Cheer Extreme Allstars

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Cheer Extreme
Cheer extreme logo.jpg
Sport Cheerleading and competition dance
Founded1993
Based in North Carolina
Colors  Teal,   Black, and   White
OwnerCourtney Smith Pope, Ben Pope
Head coachesCourtney Smith-Pope
No. of teams11 locations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Illinois and Maryland with over 110 teams (2019-2020)

Cheer Extreme Allstars is a branch of cheerleading and competition dance gyms found throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Illinois, Florida and Virginia. [1] Cheer Extreme is most well known for its Small Senior and Large Senior teams, which received numerous national titles and have ranked in the Cheerleading Worlds competitions, with Cheer Extreme Senior Elite winning the first-place title in 2010, 2012, 2013, and after a decade of being placed as runner up the team took home a gold medal in 2023. At the 2015 Cheerleading Worlds, Cheer Extreme's Coed Elite won first place. Also at the 2016, 2018, 2019,2021, and 2024 Cheerleading Worlds, Cheer Extreme's SSX won first place. Cheer Extreme has over 850 National Champion titles. [2]

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In 2009, an owner and coach Courtney Smith-Pope, who was a cheerleader for Wake Forest University, won Coach of The Year sponsored by the USASF. In 2013, Cheer Extreme opened a location in Roanoke, Virginia. In 2015, Cheer Extreme opened a location in Waldorf, Maryland. In 2022, they opened a new location in Boynton Beach, Florida. The two most notable locations are in Kernersville, NC and Raleigh, NC. Courtney Smith-Pope is the owner of the Kernersville location and her sister Kelly Helton owns the Raleigh location. [3] CEA was originally opened by Betsy Smith before ownership was passed down to her daughters. [4]

Publicity

Cheer Extreme Senior Elite was invited to a private audition in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the reality television show America's Got Talent , but did not make it on the actual televised show. They have also been featured in Inside Cheerleading Magazine. [5] In 2011, CNN featured specials on Cheer Extreme's Senior Elite and SSX teams while they made their way to the 2011 Cheerleading World Championships. [6] In the making is a documentary that is reportedly following them through the 2012–2017 seasons.[ needs update ]

Notable athletes

Teams

Level 1 TeamsDivisionLocation
Tiny TurtlesTiny 1Raleigh
Baby SharksTiny 1Raleigh
ShineMini 1Raleigh
Junior BlackJunior 1Raleigh
LovespellU16 1Raleigh
Level 2 TeamsDivisionLocation
Mini EliteMini 2Kernesville
Mini MingosMini 2Raleigh
FrostbitesYouth 2Kernesville
ShimmerYouth 2Raleigh
MermaidsYouth 2Raleigh
StormYouth 2Florida
AngelsJunior 2Raleigh
TwistersJunior 2Florida
Teal ForceJunior 2Maryland
Glam SquadSmall Junior 2Chicago
SenioritasSenior 2Raleigh
Level 3 TeamsDivisionLocation
Glitter PenguinsYouth 3Kernesville
TsunamiYouth 3Florida
Lady PearlsYouth 3Maryland
Junior XJunior 3Kernesville
Ice QueensJunior 3Raleigh
Glamour QueensU16 3Maryland
Senior 3liteSenior 3Raleigh
SmackU18 3Kernesville
IceSenior Coed 3Maryland
Level 4 TeamsDivisionLocation
Youth XYouth 4Raleigh
LegendsJunior 4Kernesville
JuicyU16 4Raleigh
VengeanceJunior 4Florida
CRUSHU18 Coed 4Chicago
LegacySmall Senior 4Kernesville
C4Medium Senior Coed 4Kernesville
BerriesMedium Senior Coed 4Raleigh
HaloMedium Senior 4Maryland
ENVYOpen Coed 4Chicago
O4International Open Coed 4Kernesville
Level 4.2 TeamsDivisionLocation
SpotlightSmall Senior Coed 4.2Kernesville
Lady VenomSenior 4.2Raleigh
LightningSenior 4.2Florida
Level 5 TeamsDivisionLocation
Youth EliteYouth 5Kernesville
CrushYouth 5Florida
SJXJunior 5Raleigh
ChaosJunior Coed 5Florida
VixensSenior 5Kernesville
Medu5aSenior 5Raleigh
Lady XSenior 5Florida
Level 6 TeamsDivisionLocation
CrushLarge Junior 6Kernesville
Coed EliteExtra Small Senior Coed 6Kernesville
SMOEXExtra Small Senior Coed 6Raleigh
BlackoutExtra Small Senior Coed 6Boynton Beach
XSS TropiXExtra Small Senior 6Raleigh
HailExtra Small Senior 6Sanford
HeistExtra Small Senior 6DMV
JawsExtra Small Senior 6Odenton
SSXSmall Senior 6Raleigh
PassionSmall Senior Coed 6Chicago
Senior EliteLarge Senior 6Kernesville
CoexU18 Non-Tumbling Coed 6Kernesville
Cobra CoedU18 Non-Tumbling Coed 6Raleigh
CougarsU18 Non-Tumbling 6Raleigh
Gossip GirlsU18 Non-Tumbling 6Maryland
Code BlackInternational Open Non-Tumbling Coed 6Raleigh
Lady LuxInternational Open Non-Tumbling 6Kernesville
Level 7 TeamsDivisionLocation
Exorcis7International Open Non-Tumbling Coed 7Raleigh
KrakenInternational Open Non-Tumbling 7Odenton
Super 7International Open Non-Tumbling 7DMV

References

  1. "Welcome to Cheer Extreme Allstars". Cheer Extreme Allstars. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  2. [ dead link ]
  3. "Charlotte". Cheer Extreme Allstars. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  4. "Cea Coaching Staff". Cheerextreme.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2007. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
  5. "Inside Cheerleading". Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  6. "Cheerleaders prep for hours in search of 2½ minutes of perfection". cnn.com. Retrieved November 16, 2015.