NYO CHEERLEADING

In conjunction with NYO’s mission, our cheer program emphasizes character development, sportsmanship, healthy competition, and positive coaching. NYO Cheer is an all-inclusive cheer league. Everybody within the grade/age limits for each division is eligible.

With the cheer program growing 100% year-over-year, we’ve taken feedback and looked at other, successful cheer leagues to implement a new structured division approach with three leagues, broken down by grade level. This will ensure an appropriate and consistent structure, so our youngest cheerleaders have earlier practice times and can learn the building blocks of cheerleading, while our oldest cheerleaders are truly being developed for high school cheerleading.

2023 KEY DATES

AUGUST 14th-17th: Cheer Kickoff Clinic: All cheerleaders are required to attend. We will send out a detailed schedule on times for your squad to be there.

AUGUST 21st: Practices begin this week. Your coaches will reach out with practice schedules.

SEPTEMBER 6th: Games begin. Schedules will come out with they are released by football

SEPTEMBER 10th @ 5pm: Cheer and Football Kickoff! The girls will perform a routine here. 

NOVEMBER 12th: NYO Cheeroff: Time TBA

KEY DETAILS FOR 2023 REGISTRATION:

• REGISTRATION: Will open April 1st and close June 30th; it will close earlier if the programs fill up.

• SQUAD SIZE: Squads will max out at 16 participants. Upon program filling up, a waitlist will be created.

• FRIEND REQUEST: You  may only put ONE friend; the friend must also put you in order to confirm the friend request. Friend request must be submitted at the time of registration. There will be no exceptions.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

MISSION: In conjunction with NYO’s mission, our cheer program emphasizes character development, sportsmanship, healthy competition, and positive coaching. NYO Cheer is an all-inclusive cheer league

SEASON RUN DATES: August 2023 - November 2023

PROGRAM FOCUS: The NYO cheer program will be offered to children K-8th broken out by age. The program focuses not only on cheer, but also stunting, tumbling, and dance. Towards the beginning of November, our cheer program hosts the NYO Cheer Off, a friendly competition where our cheerleaders show off their skills in choreographed, team centered routines. 

GOAL: Our goal is to provide the best opportunity for cheerleaders - both brand new and experienced - to build their skills and enjoy cheerleading through confidence building activities, positive leadership, and encouragement.

EXPECTATIONS: This is a sport and both practice and games are MANDATORY

LEAGUE INFO

NYO SENIORS: *NEW*

• Offered to 5th-8th grade
• Senior squad with the purpose of building cheer skills and keeping skills sharp up until high school tryouts.
• Seniors will NOT cheer for NYO football teams, but instead will cheer at large NYO events, special NYO games, and community events such as halftimes at middle or highschool football games.
• NYO Seniors will have a firm registration cap to ensure proper attention and training can be given.
•  Commitment: 1x a week practice. 1-2x a month performance events.
•  Included in registration fee: Uniform, warmup jacket, pom poms, and bow.

NYO BIGS:

•  Offered to 3rd-6th grade
• Cheerleaders will be broken out into designated squads by age+grade and assigned to an individual bigs football team (our 6th grade boys football teams)
• Sisters within the bigs program will be paired with brothers within the big program if needed (please note brothers name in registration)
• Commitment: 1x a week practice 1x a week game
• Included in registration fee: Uniform, warmup jacket, pom poms, and bow.

NYO LITTLES: *NEW*

• Offered to K-2nd grade
• Great opportunity for children wanting to test out cheerleading and learn the basics of cheer with others their own age.
• Commitment: 1x a week practice 1x a week game.
• Games will be on a designated day and squads will not be assigned to an individual team.
• Included in registration fee: Uniform, warmup jacket, pom poms, and bow.

2023 SCHEDULE

2023 SEASON
AUGUST 14th-18th: Cheer Kickoff Clinic: All cheerleaders are required to attend. We will send out a detailed schedule on times for your squad to be there.
AUGUST 21st: Practices begin this week. Your coaches will reach out with practice schedules.
SEPTEMBER 6th: Games begin. Schedules will come out with they are released by football
SEPTEMBER 10th: Cheer and Football Kickoff! The girls will perform a routine here. Time TBA
NOVEMBER 12th: NYO Cheeroff: Time TBA