Cheer Extreme Allstars
| Sport | Cheerleading and competition dance |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1993 |
| Based in | North Carolina |
| Colors | Teal, Black, and White |
| Owner | Courtney Smith Pope, Ben Pope |
| Head coaches | Courtney Smith-Pope |
| No. of teams | 11 locations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Illinois and Maryland with over 110 teams (2019-2020) |
Cheer Extreme Allstars is a branch of cheerleading and competition dance gyms found throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Illinois, Florida and Virginia.[1] Cheer Extreme is most well known for its Small Senior and Large Senior teams, which received numerous national titles and have ranked in the Cheerleading Worlds competitions, with Cheer Extreme Senior Elite winning the first-place title in 2010, 2012, 2013, and after a decade of being placed as runner up the team took home a gold medal in 2023. At the 2015 Cheerleading Worlds, Cheer Extreme's Coed Elite won first place. Also at the 2016, 2018, 2019,2021, and 2024 Cheerleading Worlds, Cheer Extreme's SSX won first place. Cheer Extreme has over 850 National Champion titles.[2]
In 2009, an owner and coach Courtney Smith-Pope, who was a cheerleader for Wake Forest University, won Coach of The Year sponsored by the USASF. In 2013, Cheer Extreme opened a location in Roanoke, Virginia. In 2015, Cheer Extreme opened a location in Waldorf, Maryland. In 2022, they opened a new location in Boynton Beach, Florida. The two most notable locations are in Kernersville, NC and Raleigh, NC. Courtney Smith-Pope is the owner of the Kernersville location and her sister Kelly Helton owns the Raleigh location. [3] CEA was originally opened by Betsy Smith before ownership was passed down to her daughters.[4]
Publicity
Cheer Extreme Senior Elite was invited to a private audition in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the reality television show America's Got Talent, but did not make it on the actual televised show. They have also been featured in Inside Cheerleading Magazine.[5] In 2011, CNN featured specials on Cheer Extreme's Senior Elite and SSX teams while they made their way to the 2011 Cheerleading World Championships.[6] In the making is a documentary that is reportedly following them through the 2012–2017 seasons.[needs update]
Notable athletes
- Maddie Gardner, news reporter
References
- ^ "Welcome to Cheer Extreme Allstars". Cheer Extreme Allstars. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ "Charlotte". Cheer Extreme Allstars. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ^ "Cea Coaching Staff". Cheerextreme.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2007. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ "Inside Cheerleading". Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ^ "Cheerleaders prep for hours in search of 2½ minutes of perfection". cnn.com. Retrieved November 16, 2015.