A Wiscasset Flare cheerlead performs a jump in Bangor. (Paula Roberts photo)
Nine local teams competed in the 2018 Maine State Junior High & elementary Cheering championships at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on March 4. The Wiscasset Flare and Wiscasset Heat teams placed first in their divisions, and the Medomak Riverhawks and Jefferson Village Chargers placed second.
The win was the third straight for the Wiscasset Heat team, who won the Elite Cheer Challenge in Gorham on Sat., March 3, and won the Augusta State Capital Cheer Challenge on Feb. 10. Wiscasset Heat won an award at the Elite Cheer Challenge for Most Creative Stunting.
Other local teams competing were the Warren Rec Whiskers, Warren Rec Cubs, Warren Rec Panthers, Wiscasset Blaze and Great Salt Bay School.
Over 60 teams competed in the championships, the largest number in Calais Recreation Department’s 22 years of hosting the event.
Results by class are as follows:
Dolls, grade K-2, division 1: 1. Ellsworth Falcons; 2. Lamoine Lions
Mini, grades 3-5, division 1: 1. Ellsworth Falcons; 2. Calais Rec Blue Devils.
Peewee, grades 4-6, division 1: 1. Wiscasset Flare; 2. Synergy Fusion of Lewiston
Mixed, graded K-5, division 1: 1. Central Youth Cheer; 2. Carmel Rec Tri-Town Cheer.
Mixed, grade 3-8, division 2: 1. Woodland Dragons, 2. Blue Hill Bobcats
Mixed, grade 3-8, division 1: all-Star Cheering Super Nova of Bridgewater; 2. Jefferson Village Chargers
JHS, grade 6-8, division 2: 1. Carmel Red Tri-Town Cheer; 2. Medomak Riverhawks.
Tiny All Star, ages U-5, division 1: Big 10 Cheer Pixies from Herman area
Mini All Star, age U-8, division 1: 1. Big 10 Cheer Wild Cards
Youth all Star, age U-11, division 1: 1. Big 10 cheer Royalty; 2. Brewer Youth Witches.
Junior All-Star, age U-14, division 1: 1. Wiscasset Heat, 2. All Star Cheering Eclipse.
Junior All-Star, age U-14, division 2: 1. Big 10 Cheer Illusion
Eastern Maine Elite player Camie Morris, of Jonesboro, hair is flying from static electricity at the Maine State Cheering Jr. High & Elementarty cheering championships at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on March 4. (Paula Roberts photo)
Wiscasset Heat flyers are all smile in Bangor. (Paula Roberts photo)
