for the high-energy performances that these athletes have perfected throughout the year to bring to these championships. The diversity in performances as well as the exceptional skill these teams bring will certainly provide excitement throughout the day.
This yearʼs event is sure to be an exciting one! Special thanks to GHSA Associate Director Penny Mitchell for coordinating todayʼs event as well as bringing Competitive Dance to the GHSA as a championship event. I want to thank the many volunteers who make this event possible and run smoothly. We extend our special apprecia-
tion to Akins Arena at the Classic Center in Athens for being our host. Finally, we thank our sponsors and hope you will support them and our corporate sponsors whenever possible.
Thanks, Dr. Tim Scott
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PAST GHSA DANCE CHAMPIONS
COMPETITION SCHEDULE
TIME DIVISION TEAM CATEGORY
10:00 AM 2A-3A Fayette County Hip Hop
A Vidalia Hip Hop
2A-3A North Murray Jazz
A Pepperell Pom
2A-3A Gilmer Pom
A Banks County Pom
2A-3A East Jackson Jazz
A Savannah Christian Pom
2A-3A Carver-Columbus Hip Hop
A Fannin County Pom
2A-3A Jefferson Pom
A Washington County Pom
2A-3A Lakeview Ft. Ogle. Pom
A Rainey McCullars Jazz
2A-3A KIPP Pom
A Dublin Hip Hop
JUDGES BREAK
2A-3A Whitewater Jazz
A Coosa Hip Hop
2A-3A Washington Hip Hop
A Bremen Jazz
2A-3A Murray County Pom
A Model Jazz
2A-3A Oconee County Jazz
A Barrow Hip Hop
2A-3A Stephens County High Kick
A Thomasville Jazz
2A-3A Ringgold Hip Hop
A Stilwell Jazz
2A-3A Heritage Hip Hop
2A-3A Lovett Hip Hop
TIME DIVISION TEAM CATEGORY
3:00 PM 4A-5A South Paulding Hip Hop 6A Brookwood Hip Hop
4A-5A Allatoona High Kick 6A Mountain View Jazz
4A-5A Blessed Trinity Pom 6A North Forsyth High Kick
4A-5A New Manchester Hip Hop 6A West Forsyth Pom
4A-5A Woodland Hip Hop 6A East Coweta Jazz
4A-5A Seckinger Jazz 6A Parkview Hip Hop
4A-5A Dutchtown High Kick 6A Lambert Hip Hop
4A-5A Lakeside-Evans Hip Hop 6A Carrollton Hip Hop
JUDGES BREAK
4A-5A Greenbrier Hip Hop 6A Denmark Pom
4A-5A Jackson County Jazz 6A North Gwinnett Pom
4A-5A Newnan Pom 6A Buford Jazz
4A-5A Tri-Cities Hip Hop 6A Peachtree Ridge Hip Hop
4A-5A Creekside Hip Hop 6A South Forsyth Pom
4A-5A North Oconee Pom 6A Westlake Hip Hop
4A-5A McIntosh Pom 6A Etowah Pom
4A-5A Starr’s Mill Jazz 6A Mill Creek Jazz
AWARDS
AWARDS
NEW VENUE AND CLASSIFICATIONS SET STAGE FOR THRILLING GHSA DANCE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
BY CRAIG SAGER II | CSAGER@SCOREATL.COM
The GHSA Dance State Championships will occupy Akins Arena at the Classic Center in Athens, Ga. on Saturday, Feb. 22 for a non-stop day of action that will crown champions in four classifications. After being divided into a four-classification format (Class 7A, 5A-6A, 3A-4A and A-2A) from 2021-24, this yearʼs new landscape is reshaped with Class 6A, 4A-5A, 2A-3A and A. Once again, each classification will have an overall champion and a state runner-up and teams will compete as coed or all-girl in the genres of Jazz, High Kick, Hip Hop and Pom.
Saturdayʼs championships are also the culmination of a full season of competitions and the first-ever state qualifier that took place earlier this month at McIntosh and Stilwell Arts. Among the teams competing this year are reigning champions and top qualifiers that have worked to polish their routines throughout this season.
