2021 GHSA Cheerleading State Championships

29TH ANNUAL - GHSA 2021 STATE CHEERLEADING CHAMPIONSHIPS

CHEERLEADINGVIDEO/TV SCHEDULE

WORD FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

WELCOME GHSA CHEERLEADING FANS

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elcome to the 2021 GHSA Cheerleading Championships! I know you are ready for the high energy performances that these athletes have perfected throughout the year to bring to these championships. There will be excitement abounding as the entire season comes down to 2.5 minutes. One mistake could make the difference for a team as they work to meet their goal of becoming a State Champion!

This year’s event is sure to be an exciting one! Special thanks to GHSA Associate Director Penny Mitchell and Varsity for making this competition a reality.. I want to thank the many volunteers who make this event possible and run smoothly. We extend our special appreciation to the Carrollton High School for being our host. Finally we thank our sponsors and hope you will support them and our corporate sponsors whenever possible.

Thank you for supporting GHSA Cheerleading and please join me in offering our best wishes for all of our competitors!

The excitement of the GHSA Cheerleading State Championships will stream LIVE on NFHSNetwork.com/GHSA and GPB.org for all sessions on Monday and Tuesday.

GPB-TV will air a special on a date TBD. The video will be available for free ondemand viewing three days after the championship. Action photos are available to order at the Unforgettable Moment booth or online at unforgettablemoment.com

GET YOUR OFFICIAL CHAMPIONSHIP T-SHIRT IN THE LOBBY FROM TEAMIP AND ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY AT UNFORGETTABLEMOMENT.COM

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/OFFICIALGHSA The 2021 Georgia High School Association Cheerleading State Championship Guide is published by Score Media, a division of Score Atlanta, in conjunction with the GHSA. The guide was designed by Adam Schindler, and edited by Craig Sager II, Seth Ellerbee and Graham David. Information provided by the GHSA and photos on the cover and inside the guide are courtesy of Unforgettable Moment. For more information on Score Media, go to Scoreatl.com or call 404-256-1572.

Dr. Robin Hines Executive Director

PAST CHAMPIONS Season

1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012

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2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020

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Sprayberry McIntosh Sprayberry Lassiter Parkview McIntosh Chattahoochee Sandy Creek Cass South Forsyth Winder-Barrow Woodland Woodland Woodland Northgate Northgate Northgate Northgate Northgate

AAAAA

Houston Co. McIntosh Starr’s Mill Northgate

AAAAAA Northgate Northgate Northgate Creekview

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AAA

Veterans Veterans Cartersville Carrollton

AAAAA McIntosh Carrollton McIntosh McIntosh

AA

Lakeside, Evans Hardaway Henry County Winder-Barrow Winder-Barrow Dublin North Gwinnett Carrollton South Forsyth Perry Carrollton Carrollton Central, Carrollton Harris County Central, Carrollton Columbus Johns Creek Columbus Carrollton Pierce Co. Pierce Co. Calhoun Pierce County

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Cedartown Chapel Hill Cedartown Denmark

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Bleckley Co. Cartersville Pepperell South Forsyth South Forsyth South Forsyth South Forsyth Cartersville Bleckley Co. Apalachee Vidalia Pepperrell Fitzgerald Calhoun Calhoun Coosa Calhoun Calhoun Coosa

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Coosa Calhoun Armuchee Coosa

Pierce County Pierce County Pierce County Pierce County

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Vidalia Armuchee Vidalia Vidalia

SE Bulloch SE Bulloch Calhoun Brookstone Landmark Chr. Hawkinsville Commerce Bremen Commerce Commerce Commerce Commerce Bremen Bremen Trion Trion Commerce Trion Trion

A-Private

Mt. Paran Christian Mt. Paran Christian Mt. Paran Christian Mt. Paran Christian

A-Private Mt. Paran Mt. Paran Mt. Paran Mt. Paran

A-Public Trion Commerce Commerce Commerce

A-Public Gordon Lee Gordon Lee Gordon Lee Gordon Lee

CO-ED

--------------------------------------------Duluth Winder-Barrow Jones County Duluth Woodland, Cartersville Peachtree Ridge Peachtree Ridge Winder-Barrow

CO-ED

Ola Peachtree Ridge Winder-Barrow Johns Creek

CO-ED

Woodland-Cartersville Milton Woodland-Cartersville Mill Creek

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GHSA CHEERLEADING STATE CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW

BY GRAHAM DAVID | GDAVID@SCOREATL .COM

he GHSA Cheerleading State Championships begin Monday at the Centreplex in Macon for two days of electrifying routines, a return to form following the 2020 State Championships that were played in the fall due to the Covid-19 virus.

The Class A Private, A Public and COED finals will open the event at 10 a.m. Monday. Session two will begin at 4 p.m. with the Class 2A and 5A finals.

