Phoenix Cheer Athletics Travel to Moose Jaw, Eyes on Nationals and Finals

By Angelique Forest

The Phoenix Cheer Athletics team based in Ste. Anne is competing in Moose Jaw this month and if they win, some of their teams could earn an invite to the Canadian Cheer Finals in Niagara Falls in the spring.

Phoenix Cheer’s Meaghan Boras the treasurer and a co-director on the board of directors explained that 4 teams with a total of 39 athletes are traveling to Moose Jaw. The ages of the youth range from 7-14.

The four teams comprise of a hip hop pom team, a youth level 1 team, a youth level 2 team and a junior level 2 team. Competitive Pom is a dance genre focusing on lines, formations, cheerleading jumps, sharp staccato arm movements and form.

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The youth level 2 and junior level 2 will have the chance to win the finals spot. Concurrently, the cheer Nationals are also held the same weekend as the Finals and according to Boras, the teams are going to that nonetheless.