Cheerleaders

Costa Mesa High School cheerleaders have launched their annual toy drive this year, but unlike past ones, this time they’re aiming specifically to help local families. The girls will be collecting toys and gift cards and donating them to needy families within the high school’s zone set up by the district. That means families with children at College Park, Davis, Killybrooke, Paularino and Sonora elementary schools will get assistance this year. Normally, donations are sent to the Childrens Hospital of Orange County, or the Boys & Girls Club of America.

Of all the high school cheerleading teams in the state, Costa Mesa High School’s cheerleaders have been selected by ABC News’ “Nightline” as the subject of an upcoming segment on their academic and athletic success, as well as community volunteer efforts. Reporter Lisa Ling will be conducting the interview. Nightline will be filming the team’s practice session before tonight’s first-round CIF football playoff game between Costa Mesa High and Garden Grove’s Santiago High schools.

At Sutra Lounge in Costa Mesa tonight, Derick Alexander isn’t going to be working the door as a bouncer like he has many Fridays. Instead he’ll be directing cheerleaders, overseeing a fashion show and monitoring every piece of production while he’s filming the pilot for a reality TV show created by his sister Roxanne Alexander-Pringle. “Pro Cheer Danz” is a potential competition reality show that focuses on seven cheerleaders graded for 13 weeks by their acting, dancing, modeling and cheering ability as producers search for a breakout star.

Pat Douglass took a break from leading his UC Irvine men’s basketball team to lead the applause Wednesday, when former Anteaters star Jerry Green was recognized at midcourt late in the first half of a Big West Conference triumph over Cal State Northridge at the Bren Events Center. The brief homage, which included a condensed announcement of Green’s impressive credentials and a presentation of a decorative basketball by UCI Athletic Director Mike Izzi, occurred during the final media timeout of the half.

When the Costa Mesa High School cheer squad decided to run a toy drive for the first time this year, its members didn?t realize they would get help from an Angel. The guiding spirit in this case would be the Costa Mesa-based Angels Charity, whose founder, Doug Hansen, started it to aid children with special needs, like his 6-year-old daughter. The charity?s most visible accomplishment, Angels Playground, offers disabled kids the most accessibility of any playground in the area.

The cheerleaders at Costa Mesa High School and the CMHS Medical Club are joining forces to collect unwrapped toys to donate this Christmas season to CHOC Hospital.  Community service and helping others is a very important part of the CMHS cheer program and they are very excited to continue their annual tradition of donating toys to children in our community in need. If you are interested in donating some toys for the cause you can drop off at Costa Mesa High School attn: Cheer Toy Drive or contact CMHScheer@aol.

Approximately 70 junior cheer cheerleaders performed at Saturday’s varsity football game against Dana Hills on Saturday.   The cheerleaders rallied onto the field at halftime and performed beautifully in front of a large home audience.  The performance this year included a dance routine, with stunts and tumbling incorporated into the performance.  The young girls’ ages ranged from 5 to 13. Newport Harbor’s cheerleaders conducted a junior cheer camp clinic in August for four days.

OCEANSIDE — Where Lightning strikes is really unpredictable. On the side of the football field where a banner hung and read “Lightning Strikes!” Sage Hill School still couldn’t figure it out. The Lightning got beat twice on that side for big plays. To make matters worse, they got beat on the same pass play in a 2-minute, 39-second span late in the opening quarter. Tri-City Christian of Vista scored on streaks. The only difference was the distance.

The Costa Mesa High School Cheer squads just returned back from their summer camp at UCSB. Both squads learned new materials, challenged themselves on harder stunting and bonded as a new team. The girls out did themselves and dominated the competition in the evaluations and competitions. The varsity team consisting of Captains: Brianna Endo, Lauren Borboa and Ally Krikorian, Chelsea Liebel, Sara Tith, Teagan La Bare, Bree La Bare, Bree Arellano, Jenny Huebner, Cierra Fullmer, Kelsey Finch, Katie Weber, Krystal Fisk, Charlene Hack, Elainne Huaong, Patricia Cruz and Yazzy Tyler Won CAMP CHAMPS, all superior ribbons on their evaluations, LArge Superior Trophy, spirit sticks every night, top banana and the special spirit stick called the Smooth Moves Stick that only 5 schools were awarded throughout the entire nation this summer at UCA camps.

EHS Cheer Coaches Estancia High School's Cheerleading program has begun the season with it's right foot forward. The 2008 Cheerleading team consists of Diana Arevalo, Emma Avalos, Adela Basurto, Gabrielle Bergstedt, Blianca Camacho, Mayra Diaz, Jaclyn England, Parisa Esfahani, Alex Fopma, Lindsey Gaitan, Melanie Griffon, Ashley Guadarrama, Victoria Guthrie, Karen Lopez, Yvonne Macias, Kiara Magana, Evelyn Manning, Angelina Ortiz, Hector Perez,...