CARIBOU – The Caribou High School cheering team recorded an average of 106.5 to place first in the Aroostook League Cheering Championships Friday night at Caribou High School. Houlton was second with a 102.8 average, followed by Central Aroostook of Mars Hill (101.8), Presque Isle… Read More
    EAST MACHIAS – The Washington Academy Raiders successfully defended their Downeast Athletic Conference cheerleading championship with a nine-point victory in Friday night’s final round. The Raiders, who earned their eighth DAC title in nine years, scored 100.4 points in the finals to outdistance runner-up Machias,… Read More
    Every year, coach Kelly Bubar has the members of her Fort Fairfield cheerleading team do the choreography for its competition routine. This year’s routine, however, is the handiwork of mainly one cheerleader, senior Joshua Barnes. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Sarah Smith was still beaming while being interviewed at the conclusion of Saturday’s Eastern Maine Class A regional cheering championship. Old Town’s rookie head cheerleading coach was in the midst of an interview just minutes after celebrating her team’s first trip to the… Read More
    The top cheerleading teams in Eastern Maine, as well as the field for the state championships, will be decided today in regional championships at the Bangor Auditorium and Augusta Civic Center. The top four teams advance to the state championship meet, which will be held… Read More
    The fans who packed into the Hampden Academy gymnasium for Saturday’s Penobscot Valley Conference cheerleading championships may have noticed some differences in scoring and the way the competition was run. Some of those changes will be in effect for this Saturday’s Big East Conference competition. 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
    KENNEBEC VALLEY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHEERLEADING CHAMPIONSHIPS Time, site: Monday, 10:30 a.m.; Augusta Civic Center googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) {… Read More
    BANGOR – A winning cheerleading routine is a combination of difficult stunts, clean performances, and smile-inducing moves meant to win over the judges. Old Town had the difficulty in its routine, and there are few teams as clean and steady as the Indians. But you… Read More
    BANGOR – Just minutes after earning the Class D state runner-up title at Saturday’s state championship meet at the Bangor Auditorium, three Central Aroostook cheerleaders were already thinking about their routine for next season. “Next year we want an [1980s] theme,” said junior Danielle Larrabee. Read More
    BANGOR – It didn’t count on the judges’ scoring sheets, but for Ashley Daigle and Madawaska’s varsity cheering squad, Saturday afternoon’s encore performance was invaluable. For Daigle and her Owls teammates, performing together at the Eastern Maine Class C regional cheering championship in the Bangor… Read More
    BANGOR – Old Town continued its run, Brewer came up just short, Hampden righted itself and Bangor took a step back at the third Big East Conference cheerleading championships Saturday at Red Barry Gymnasium. The Class B Indians put on another fine cheerleading performance after… Read More
    HERMON – The Old Town cheerleading team has become something of a powerhouse of late, having won the last two Class B Eastern Maine and state champions. So it was no surprise that coach Kristen Braun’s Indians had a four-point lead over Brewer when the… Read More