[IISnakE]

district Cheer title in 15th region.

Okay... I have held off on posting because this doesn't make sense to me. How many districts are there? We're looking @ GIRLS & BOYS Tournaments... with winners and runner's-up in each of them.
As for Regional Winner's... obviously there is going to be (2) winner's and (2) runner's-up. Actually, there will be no way to discuss this until everything is determined.
I know everyone wants to see their own school do well... and every Mommah crow thinks theirs is the "best".... so I guess we'll see what we shall see, but make nmo mistake, there are alot of factors @ play in the equation... like who is all well, who has someone sick, who went to school, who didn't, who hit all their floor cheers, who didn't, who had the best difficulty and execution on that night they were judged.... just a whole lot of things... but make no mistake, everyone has worked hard and deserves a nice pat on the back for having done their best this year!

Okay... I was in the midst of a "brain flatulance"... I knew there is no cheer award @ the Regional level... and have meant to change this... but have just been a L'il busy.

Now, I do want to add this morsel to the discussion: Tournaments decide on how they will handle cheer. Most will try to get KAPOS certified because they know those people to have experience and background dealing in the specific rules and regs by KAPOS and the Nat. Fed. This takes a load off their shoulders.
Now, do they try to get folks out of the Region? Many will, @ the District level, but there again, they are paying mileage and it's more than one night's business, so many will look to other districts within their region.
As far as I am concerned, if a school hires "certified" judges with ample experience in cheer(both comp and in-game) and they are based on the other end of the Region, then it's fine. I know no one, who would maliciously hurt a team.
As for the deductions... it is my opinion that if schools are going to use primarily KAPOS judges, then it's high time KAPOS & the KHSAA make every squad's coach become certified and make them compete in KAPOS comps... also make in-game cheer coaching clinics mandatory for coaches and AD's. I am sick to death of coaches and parents complaining about stuff they've never bothered to learn in the first place. Every school is mailed both handbooks every school year, there is a website where everything is posted for the public... annnd further more, if you're a coach of a squad and your squad is going to participate in something, LEARN ABOUT IT. READ UP ON IT. CARE ENOUGH ABOUT YOUR SQUAD TO KNOW THE RULES INSIDE AND OUT... IF SOMETHING ISN'T CLEAR... MAKE A PHONE CALL FOR PETE'S SAKE! Only until the KHSAA makes this mandatory, will people actually do what they should have been doing all along. Read, Learn, Know, Care.... if you are on a squad who has a coach who doesn't do these things... then you have a coach who needs to hit the road. Stop allowing them to waste your time, money, energy and dreams. Four years is not alot of time and in a blink you'll be cheering your last home game wondering where it all went and why you don't have more to show for it.