• Attend the entire week of March 2nd-6th with 1 open gym, 3 clinic days & tryouts (required). 

  • Pre-season is not required, but heavily recommended!

• Follow all MSHSAA, NFHS, and USA Cheer rules and regulations: NO jewelry of any kind, hair up and all the way off the shoulders, no glitter, fingernails can’t be longer than fingertips, tennis shoes/sneakers/cheer shoes, and athletic wear

  • NO high tops, flip flops, slides, sandals, boots, heels, etc.

  • The 3 B’s: No Belly, No Bra straps, and No Bottom showing

  • No spacers or bandages. Cheerleaders MUST remove jewelry to participate and need to be able to do so on their own. *required for every cheer-related activity!*

    • New piercings during your time as a cheerleader are discouraged. It will prevent you from stunting and tumbling at any of the practices/games until you are able to remove the jewelry. 

• White t-shirt, black athletic shorts/skirt/leggings (no cotton leggings), tennis/cheer shoes, hair all the way up, bow/ribbon (encouraged)

Tryout results are posted to our website on Saturday, March 7th, at 10:00 am. Look for your tryout number on all quarters, as those will be your initial positions when the season starts. 

This doesn’t mean you will permanently be on that quarter(s); it is just the starting point when we enter practice season.

Posted after each clinic!

The selection process will be hosted over 2 open gyms (not required), 3 clinics (required), and tryouts: 

1. Monday, March 2nd, 2026 REQUIRED Skills Gym

   • FZE Commons

   • 3:00-5:30 PM (Sign-in opens at 2:45 PM!)

     • You will learn the basics of STUNT, including:

       • Jumps

       • Partner Stunts (4-person stunt groups)

       • Basket Tosses

       • ***Tumbling is not taught at the open gyms***

2. Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 REQUIRED Tryout Clinic 1

   • FZE Commons

   • 3:00-5:30 PM (Sign-in opens at 2:45 PM!)

     • You will learn a mock quarter 1 and quarter 3 routine.

       • Quarter 1: Partner Stunts

       • Quarter 3: Jumps & Tumbling

3. Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 REQUIRED Tryout Clinic 2

   • FZE Commons

   • 3:00-5:30 PM (Sign-in opens at 2:45 PM!)

     • You will learn a mock quarter 2 routine.

       • Quarter 2: Pyramids & Tosses

         • There is NOT a pyramid section of tryouts. Basket tosses will be taught during preseason and skills gym!

4. Thursday, March 5th, 2026 REQUIRED Tryout Clinic 3

   • FZE Commons

   • 3:00-5:30 PM (Sign-in opens at 2:45 PM!)

     • Working through Quarters 1-3 for tryouts

5. Friday, March 6th, TRYOUTS

• Everything from the open gym, clinics, and your “gameday performance” will be used to recruit you for one or more of the quarter teams.

• The scoring will work similarly to how the game of stunt is performed.

  • Quarter 1 Partner Stunts: 50pts possible

  • Quarter 2 Basket Tosses: 30 pts possible

  • Quarter 3 Jumps & Tumbling: 70pts possible

• The final score is composed of the average of all judges out of 150 points possible.

  • Scores are not released until Saturday at 10:00 AM, the day after tryouts; only the tryout numbers are posted. 

Posted here on Saturday, March 7th, 2026 at 10:00 AM