Competitive Cheerleading 3/19/2014 2:21:00 PM

STUNT Championships invade OCU

Stars take on Davenport at 6 p.m. Friday

The Stars has been STUNT Division II runners-up the past two years.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University hosts the National Cheerleading Association Division I and II Championships on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Abe Lemons Arena.
The top STUNT teams in the nation battle one another to crown the 2014 College STUNT national champions.
In the Division I competition, Oklahoma faces Oklahoma State at 8 p.m. Friday, while Delaware has a bye. Friday's first-round Division II contests will be OCU against Davenport (Mich.) at 6 p.m. CDT, followed by Alma (Mich.) vs. Central Oklahoma.
In the 2013 championships, Louisville topped Oklahoma State 31-21 for the Division I title, while Central Oklahoma edged OCU 33-32 in overtime for the Division II crown. To see the 2013 D-I championship, click here, for the D-II title game, click here.
Tickets are $10, $5 for students, $25 for a three-day pass and children 12 and under will get in free. Coaches with Oklahoma Coaches Association or Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activity Association passes will be admitted free.
Friday's games plus Saturday's morning contests will be broadcast live via the OCU Stretch Portal at a cost of $8.95 each. Sunday's championships will be video streamed on varsity.com.
STUNT is the new competitive team sport derived from cheerleading. STUNT removes the crowd-leading element and focuses on the technical and athletic components of cheer, including partner stunts, pyramids, basket tosses, group jumps and tumbling.
Each STUNT game will comprise four quarters in the following categories: partner stunts, pyramids and tosses, group jumps and tumbling and team performance. Within each quarter, teams will perform skill sequences of varying levels of difficulty, technical execution and synchronization. Anyone who follows sports will be able to follow STUNT. Teams compete simultaneously, and the head-to-head format simplifies the scoring process, allowing fans to track the results of the competition as each round is completed.
USA Cheer created STUNT as an opportunity for colleges, universities and high school to meet the strict Title IX requirements of a college sport, while still preserving traditional cheerleading. With more than 500,000 high school cheerleaders, STUNT will expand participation opportunities for young women at the collegiate level by providing an avenue for female athletes to use their cheerleading skill backgrounds in a new format.

STUNT Championships
At Oklahoma City
Abe Lemons Arena, Oklahoma City University
DIVISION I
Double Elimination
Friday's Games
Round I
Game 1: Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State, 8 p.m.
Bye: Delaware
Saturday's Games
Round II
Game 2: Winner Game 1 vs. Delaware, noon
Semifinals
Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 5 p.m., Loser Eliminated
Sunday's Game
Championship
Game 4: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 1:30 p.m.

DIVISION II
Double Elimination
Friday's Games
Round I
Game 1: Davenport vs. Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.
Game 2: Alma vs. Central Oklahoma, 7 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Round II
Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game, 10 a.m., Loser Eliminated
Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 11 a.m.
Semifinals
Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 4 p.m., Loser Eliminated
Sunday's Game
Championship
Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, noon

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