Section III Cheerleading

Coaches- New Important Info for the 2013-2014 Seasons

The Section III cheer committee has had its final meeting for the 2012-2013 season.  Below are some proposed changes in Section III and some information from that meeting.

Competition dates for next Fall and Winter have been added tinder the "Schedule" tab!.  More will be added as they are made available to us

AACCA certifications - for new coaches, let us know if you need to take the course, if there are enough, and you'd rather not take it online, we will set up a local site if possible.  For those needing re-certification this year, the course is now available online at www.AACCA.org

Section III Championship changes - Pending approval by the Executive Committe, and barring major changes in cheerleading by NYS, Divisions at the Section III Championship will now be strictly by Class (A,AA, B, C, & D) rather than class and team size.  So all teams in a class will compete together regardless of how many athletes are competing.  Athletic Directors have been promoting this change, so that we match other sports, and we crown 1 Section III Champion per class rather than 3.  Now that our scoring process makes it equal for large and small teams to compete together, this change is now possible.  There will be no separate division for Co-Ed, they will compete by class  as well.  All teams must perform a particular skill by the majority of their team to get the maximum difficulty points in that category so no matter how many are on the floor if a majority of that group executes the skill, they are eligible for those points.  

- there should no longer be non-tumbling categories at competitions in Section III.  Reasoning:  all competitive teams should be striving to meet the level of athleticism the  sport  promotes and all schools should at least be able to use forward rolls and cartwheels to meet tumbling requirements, which eliminates the need for a non-tumbling category.

Classification of 7-8th grade athletes - if you have younger athletes that you wish to use in your cheer program, they should be classified before the beginning of the season, as is done with all other sports.  If you have a 7-8 grader who you put on JV, but may want to move up, you should have them tested for both the JV and Varsity requirements as reclassifying them Mid-season from JV to Varsity is not possible and you will be unable to move them.  Classification for cheer follows the gymnastics requirements and is done  by your athletic department for all sports prior to each sport season, so plan ahead!

We are planning to do a coaches clinic, tentatively  June 26th at 6pm, to keep coaches informed of rule changes, scoring, etc.  more info to follow as it is available and finalized.

Also being planned - coaches clinic regarding the rubric and understanding scoring and rules to maximize your scores with your teams' skills.  Possibly to be held in Aug/Sept..

A judge certification course for those wishing to judge inSection III will be set up for September.  You must take this course if you wish to be on the list of approved judges in Section III, which is also shared with Section V. 

The Section III Championships will move areas as follows.  Fall 2013-Syracuse, 2014-Utica Area, 2015- North area.  Winter 2013-14 North, 2014-15 Syracuse area, 2015-16 Utica area.      This coming Fall and winter sites have been picked, but If you are in one of the  areas for upcoming years start thinking of hosting and let us know you'd like to be considered by filling out a request form on this website!

Thank you to all the teams who represented Section III in the 1st ever NYSPHSAA sponsored State Cheerleading Eventt, held at R.I.T. in Rochester, NY this past weekend.  You all did a great job!

The following teams from Section III participated in the West Regional Invitational:  small division - Bishop Grimes, Bishop Ludden, medium division - Fayetteville-Manlius, Fulton, Oriskany, Sandy Creek, South Jefferson, Syracuse Academy of Science, Whitesboro, large division - Cicero-North Syracuse, West Genesee, and Co-Ed Divison - Baldwinsville and Nottingham.

At least 1 Section III team placed in the top 3 of each of the 4 divisions.  Bishop Grimes, Bishop Ludden in the Small Varsity Divison, Fayetteville-Manlius in the Medium Varsity Divison, and Nottingham in the Co-Ed Divison. 

And a Big Congratulations to West Genesee Varsity on earning a 1st place title in Large Varsity division of the State Western Region Championship.

Congratulations to the following teams on their Section III 2012-2013 Winter Championship Titles!

Sectional Champions - Team Divisions

(1, 2 or 3 in class is by number of athletes competing: 1= 5-12 athletes, 2= 13-20 athletes, 3= 21-35 athletes)

Class AA-1 Champion – Liverpool High School

Class AA-2 Champion – Fayetteville Manlius High School

Class AA-3 Champion – West Genesee High School

Class A-2 Champion – Indian River High School

Class B-1 Champion – Chittenango High School

Class B-2 Champion – Phoenix High School

Class C-1 Champion – Mount Markham High School

Class C-2 Champion – Sandy Creek High School

Class D-1 Champion – Copenhagen High School

Class D-2 Champion – Oriskany High School

complete results are posted under the Fall 2012 & Winter 2012-2013 Section III Championship Results tab

The performance order for the 2012-2013 Section III Winter Championship is now posted.  Check it out under the Winter Championship tab to the left side of this home page.

Doors open at 9:00am for Class A, AA & B teams & Class D2

Doors open at 9:30am for spectators

Team competition for Classes A, AA & B (large schools) and Class D2 begins at 11:00am

Team competition for Classes C & D (small schools) begins at approx. 2:00pm

Admission is $5.00

Competition is at Oriskany High School  

Directions to Oriskany are under the Winter Championship tab

Section III 2012-2013 Winter Championship info now posted!

Be sure to check under the 2012-2013 Winter Championship tab to the left on this page.

Downloadable forms forms available for Registration, the Rosemary Corcoran Memorial Cheer Scholarship, and the Coach of the Year Award.

You can also download the NEW Score Sheet and Rubric, New penalty information

Congratulations to the following teams on their Section III Championship Titles!

Sectional Champions - Team Divisions

(1, 2 or 3 in class is by number of athletes competing: 1= 5-12 athletes, 2= 13-20 athletes, 3= 21-35 athletes)

Class AA-2 Champion – Fayetteville Manlius High School

Class AA-3 Champion – West Genesee High School

Class A-2 Champion – Indian River High School

Class A-3 Champion – Watertown High School

Class B-2 Champion – Phoenix High School

Co-Ed Champion – South Jefferson High School

Class C-1 Champion – Institute Of Technology, Syracuse

Class C-2 Champion – Canastota High School

Class C-3 Champion – General Brown High School

Class D-1 Champion –  Bishop Grimes High School

Class D-2 Champion – Oriskany High School

complete results are posted under the Fall 2012 Results tab

The NYSPHSAA is pleased to announce both East and West Invitational Events for Cheerleading being held during the 2012-13 Winter season.  Below are the dates and locations of the events, as well as, the link to the booklet and entry forms for the events. 

Schools may enter for only one event.  They will do their best to ensure that all schools that wish to participate in an event will have the opportunity to do so, but encourage schools to register early. Please note that there are certain requirements in order for a team to compete.  These requirements are outlined in the booklet. 

2012 – 2013 Winter Cheerleading Invitational:

East:  January 26, 2013 at Arlington High School (Section 1)

West:  March 9, 2013 at Rochester Institute of Technology (Section 5)

Link to Register:  http://www.nysphsaa.org/forms/pdf/Cheerleading.pdf