Tuesday’s finals sessions will begin with Class 4A and Class 7A at 10 a.m. and conclude with the Class 3A and Class 6A championships, beginning at 4 p.m.

Denmark, a program which began competing in 2018, won the 4A title last season but reclassified to 7A this year and will try to repeat in its new classification. In Class 3A, Pierce County will try for its eighth cheerleading title and sixth consecutive championship. Since 2012-13, the Bears have won each season except for the 2014-15 championship which Calhoun won.

Lambert enters the finals as the defending champion in the state’s highest classification (7A) and since 2012-13, the Trojans have won six championships – 2012-13, 2013-14, 2015-16, 2016-17, 201819 and last season. Creekview returns to defend its 6A championship – the program’s only title — and McIntosh will try to repeat in Class 5A. The Chiefs won state championships in 1994-95, 1998-99, 2013-14, 2016-17 and last season.

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Vidalia returns for a chance to repeat as the Class 2A champion. The Indians have won three state championships – 2003-04, 2016-17 and last season. Mount Paran has had control of Class A Private since the 2012-13 season when it began its run of eight consecutive championships and the Eagles are back to try to capture the program’s ninth state championship.

Gordon Lee’s first title in school history came in the 2016-17 season. Since then, the Generals have established themselves as the top-dog of Class A Public. They have won four consecutive state titles – one in each of the past four seasons – and return to defend last season’s Class A Public championship. In the COED competition, Mill Creek has won in each of the past two seasons and the Hawks are back to try for a third consecutive title, which would make them the first program to three-peat in the COED competition since its conception in the 2004-05 season.

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29TH ANNUAL - GHSA 2021 STATE CHEERLEADING CHAMPIONSHIPS

GHSA STATE COMPETITION SCHEDULE

GHSA STATE COMPETITION SCHEDULE

Session #1 - A & COED • Monday, February 15, 2021 - 10:00AM

Session #1 - 2A & 5A • Monday, February 15, 2021 - 4:00PM

Order Class Team # School 1............................ COED....................... 15................................................................................................................None 2........................... Priv............................. 8...................................................................................... First Presbyterian 3........................... COED....................... 13......................................................................................................... Wheeler 4........................... Private...................... 7..................................................................................Fellowship Christian 5........................... COED....................... 11.......................................................................................... Winder‐Barrow 6........................... Private...................... 6.............................................................................. North Cobb Christian 7........................... COED....................... 9.................................................................................................. Glynn Acad.

8........................... Private...................... 5.................................................................................................. Calvary Day 9........................... COED....................... 7................................................................................................................Milton 10......................... Private...................... 4........................................................................................Hebron Christian 11.......................... COED....................... 5.....................................................................................................Chapel Hill 12......................... Private...................... 3....................................................................................................Brookstone 13......................... COED....................... 3...................................................................................................... Northgate 14......................... Private...................... 2.................................................................................. Savannah Christian 15......................... COED....................... 1........................................................................................................Mill Creek 16......................... Private...................... 1................................................................................... Mt. Paran Christian INTERMISSION - 30 MINUTES 17......................... COED....................... 2.......................................................................................... Forsyth Central 18......................... Public........................ 1....................................................................................................Gordon Lee 19......................... COED....................... 4...................................................................................................N. Gwinnett 20........................ Public........................ 2.....................................................................................................Commerce 21......................... COED....................... 6.........................................................................................Peachtree Ridge 22........................ Public........................ 3...................................................................................................... Armuchee 23........................ COED....................... 8......................................................................................................Apalachee 24........................ Public........................ 4...................................................................................Lake Oconee Acad.

25........................ COED....................... 10.....................................................................................................Chestatee 26........................ Public........................ 5..................................................................................................................Trion 27......................... COED....................... 12....................................................................................................Dutchtown 28........................ Public........................ 6......................................................................................................... Irwin Co. 29........................ COED....................... 14................................................................................................................None 30........................ Public........................ 7.......................................................................................................Schley Co. 31......................... COED....................... 16...............................................................................................................None 32........................ Public........................ 8..................................................................................................Social Circle