SETTING THE STAGE
South Forsyth made history last year by taking the Class 7A title with a 97.48 score. It was the War Eaglesʼ first-ever Dance state title and that score came via the War Eaglesʼ Hip Hop routine. The program also had a 96.93 score in the Pom. This year, state qualifiers may only participate in one routine and South Forsyth will perform a Pom
routine on Saturday. Class 6A is now the stateʼs highest classification after the reclassification shuffle and South Forsyth will headline a star-powered field that includes last yearʼs runner-up Mill Creek (Jazz) in addition to Westlake (Hip Hop), Peachtree Ridge (Hip Hop), North Gwinnett (Pom), Buford (Jazz), Etowah (Pom), Brookwood (Hip Hop), Mountain View (Jazz), North Forsyth (High Kick), West Forsyth (Pom), East Coweta (Jazz), Parkview (Hip Hop), Lambert (Hip Hop), Carrollton (Hip Hop) and Denmark (Pom).
Two-time defending Class 5A-6A state champion McIntosh will be a team to beat in this yearʼs new Class 4A-5A field, but will have to square off with four-time defending state champion Starrʼs Mill—which has won a state title in all four previous years of competition. While hosting the stateʼs top programs on Feb. 15, the Chiefs were in championship form as they scored a 95.73 in the Pom and a 95.43 in Jazz. The only team that surpassed McIntoshʼs scores was Starrʼs Mill—which was able to score a 96.95 in Jazz. McIntosh will perform its Pom routine at state, while Starrʼs Mill will perform Jazz. Starrʼs Mill has an opportunity to capture a state-record fifth-straight state title after winning back-to-back in 5A-6A from 202122 and taking Class 3A-4A these last two years. South Paulding (Hip Hop), Allatoona (High Kick), Blessed Trinity (Pom), New Manchester (Hip Hop), Woodland (Hip Hop), Seckinger (Jazz), Dutchtown (High Kick), Lakeside-Evans (Hip Hop), Greenbrier (Hip Hop), Jackson County (Jazz),
Newnan (Pom), Tri-Cities (Hip Hop), Creekside (Hip Hop) and North Oconee (Pom) join Starrʼs Mill and McIntosh in the 16-team Class 4A-5A field.
BREAKING IT DOWN
There will be 14 schools competing for the Class A title this year, including three-time defending Class A-2A state champion Stilwell Arts and 2021 Class A-2A state champion Thomasville. Class 2A-3A has a 16-team field—like Class 4A-5A and Class 6A—and will be the only classification on Saturday out of the four that does not have a defending state champion competing within it. Class 2A-3A features Fayette County (Hip Hop), North Murray (Jazz), Gilmer (Pom), East Jackson (Jazz), Carver-Columbus (Hip Hop), Jefferson (Pom), Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe (Pom), KIPP Atlanta (Pom), Whitewater (Jazz), Washington (Hip Hop), Murray County (Pom), Oconee County (Jazz), Stephens County (High Kick), Ringgold (Hip Hop), Heritage (Hip Hop) and Lovett (Hip Hop). The Class A field of performers will be Vidalia (Hip Hop), Pepperell (Pom), Banks County (Pom), Savannah Christian (Pom), Fannin County (Pom), Washington County (Pom), Rainey McCullars (Jazz), Dublin (Hip Hop), Coosa (Hip Hop), Bremen (Jazz), Model (Jazz), Barrow (Hip Hop), Thomasville (Jazz) and Stilwell Arts (Jazz).
