2024 Heart Competitive Cheer Conference Championship
The Heart of America Athletic Conference is excited to host the 2024 Heart Competitive Cheer Conference Championship this Saturday, March 9 at the Collins Center on the campus of Baker University.
The address for the event is: 524 6th St. – Baldwin City, KS – 66006
Tickets for the event are $10 for adults, $5 for Seniors 62 and over, Military College Student with ID and Children 18 and under.
To purchase tickets online, please click here.
The following teams will be competing at the event, MidAmerica Nazarene, Benedictine, Mount Mercy, Graceland, William Penn, Missouri Valley, Baker, Grand View, Peru State and Clarke.
Missouri Valley is the seven-time defending Heart Competitive Cheer Champions, and won the 2023 event with a score of 90.59, just ahead of MNU who scored 90.04.
The 2024 Heart Competitive Cheer Championship will also serve as a NAIA Regional Championship. The winner of the event will automatically qualify for the 8th Annual NAIA Competitive Cheer National Championship in Ypsilanti, Michigan, March 29-30, 2024.
The 2024 Heart Competitive Cheer Championship will coincide with the 2024 Heart Competitive Dance Championship. For a look at the events schedule, please see below.
FULL SCHEDULE
10:00 am Doors open Collins Center (main entrance)
10:30 National Anthem
10:40 Cheer Prelims begin
10:40 MidAmerica Nazarene
10:50 Benedictine
11:00 Mount Mercy
11:10 Graceland
11:20 William Penn
11:30 Missouri Valley
11:40 Baker
11:50 Grand View
12:00 Peru State
12:10 Clarke (Exhibition)
12:20 Intermission/roll out cheer mats
12:30 Cheer Prelim placements announced
12:40pm Dance prelims begin
12:40 William Penn
12:50 Grand View
1:00 Graceland
1:10 Baker
1:20 Mount Mercy
1:30 Missouri Valley
1:40 Benedictine
1:50 – 30 minute break
2:20 Dance prelim results and order for finals announced
2:20 Cheer finals begin
3:50 Intermission/roll out cheer mats
4:10 Dance finals begin
6:00 Final results, awards, All-Conference recognition
The All-Conference teams will also be announced and will be grouped into First Team All-Conference, Second Team All-Conference and Honorable Mention All-Conference for the first time.
Athletes submitted a video tryout for consideration for All-Conference and the award winners will be announced at the Conference Championship.
The conference will also award a 2024 Heart Competitive Cheerleader of the Year and will announce the annual 2024 Heart Competitive Cheer Coach of the Year award.
The Cheerleader with the highest score based on the All-Conference tryout, will be awarded the Heart Cheerleader of the Year.
The entire event will be live video streamed on the Heart Conference Network, to watch the competition, please click below.
Fans may also view photos from the event, by clicking here.
Full results from the championship, can be found on the Heart website as soon as they become available.