CHEER OPTIONS FOR 2025 FALL SEASON

Our cheer program welcomes all athletes grades K-8th (2025-2026 school year grade level). Athletes cannot be younger than 5 years old on Sept. 1, 2025 and enrolled in Kindergarten for the 2025-2026 school year and cannot be older than 14 years of age on Dec. 1, 2025 and enrolled in 8th grade for the 2025-2026 school year. ALL of our cheerleaders participate in sideline/game day cheer for all home and away football games. Kindergarten cheerleaders are eligible for sideline cheer only. Competition is optional for all cheerleaders grades 1-8 and requires additional fees as well as additional practice time and strict attendance policy. See below for the outline of optional competition experience available for all our cheerleaders 1st grade and up.

We anticipate having 5 cheer squads for the 2025 season: Mighty Mite, Widget, Pee Wee, Light Weight, and Varsity, but this could change based on coach availability. If you are interested in coaching, please reach out to our Director of Cheer at epstallionsdoc@gmail.com. Athletes will be rostered after registration closes according to overall registration numbers, their grade for the 2025-2026 school year, and their competition option selection per our Director of Cheer's discretion and coaching availability.

Sideline Cheer:

New Stallions: $325*

Returning Stallions: $295*

*ALL cheerleaders will have a new uniform this year*

We are happy to announce that, due to last year's fundraising efforts, the Stallions organization is able to sponsor a portion of the cost for every athlete to reduce our fees for new cheerleaders from our 2024 season, despite many of our costs increasing, AND, a further sponsorship of $30 off returner fees, even with a new uniform, due to last year's cheerleaders' fundraising participation. Thank you to all who help support our fundraisers and find sponsors for the program!

This registration fee covers participation in game day “sideline” cheerleading. It includes a NEW SIDELINE ONLY UNIFORM for all cheerleaders new and returner (that you keep at the end of the season), 2025 cheer season t-shirt, sideline “game day” bow, breast cancer awareness bow & socks for October and end of season banquet ticket with trophy.

The “sideline only” season runs from July – October, with practices being held a maximum of 4 times a week during the months of July & August dropping to a maximum of 3 practices per week once school begins (up to coach discretion). Games occur on either Saturday or Sundays from late August thru late October. Game schedule will be finalized when the league schedule comes out in July.

*Parents will be responsible for all white cheer shoes and any cold gear season items i.e. sweatsuits 

Additional Option: 

Competition Cheer Grades 1-8: $525

**Competition Cheer registration is now closed for 6th thru 8th grade. Sideline Cheer Only is still available for this age group.**

***4TH and 5TH GRADE COMPETITION CHEER IS NOW WAITLISTED PENDING ADDITIONAL COACHING STAFF*** If your child will be in 4th or 5th grade for the 2025-2026 school year, sideline cheer is available. Please sign up as a sideline only cheerleader and fill out the "Competition Cheer Waitlist" registration if you are interested in also doing competition cheer.

All new and returning cheerleaders are welcome and encouraged to join the competition team!

The competition cheer season is an additional fee of $525 that covers the cost of the athlete’s participation in 3 ICA competitions & one league competition, indoor practice facility rental, professional competition choreography, competition music, a NEW COMPETITION ONLY UNIFORM for ALL competition cheerleaders (yours to keep), competition hair bow, competition cheer shoes and various other competition extras for the athlete.

*The competition team season runs from July – late November.

*Competition schedule TBD. Competition teams practice up to four times a week from July through November (they typically do not drop a practice day once the school year begins). Competition cheer also has an attendance policy. Failure to comply will result in removal from the competition portion of the program without a refund.

*ICA Competition Cheerleaders who receive a “bid” to the ICA’s Annual State Championship will incur an additional fee of $165. Fundraising will be available throughout the season for state fees.

MANDATORY COMPETITION PROGRAM DATES:

*May 17th, between 9am-1pm (exact times TBD by roster numbers) - Parent & Athlete Meeting at the Evergreen Park Library, Lower Level meeting rooms

*August 9th and/or 10th, between 8am-6pm (exact date and time TBD by roster numbers) - MANDATORY Choreography Camp ***this is the ONLY time we will have our choreographer available to work with our teams on their competition routine. EVERY ATHLETE must be able to attend their team's assigned date/time during this weekend in order for the team to be ready to compete.

Practice Dates & Times:

Practices are tentatively set to commence starting July 21st. Practice days and times will be subject to coach availability, but they will be held up to 4 days/week, up to 2 hrs/day. Practice locations for July through September* are:  

           Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays (if needed) at Yukich Ice Rink

           Thursdays indoors at the EP SPORTS COMPLEX turf area

*We anticipate moving all practices indoors, at a location TBD, as we head into the unpredictable weather of October and November.

 Please note: Sideline cheer & Mighty Mites might have less/shorter practice schedules.  

Attendance policy for all competitive cheerleaders is slated to start at the beginning of the school year this season. The policy will be sent to you by the end of June. A signature will be required to attend choreography camp. Choreography Camp is MANDATORY for all competition cheerleaders. Excessive absences and/or missed choreography camp can be grounds for dismissal from the competition team (without refund). Competitive cheer is a team sport and requires that ALL athletes are present at all practices in order to be able to safely and successfully compete at the level necessary to reach our goals of an ICA state bid and, ultimately, top 3 placement at the state level.