High School Nca Hs Nationals 2017

LittleMissA17 said:

http://nca.s3.varsity.com.s3.amazonaws.com/Files/links/PO-HSN.pdf

This is the lineup for the competition. There are a ton of Massachusetts teams this time around.

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LittleMissA17 said:

http://nca.s3.varsity.com.s3.amazonaws.com/Files/links/PO-HSN.pdf

This is the lineup for the competition. There are a ton of Massachusetts teams this time around.

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EWalsh1029 said:

So many! I anticipate more MA teams attending next year as well! I'm hoping (if we get awarded a bid again from our State) to bring my team next year!

Dracut is amazing as always, should be interesting if they can grab the NCA Grand title again like they did back in 2015!

Bridgewater Raynham is great too - I'm so excited to see how they do at NCA. Their routine this fall was fabulous!

Whitman-Hanson is always good - it looks like they've dropped down in girls since our State competition, I'm interested to see their National routine - they had a ton of skill in the fall, just some execution issues.

Peabody - I'm friends with this coach and this is their first ever National trip with a whole new routine basically (due to AS conflicts). I'm so excited for them and I know they are just going to love the experience no matter the outcome!

Dartmouth - I didn't see them this past season, so don't have any input!

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allstarmama said:

This is Bridgewater-Raynham's first trip to NCA. Girls are very excited...they do have a mostly new routine to meet the longer cheer requirement of NCA (stinks that MA rules changed and they do a much shorter cheer now) and just threw full out for the first time the other day They have an amazing coach and they are just looking forward to the experience of NCA no matter the outcome!!

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cheermommaRN said:

I don't even want to talk about NCA. This will definitely be our only year of HS cheer. My cp is competing on Saturday only in timeout cheer, so basically a huge waste of time and money. They are only eligible for National Champion if they compete in all 3 sections of Timeout (cheer, band dance, and fight song?), well that was decided against so I'm not even sure why they are going. Our "performance" team is competing in small novice with 12 kids, so that should be a quick and painless death considering the out of state teams they will be seeing.
Sorry I am so salty from this season I can easily season a whole steak.

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cheermommaRN said:

Our "performance" team is competing in small novice with 12 kids, so that should be a quick and painless death considering the out of state teams they will be seeing.
Sorry I am so salty from this season I can easily season a whole steak.

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cheermommaRN said:

I don't even want to talk about NCA. This will definitely be our only year of HS cheer. My cp is competing on Saturday only in timeout cheer, so basically a huge waste of time and money. They are only eligible for National Champion if they compete in all 3 sections of Timeout (cheer, band dance, and fight song?), well that was decided against so I'm not even sure why they are going. Our "performance" team is competing in small novice with 12 kids, so that should be a quick and painless death considering the out of state teams they will be seeing.
Sorry I am so salty from this season I can easily season a whole steak.

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LittleMissA17 said:

Not to ask anything too personal but did CP come off doing all star and not enjoy the experience? Or did something else occur to sour the idea of HS cheer.

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cheermommaRN said:

It's a mix of a few things. Part of it was the it not being like All Star. The biggest part was the lack of organization and structure. Some kids were held to one standard while others were allowed to do whatever. One athlete failed to show up to practice the whole week before a competition but still got to take the mat (even though we all signed a form stating we understood the consequences of our child missing practice). Then there was just the mean girl attitude that was never stomped out by the coaches. They spread horrible rumors about each other, stab each other in the back, ect. I understand teen girls can be nasty but I would expect the coach to do something about it after sending out flowery letters at the beginning of the season about how that behavior would not be accepted. I can't count how many times my daughter was left in a dark parking lot alone because the substitute coach didn't want to bother waiting for her ride (I was not late, they got back early).
OH and when my cp decided she was going to tryout for drill team, her supposed "best friend" said to her face "Well it's not like your're going to make it anyway." This has been non-stop since the beginning of January and is pretty standard for how they treat each other on the team.

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cheermommaRN said:

It's a mix of a few things. Part of it was the it not being like All Star. The biggest part was the lack of organization and structure. Some kids were held to one standard while others were allowed to do whatever. One athlete failed to show up to practice the whole week before a competition but still got to take the mat (even though we all signed a form stating we understood the consequences of our child missing practice). Then there was just the mean girl attitude that was never stomped out by the coaches. They spread horrible rumors about each other, stab each other in the back, ect. I understand teen girls can be nasty but I would expect the coach to do something about it after sending out flowery letters at the beginning of the season about how that behavior would not be accepted. I can't count how many times my daughter was left in a dark parking lot alone because the substitute coach didn't want to bother waiting for her ride (I was not late, they got back early).
OH and when my cp decided she was going to tryout for drill team, her supposed "best friend" said to her face "Well it's not like your're going to make it anyway." This has been non-stop since the beginning of January and is pretty standard for how they treat each other on the team.

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