2025 GHSA DANCE ROSTERS
CLASS A
Jakayla Coleman Gabrielle Dawson
Zoe Doizer
Naveah Gadner
Hayleese Galloway Jabrasia Grimes
Aniyah Henley
Nicorra Lewis Kamari Nazien
Tamiyah Penn Bryannah Phillips
Shakayla Richardson
Jordon Scott-Daniels
Akeila Thornton
Jadyn williams COACH
Tamela Ransom
EAST JACKSON
Shawna Faulkner
2025 GHSA DANCE ROSTERS
KIPP ATLANTA
COLLEGIATE
Arianna Cooper
Shiloh Corbin
Tashawna Dix
Eliza Germany
Arian Griffo
Jaylen Grover
Amirah Jabbie
Ja’Meisa Mapp
Amirah Mateen Phoenix Moten Tatum Murray
Dachari Philon
Dekoda Roberts
ZyQuavia Sawyer
London Stewart
London Vaughn- Love
Cynthia Washington
Kamaria Wyche COACH
Coach Mitchell
LAKEVIEWFT. OGLETHORPE
Maliya Banks
Nivea Dumas
Carol Durham Ella Henry
Rebekah Howe
Calynn Kissner
Jada Moore
Cailey Painter Abbigail Perry
Sydnee Roden Reese Shiveley
Vidal Makennah Weaver Alexis Wright
LeAnn Maretti
LOVETT
Sconyers
RINGGOLD
Grace Gaines
Lyla Jones
Riley Lumpkin
Chloe McCluskey
Ashley Rentz
Demani Smith
Eva Sotelo
COACH
Brittney Mallard
BLESSED TRINITY
Molly Ackels
Mary Kathryn Atkins
Gabrielle Doucet
Maris Gergel
Blair Jeong
Mary McLean
Sunny Nicholson
Sadie Schmidt
COACH
Amanda Ketcham
CREEKSIDE
Jae-lynn Ball
Amanda Davis
Kameah Funderburk
Ceryn Green
Cassidy Holloway
Somayya Majeed
Na’Ray’Jaih Manning-Robinson
A’Mauri Snowden
La’Miya Taylor
Kiara Westmoreland
Harmoni Williams
Zahiyra Zahir
COACH
Chanceton Scott-Bennett
DUTCHTOWN
Walton Abriana
Woods Arionna
Cummings Brooklynn
Blakey Jourdae
Lauryn Mitchell
Ansley Painter
Madeline Smith
Izabella Windom
Chloe Wingrove
COACHES
Hannah (Wingrove) Warren and Cynthia Blair
MCINTOSH
Shima Arai
Jessica Caldwell
Elise Cooper
Samantha Dietrich
Lila Egsieker
Harper Fleming
Lauren Hill
Lillian Hodge
Ellie Knight
Mady Kuehn
Remi Marler
Caroline Moses
Sofi Schwartz
Nina Seymour
Halo Welter
COACH
Carmen Yarbrough
NEW MANCHESTER
Kaydence Brown
Sofia Marshall
Tristin Powers
Breyana Roberts
Koa Sawyers
Zoe Stone
Nadia Thimas
I’Yanna Thomas
Courtney Thompson
Kaylee White
Maliya Williams
Gonsalves
Bilgen
Dogan
Alexandra Aide Annistion Almond Louise Biggs Anne Bost Christina Dahabreh
Edwards
Maya Hawkins
Brooke Gilmore
Adrienne Goforth
Olivia Harp
Braylin Hughes
Dulce Mares
Kayla Mooney
Hannah Albertson HERITAGE-CATOOSA
Hennessee
Chappelear, Hailey Thompson and Joy Bennett
JEFFERSON
Bella Christopher
Ava Eason
Lucia-Belle Guevara
Maddie Harbin
Haley Johns
Camdyn Meyers
Madilynn Mizenis
Abigail Nilsen
Ava Nilsen
Bonnie-Kate Stephens
Emma Stoops
Anna Williamson
Matilda smith
COACH
Caroline Cates
Mary Everett Hicks Naomi Infante Corinne Kalen Lanie Kelso
Mary Adams King Maren Ksiazek Jayla Lopez McCamy Menning Chase Myers Harper O’Keefe Audrey Mia Pellitero
Roche
Tapia
Whitis
Lyle
Hines
Little Journey
Williams Kierra
Coe London
Hicks McKenzie
Hurdle Nyique
Sawyer Olivia
Volcy Paige
Parks Sydney
McNeely Trinity
COACH
Ebonee Usher
GREENBRIER
Meryem Caliskan
Kenzleigh Dakuras
Kayleigh Mae Hall
Mallory Hendrickson
Nina Mallon
Kloe McGrew
Hannah Moschera
Cecelia Muro
Ditza Obregon
Izzy Rainier
Celeste Rome
Brianna Sanchez
Kamora Tomlinson
Maile Veriato
Emma Workman
Cooper Young
Makenna Young
COACH
Teri Booth
JACKSON COUNTY
Makenzie Camp
Ava Debarros
Kailey DelPrete
Tamrah DelPrete
Bianca Gomez
Clover Guyton
Keira Hamilton
Ava Marquess
Roberts
COACH
Amy Moore
Pritchett
CLASS 4A-5A
ALLATOONA
Brynnley Cornish
COACH
Ashley Ware
LAKESIDE-EVANS
Shantall Alfonso
Kylie Bauer
Emma Fruechting
Kristie-Jo Kight
Lena McCoy
Gail Barron
Fenton
McWhorter
Rine
Raley
NORTH OCONEE
Compton
Costigan
WOODLANDSTOCKBRIDGE
SECKINGER
CLASS 6A BROOKWOOD
2025 GHSA DANCE ROSTERS
