Friday, January 17, 2014

SRHS cheerleaders host local competition, raise funds for national championship

The Southern Regional High School cheerleaders will sponsor their annual Rams Invitational Cheerleading Competition on Sunday, Jan. 19, at SRHS in the 11/12 gymnasium, located at 90 Cedar Bridge Rd. in Manahawkin. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. The event will begin at 10:00 a.m.

Photo via Press of AC
SRHS cheerleaders perform during a pep rally
at Pinelands Regional High School.
Competitors will include local rec teams from kindergarten through eighth grade and middle school, junior varsity and varsity squads from across New Jersey. Ocean County teams will include Southern Regional, Barnegat, Pinelands Regional, Lacey and Manchester high schools. Each cheer/dance is limited to three minutes.
“It’s such a great time,” said Jacqueline South, head coach of SRHS cheerleading. “You get to see all these amazing teams compete locally. It’s a lot of fun.”
The event will help raise money for the SRHS junior varsity and varsity teams’ trip to the National High School Cheerleading Championship at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., in February. The junior varsity team earned its first ever bid to nationals after placing first at the Universal Cheerleading Association’s Northeast Regional Championship at the Pine Belt Arena in Toms River in November. The varsity team earned its 12th bid to nationals.
Admission to the invitational competition is $8 for adults and $4 for children younger than 12. Admission is free for kids younger than 5. The cafeteria will be open for breakfast and lunch. For more information, contact South at jsouth@srsd.net or call 609-597-9481, extension 2114. 

— Kelley Anne Essinger


This article was published in The SandPaper.

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