2022 Heart of America Athletic Conference Competitive Cheer Championship Preview
The Heart of America Athletic Conference will host the 2022 Heart Competitive Cheer Championship this Saturday, February 19 at the Burns Athletic Center on the campus of Missouri Valley College.
Tickets for the event are $8 for adults, $2 for students and children under the age of 6 will be admitted for Free. There will be no limit on spectators and face masks are recommended but not required to be worn.
The following teams will be competing at the event, Baker, Benedictine, Graceland, Grand View, MidAmerica Nazarene, Missouri Valley, Mount Mercy and Peru State.
Missouri Valley is the five-time defending Heart Competitive Cheer Champions, and won the 2021 event with 88.83 points, narrowly defeating MidAmerica Nazarene, who finished with 83.50 points. Missouri Valley also won the 2018 NAIA Competitive Cheer National Championship.
The 2022 Heart Competitive Cheer Championship will also serve as a NAIA Regional Championship. The winner of the event will automatically qualify for the 6th Annual NAIA Competitive Cheer National Championship in Ypsilanti, Michigan, March 11-12, 2022.
To 2022 Heart Competitive Cheer Championship will coincide with the 2022 Heart Competitive Dance Championship. For a look at the events schedule, please see below.
Saturday, February 19 – Missouri Valley College – Marshall, Mo.
10:00am Doors open Burns Athletic Center (main entrance)
10:30 National anthem
10:40 Dance Prelims begin
10:40 Baker
10:50 Mount Mercy
11:00 Grand View
11:10 Graceland
11:20 Benedictine
11:30 Missouri Valley
11:40 William Penn
11:50 Intermission/roll out cheer mats
12:10pm Cheer prelims begin
12:10 Benedictine
12:20 MidAmerica Nazarene
12:25 Dance prelim results and order for finals announced
12:30 Graceland
12:40 Grand View
12:50 Mount Mercy
1:00 Missouri Valley
1:10 Baker
1:20 Peru State
1:30 Intermission/roll up cheer mats
1:50 Dance finals begin
2:25 Cheer prelim results and order for finals announced
3:00 Intermission/roll out cheer mats
3:20 Cheer finals begin
5:00 All-American cheer tryouts
5:30 MVC Cheer & Dance senior recognition
5:40 Final results, awards, all-conference recognition
The entire event will be live video streamed, to watch the competition, please click below.
For the first time, Heart fans will have an opportunity to purchase photos of athletes competing at the event. To purchase photos after the event, please CLICK HERE.
Full results from the championship, can be found on the Heart website as soon as they become available.