AUGUSTA – Washington Academy cheerleading coaches Rianne Barker and Laurie Schoppee sat next to each other on the floor of the Augusta Civic Center Saturday evening, quickly making cell phone calls. Schoppee wiped away a few tears in between calls. They both hung up fast… Read More
AUGUSTA – With six senior captains on the team this year, Central Aroostook cheerleading coach Sami Jo Allen sensed that this year’s Panther team could deliver. And did they ever – Central Aroostook not only brought home a regional title this year, but Saturday earned… Read More
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BANGOR – For a program with the tradition that Houlton High School cheerleading has, the Shiretowners’ previous two competitions this season have been somewhat of a disappointment. That was erased Saturday in the Eastern Maine Class C regional competition at the Bangor Auditorium. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BANGOR – No shakes. Few mistakes. Exactly what you have to do when you have one chance to do it right. The John Bapst cheerleading team earned its third straight Eastern Maine Class B championship Saturday morning with a clean, near-perfect routine at the Bangor… Read More
AUGUSTA – Like the value of a dollar or a big-league home run, a point isn’t worth what it used to be in a competition cheering meet. What sent heads spinning and tongues wagging and passed as the score to beat a year ago might… Read More
LINCOLN – Even championship teams get nervous sometimes. For the John Bapst cheering team, singing helps. The Crusaders of Bangor will sing anything to pass the time – from Spice Girls songs to the ABCs – as they wait to get in formation while the… Read More
BAR HARBOR – With their head coach only able to attend practices three days a week after she had a baby in October, the John Bapst cheering team wanted their routine done earlier than usual. That showed Saturday at the Penobscot Valley Conference Large School… Read More
BANGOR – Before each performance at the regional and state championships this year, the Washington Academy cheerleading team has chanted the name of longtime coach Laurie Schoppee. Schoppee, who has said this would be her last season coaching the Raiders of East Machias, went out… Read More
BANGOR – If the Hermon cheerleading team had been feeling a bit unlucky this season, the Hawks may have had a right. They’d finished second in three previous competitions earlier this year and then early last week in practice a key member of the team… Read More
BANGOR – The Class A and Class D state cheerleading championships will be held Monday at 6 p.m. after they were postponed from Saturday due to a water main break near the Bangor Auditorium. Teams will be allowed to register starting at 4 p.m. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
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AUGUSTA – Last week’s Big East Class A cheerleading championship was a good news-bad news outing for the Brewer Witches. They won the title, but scored 145.3 points – a good score, but not good enough by Brewer’s high standards. It was all good news… Read More
BANGOR – John Bapst and Fort Fairfield will head into the state cheerleading championships as the top teams in Eastern Maine … again. Both the Crusaders and the Tigers defended their 2006 titles in Classes B and D, respectively, in Saturday’s Eastern Maine competitions at… Read More
BANGOR – They had two weeks to think about it. In the time since winning the Downeast Athletic Conference cheerleading championship Jan. 13, the Washington Academy cheerleaders brushed off 15 points worth of deductions that gave them a disappointing second-round score. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
HERMON – By its own standards, the Brewer cheerleading team fell a bit short in Saturday’s Big East Conference Class A championships at Hermon High School. Still, an extremely high average of 142.75 points was more than enough for the Witches to earn their second… Read More
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HERMON – In the week between the Penobscot Valley Conference championships and the Big East Conference championships, the John Bapst cheerleading team made some drastic changes. It wasn’t out of desperation that the Crusaders of Bangor completely revamped the dance section of their routine. After… Read More
HERMON – The Big East Conference will hand out cheerleading awards Saturday with two varsity competitions and a junior varsity meet at Hermon High School. The day will start at 10 a.m. with the JV competition. Doors will open at 8:15. The Class A varsity… Read More
HAMPDEN – Brewer had a vision. John Bapst wanted to make a statement. Both school’s cheerleading teams took home top awards at Saturday’s Penobscot Valley Conference competition for Classes A and B in front of about 1,500 spectators packed into the gym at Hampden Academy. Read More
