[hillbilly]

Why doesn't KAPOS declare for the schools???
Why do cheer squads get to choose which division they will compete in???

Here are a couple of hypotheticals:
OK, I'm the Belfry football team and I choose to compete in the small division this year or I am the Prestonsburg football team and I choose to go large because Belfry went small.
These were what ifs football allowed that kind of thing...it's silly to me.
Why doesn't KAPOS classify everyone by school size, etc????
Someone educate me.

In cheerleading their are no size classifications other than squad size.
The only exception to this is the All "A" competion for Class A size schools.
Most schools in the state only have one cheerleading squad that will compete
in the KAPOS competition. Those that have two squads will usually compete in different divisions. For example, Pikeville's varsity is going to compete in the small division with 12 girls. Pikeville's second squad (which is the Jr. High squad) is going to compete in the medium division with 16 girls. I do not know who is going to compete in the small division, but the medium division with Pikeville #2 is East Ridge, Johnson Central, and possibly P'burg. In other words, Pikeville's second squad competes against all varsity squads at region and at state (if they can make it) even though they are a middle school squad. I think that normally Pikeville and Belfry are the only two schools in the region who have two squads that compete. This is pretty much like the basketball configurations with district, region, and state and that is why you do not see a lot of schools with two squads that can make it to the state competitions. If I can remember right, the only schools with two squads last year at state were, Madison Central, Clark County, Dunbar, Perry Central, and Pikeville.