AUGUSTA – Bangor High School cheerleaders, welcome to the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference. Competing in their first-ever KVAC Class A competition, along with three other Class A squads, the Rams earned runner-up honors in Monday afternoon’s conference championships at the Augusta Civic Center. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
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
Changes in enrollment and conference affiliation mean the Eastern Maine cheerleading scene will look a bit different this year. Bangor, Brewer, Hampden and Nokomis of Newport, which are all in Eastern Maine Class A, have made the move to the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference. That… Read More
Along with the prize of winning a state championship this year, Maine’s top cheerleading teams also earned the right to compete in today’s New England Spirit Championships. And along with that honor came a few headaches for some of the state’s cheerleading coaches. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BANGOR – About the only thing Fort Fairfield’s cheerleading team did wrong the entire night was drop part of the trophy on the Bangor Auditorium’s hardwood court. The Fort Fairfield Tigers won their second straight Class D state championship at Monday night’s competition by executing… Read More
BANGOR – The Brewer cheerleading team sat in a circle, just like three of the four Class A squads waiting to hear who had won the state championship Monday night at the Bangor Auditorium. From the outside looking in, the Witches calmly chatted and laughed… 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
When the Rockland High School cheerleading team takes the floor for today’s Class B state championship competition in Bangor, the Tigers will open with a complicated sequence designed to wow the judges. In the midst of it all, as a featured performer in the opening… Read More
The Bangor High cheerleading team will likely be out of the Class A state championships despite what the coach and several parents claim to have been a scoring mistake at Saturday’s Eastern Maine Class A championships. The Bangor group submitted several materials to the Maine… 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
BANGOR – With less than two points separating the top four teams headed into the final round of the Eastern Maine Class B cheerleading championships Saturday, the Rockland Tigers had a laundry list of things they had to do in order to hold off Houlton. Read More
BANGOR – A year ago, 67 points was a maddening half-point short of winning the first regional title in four years for Fort Fairfield’s cheerleading squad. Saturday night, 67 points were more than enough as the Tigers walked off the Bangor Auditorium floor with a… Read More
As students at Bangor High were excused from school early last week because of midterms, some of the Ram cheerleaders had an idea. Instead of going straight home last Monday, the girls called a team practice – without telling coach Stephanie Crane – and gathered… Read More
BANGOR – Sometimes the door is opened for a team to win but it doesn’t go through the door. In the final round of the Eastern Maine Class A Cheerleading competition Friday night at the Bangor Auditorium, the Bangor Rams saw the door open and… 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 – 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
There was no mistake – contrary to rumors circulating, the Brewer cheerleading team was not the victim of a mathematical error at Saturday’s state championship meet at the Bangor Auditorium. If anything, Brewer coach Kristie Reed said, the subjective nature of the sport may have… 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 – While one former champion was getting unseated, a new champ was being led back to prominence by a native daughter. Such was the case at the early session of the Eastern Maine Regional Cheerleading Championships in the Bangor Auditorium Saturday as Houlton took… 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