For the past several months, Eastern Maine’s varsity cheerleading teams have been appearing at their schools’ football, basketball and hockey games while practicing their own routines behind closed doors. Those cheerleading squads will get a chance to shine on their own Saturday as the competitive… Read More
BANGOR – The Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln basketball teams made their Class B debuts this winter after many years in Class C. The MA cheerleaders made the move up in classification, too, and had a strong first season in Class B. The Lynx made callbacks… Read More
There will be a New England cheerleading championship for the first time this year, but Maine isn’t going to be involved – not yet, anyway. Current Maine Principals’ Association rules preclude Maine high school teams from participating in New Englands, although individuals can participate. In… Read More
AUGUSTA – It’s been their mantra all season. The John Bapst of Bangor cheerleaders have it written on the backs of their team T-shirts. The Crusaders have included it in their performance. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
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AUGUSTA – The Houlton High School cheerleading team was in an “emergency” state after the Shiretowners performed their first-round routine in Saturday night’s Class C state championship competition at the Augusta Civic Center. Going along with their hospital theme, the Shires needed resuscitation after a… Read More
AUGUSTA – Three years ago, Preston Wing was an excited senior member of the Gardiner High School varsity cheering team competing at the Augusta Civic Center. Saturday morning, he was an ecstatic rookie coach after watching his Lewiston Blue Devils win the school’s third Class… Read More
BANGOR – No John Bapst cheerleading team had ever been in this position before. They were defending Class B state champions, but with six members gone from last season’s Class B title team and a lot of freshmen on the squad, they didn’t know how… Read More
BANGOR – It wasn’t a changing of the guard in Classes C and D during Saturday’s regional cheerleading championships at the Bangor Auditorium. It was more a rearranging. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
AUGUSTA – An original routine, packed with many tight and unique dances and lots of tumbling, lifted the Lewiston Blue Devils to the Eastern Maine Class A cheering title before a crowd of approximately 2,000 at the Augusta Civic Center Saturday. Lewiston rolled up 163.1… Read More
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BAR HARBOR – The Bangor High cheerleading team didn’t have its competition routine finished until Monday. That was less than a week before the Rams had to perform it for the first time at Saturday’s Penobscot Valley Conference cheerleading championships. But the Rams performed the… Read More
MILLINOCKET – Houlton High School came out of the first round with a solid lead and performed well in the second round while capturing the Penobscot Valley Conference Classes C-D cheerleading championship Saturday at Stearns High School. The Shiretowners, who earned a fourth-place finish in… Read More
BANGOR – The last time Bangor Christian’s two seniors were so close to a state title, they were freshman alternates forced to squirm on the sidelines, fidget nervously, and watch as teammates performed. The Patriots finished in a tie for first, but lost on a… Read More
BANGOR – Two weeks ago, the members of John Bapst Memorial High School’s cheerleading team were dejected and frustrated. Saturday, the Crusaders were both elated and celebrated. Fourteen days after suffering through a miscue-plagued routine that left them in fifth place at the Eastern Maine… Read More
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The day of the Eastern Maine Class B championship competitions, the Hermon cheerleading team encountered a number of nagging problems, from a late bus in the morning to a quirky injury to a stuck bus in the afternoon. The Hawks overcame all that and won… Read More
BANGOR – The day couldn’t have started out any worse for the Hermon cheerleading team. But by the end of Saturday’s Eastern Maine Class B championships at the Bangor Auditorium, things couldn’t have been any sweeter. The Hawks suffered a myriad of problems, from a… Read More
BANGOR – Two different strategies had the same result in Saturday’s Eastern Maine Class C and D cheerleading competitions at the Bangor Auditorium. The Central of Corinth cheerleading team went with a difficult, almost historic, routine to win its first Class C regional title since… Read More
AUGUSTA – Kristie Reed’s strategy this season was a gamble. She gave her team a more difficult and complex program to learn in the hopes that the short-term losses would pay off in long-term gains. The Brewer High School cheerleading coach’s bet finally paid off… Read More
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BAR HARBOR – The Bangor High cheerleading team has always done well in the Penobscot Valley Conference championship meet – the first round of the meet, that is. The trouble has traditionally come in the final round. That’s where the Rams seemed to have slipped… Read More