Order Class Team # School 1............................ 2A............................... 8...............................................................................................................Coosa 2........................... 5A............................... 8..................................................................................................................Cass 3........................... 2A............................... 7.................................................................................................... Putnam Co. 4........................... 5A............................... 7...........................................................................................................Eastside 5........................... 2A............................... 6.........................................................................................................Dade Co. 6........................... 5A............................... 6........................................................................................................ St. Pius X 7........................... 2A............................... 5........................................................................................................... Bremen 8........................... 5A............................... 5...............................................................................................Walnut Grove 9........................... 2A............................... 4......................................................................................................Chattooga 10......................... 5A............................... 4.......................................................................................................... Calhoun 11.......................... 2A............................... 3...............................................................................................................Model 12......................... 5A............................... 3...................................................................................................... Loganville 13......................... 2A............................... 2........................................................................................................Pepperell 14......................... 5A............................... 2....................................................................................................Cartersville 15......................... 2A............................... 1...................................................................................................................KIPP 16......................... 5A............................... 1..................................................................................................... Greenbrier INTERMISSION - 30 MINUTES 17......................... 2A............................... 1...................................................................................................... Bacon Co. 18......................... 5A............................... 1......................................................................................................... McIntosh 19......................... 2A............................... 2..................................................................................................Bleckley Co. 20........................ 5A............................... 2.....................................................................................................................Ola 21......................... 2A............................... 3..............................................................................................................Vidalia 22........................ 5A............................... 3..................................................................................................... Starr’s Mill 23........................ 2A............................... 4........................................................................................................Jeff Davis 24........................ 5A............................... 4....................................................................................................... Harris Co. 25........................ 2A............................... 5...................................................................................................Swainsboro 26........................ 5A............................... 5..................................................................................................... Wayne Co. 27......................... 2A............................... 6......................................................................................................Dodge Co. 28........................ 5A............................... 6......................................................................................................... Veterans 29........................ 2A............................... 7.......................................................................................................E. Laurens 30........................ 5A............................... 7.....................................................................................................Whitewater 31......................... 2A............................... 8.......................................................................................................Fitzgerald 32........................ 5A............................... 8................................................................................................. Union Grove

GHSA STATE COMPETITION SCHEDULE

GHSA STATE COMPETITION SCHEDULE

Session #2 - 4A & 7A • Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 10:00AM

Session #2 - 3A & 6A FINALS • Tuesday, February 16, 2021- 4:00PM

Order

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Team #

School

1.....................4A...................8............................NW Whitfield

Order

Region

Team #

School

Order

Region

Team #

School

Order

Region

Team #

School

17..................4A...................1................................. W. Laurens

1.....................3A...................8......................................... W. Hall

17..................3A...................1............................Mary Persons

2....................7A....................8.................................... Denmark

18..................7A....................1......................................Hillgrove

2....................6A...................8...................................Sequoyah

18..................6A...................1...............................Houston Co.

3....................4A...................7...................... Flowery Branch

19..................4A...................2.................................. Columbus

3....................3A...................7..........................................Gilmer

19..................3A...................2.................................. Pierce Co.

20.................7A....................2......................................... Walton

4....................6A...................7......................................... Dacula

20.................6A...................2....................................Allatoona

4....................7A....................7..........................................Archer 5....................4A...................6.................................. Ridgeland 6....................7A....................6................................Woodstock 7....................4A...................5................................. N. Oconee 8....................7A....................5..................................N. Forsyth 9....................4A...................4......................................Heritage 10..................7A....................4................................... Cherokee 11...................4A...................3................................ Cedartown 12..................7A....................3................................. W. Forsyth

21..................4A...................3............................................Troup 22.................7A....................3............................... N. Paulding 23.................4A...................4...................................LaGrange 24.................7A....................4......................................Harrison 25.................4A...................5.............................................Perry 26.................7A....................5...................................... Newnan 27..................4A...................6.................................... Hampton

5....................3A...................6...............................Franklin Co. 6....................6A...................6..............................Johns Creek 7....................3A...................5..............................................GAC 8....................6A...................5..........................................Buford 9....................3A...................4............................Stephens Co. 10..................6A...................4...........................................Lanier 11...................3A...................3...................................... Hart Co. 12..................6A...................3................................ Cambridge

21..................3A...................3............................... Morgan Co. 22.................6A...................3.............................S. Effingham 23.................3A...................4................................... Rockmart 24.................6A...................4..........................Richmond Hill 25.................3A...................5.....................................Ringgold 26.................6A...................5........................................Lee Co. 27..................3A...................6..................................Adairsville

13..................4A...................2........................Central, Carroll

28.................7A....................6......................................... Tift Co.

13..................3A...................2..................................E. Jackson

28.................6A...................6......................Lakeside, Evans

14..................7A....................2......................................Lambert

29.................4A...................7..............Thomas Co. Central

14..................6A...................2..................................Creekview

29.................3A...................7................................ Sonoraville

15..................4A...................1......................................Jefferson

30.................7A....................7.................................. E. Coweta

15..................3A...................1............................... Dawson Co.

30.................6A...................7..........................Kennesaw Mt.

16..................7A....................1....................................S. Forsyth

31..................4A...................8.............................................Mays

16..................6A...................1....................................Carrollton

31..................3A...................8...............................................LFO

INTERMISSION - 30 MINUTES

32.................7A....................8....................................... Colquitt

INTERMISSION - 30 MINUTES

32.................6A...................8............................................. Pope

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