BANGOR – The Bangor High School cheerleading team has sped things up for itself this year. And it’s made a big difference in its routine. Debuting a much faster routine than in past seasons, the Rams roared back from a fourth-place finish in the preliminary… Read More
ORONO – Dave Cusano and Fred Lazo built reputations at the University of Maine as hard-nosed football players. Last winter, when they attended an Old Town High School basketball game to watch a friend’s sister play, they were quickly recognized by people in the crowd. Read More
AUGUSTA – From where cheerleading teams sit during competitions, it’s hard to tell how well the rest of the teams are doing their routines. Like the rest of the teams and coaches, Machias coach Sharidan Faulkingham and her Bulldogs were facing the backs of each… Read More
AUGUSTA – Cheerleading coaches always tell their teams that selling the routine is critical for winning a competition. For the Houlton cheerleading squad, entertaining the crowd and the judges was critical. The Shiretowners were performing to a medley of Broadway show tunes and, in the… Read More
Just one of the four defending state cheerleading champions will go into Saturday’s state competition as the reigning regional champ, too. Rockland, which defended its regional title two weeks ago, will try to hold on to its Class B state crown as the state’s top… Read More
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BANGOR – The Washington Academy cheerleading squad has long been an Eastern Maine Class C power. This year, the Raiders of East Machias will get to share that honor with their neighbors to the west. “Can we get a motorcade with Machias?” WA coach Laurie… Read More
BANGOR – The Brewer cheerleading team has been a strong favorite going into the Eastern Maine Class A competition over the years, and this season was no different as the Witches garnered a win in last week’s Penobscot Valley Conference meet. This year, however, a… Read More
With three local Eastern Maine Class A cheerleading teams taking the top four spots in recent conference competitions, it’s clear Saturday’s regional championships are anyone’s to win. Bangor, Brewer and Hampden have all performed well in the past two weeks at the Big East Conference and Penobscot Valley… Read More
BAR HARBOR – The Brewer High cheerleading squad finishes its routine this year with 15 members of the team lying in clusters on the thick blue mats used in cheering competitions. Sometimes, when the music ends, the girls remain on the mats for a second… Read More
BANGOR – The Bangor High School cheerleading squad was the final team to perform in the final round of Saturday night’s Big East Conference championship. As the Rams hit their routine while other teams struggled in the final round, there was little doubt or surprise… Read More
AUGUSTA – The Rockland cheerleading team picked up its seventh straight Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B cheerleading championship at Monday morning’s competition at the Augusta Civic Center. The Tigers scored 79 points while Oxford Hills of South Paris, another perennial contender, tallied 74 points… Read More
MOUNT DESERT – One of these days, the Brewer High cheerleading team is going to get its arabesque double dismounts right. And when the Witches finally execute a perfected routine in competition, watch out. Brewer, which finished a disappointing fourth at last week’s Big East… Read More
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BANGOR – It took a few seconds for the announcement to register on the faces of the Bangor High cheerleading team and coach Stephanie Crane. But once the news sunk in – that the Rams had won the 2003 Big East Conference championship – the… Read More
BANGOR – When it came to Saturday’s full day of regional cheerleading championship action, they saved the best for last. And after a confusing and emotion-wringing end to a competitive morning session, some might say the worst went first. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
HERMON – Two Penobscot Valley Conference high school cheerleading powerhouses shook off disappointing preliminary round performances and came through with huge finishes at Saturday’s PVC championships. The teams from Old Town and Brewer high schools each had an uncharacteristic fall in that first round but… Read More
The University of Maine cheerleaders went into Friday’s final round of the National Cheerleaders Association nationals with a simple mission in mind. “We had a team meeting and decided that our goal for that day was to be in the lead when we finished performing,”… Read More
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The University of Maine cheerleading squad will return to competition after a long hiatus next month and is hoping to bring a national title to Orono. The Black Bears will head to Daytona Beach, Fla., for the National Cheering Association’s championships on April 4-5. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More