News and Announcements
TINYS (Level 1)
3rd Place, Cheersport Regionals, Atlanta, Oct. 28
National Champions (only .01 from being divisional champs!), Athletic, Atlanta, Nov. 17-18
2nd Place, Allstar Challenge Battle Under the Big Top, Atlanta, Dec. 8-9
3rd Place, Cheersport Nationals, Feb 17-18, Atl GA
National Champions, All Star Challenge Clash of the Titans, March 15 & 16, Jacksonville
National Champs! Battle of the Champions, savannah, GA march 29 & 30
MINIS (Level 2)
2nd Place, Cheersport Regionals, Atlanta, Oct. 28
National Champs, Athletic Championships, Atlanta, Nov. 17-18
2nd Place, Allstar Challenge Battle Under the Big Top, Atlanta, Dec. 8-9
6th Place Cheersport Nationals, Feb 17-18, Atl Ga
National Champions, All Star Challenge Clash of the Titans, March 15 & 16, Jacksonville
National Champs! Battle of the Champions, savannah, GA march 29 & 30
YOUTH (Level 4/5)
1st Place (level 5), Cheersport Regionals, Atlanta, Oct. 28
National Champs (level 4), Athletic Championships, Atlanta, Nov. 17-18
2nd Place, Allstar Challenge Battle Under the Big Top, Atlanta, Dec. 8-9
3rd Place, Cheersport Nationals---GREAT JOB DAY 2!
2nd place, All Star Challenge Clash of the Titans, March 15 & 16, Jacksonville
National Champs! Battle of the Champions, savannah, GA march 29 & 30 (and 2nd higest score of the entire event!!! level 5! OMG!)
JUNIORS (Level 2)
1st Place, Cheersport Regionals, Atlanta, Oct. 28
3rd Place, Athletic Championships, Atlanta, Nov. 17-18
3rd Place, Allstar Challenge Battle Under the Big Top, Atlanta, Dec. 8-9
7th Place, Cheersport Nationals, Feb 17-18, Atl GA
2nd place, All Star Challenge Clash of the Titans, March 15 & 16, Jacksonville
National Champs! Battle of the Champions, savannah, GA march 29 & 30
SAILORS (Level 3)
1st Place, Cheersport Regionals, Atlanta, Oct. 28
2nd Place, Athletic Championships, Atlanta, Nov. 17-18
NATIONAL CHAMPS, Allstar Challenge Battle Under the Big Top, Atlanta, Dec. 8-9
9th Place, Cheersport Nationals, Feb 17-18, Atl GA
National Champions, All Star Challenge Clash of the Titans, March 15 & 16, Jacksonville
National Champs! Battle of the Champions, savannah, GA march 29 & 30
CANDY GIRLS (Level 5)
National Champs, Athletic Championships, Atlanta, Nov. 17-18
NATIONAL CHAMPS & WORLD BID!, Allstar Challenge Battle Under the Big Top, Atlanta, Dec. 8-9
13th Place, Cheersport Nationals, Feb 17-18, Atl GA
3rd place, All Star Challenge Clash of the Titans, March 15 & 16, Jacksonville
National Champs! Battle of the Champions, savannah, GA march 29 & 30
GRAND CHAMPIONS of the entire event. Highest score of the event and won championship rings!
WORLDS in Orlando, FL April 26th, 4th Place Prelims, 5th place finals!
Spirit Sport, Myrtle Beach SC, March 29/30
Mini level 3-NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! won 5 of the 6 events this year! AMAZING!
YOUTH 4-National Champions...AGAIN! Won every level 4 event this season and won one level 5 and got your only 2nd place in level 5. INCREDIBLE SEASON LADIES!
Junior Large level 3-8th Place (2nd place raw score...UGH..)---great performances ALL year and amazing team! You made us all proud! But we hear.."and in 2nd place" in our SLEEP!! hahaha
AllStar Challenge, Clash of the Titans, Jacksonville, Fl, March 21/22
Tinys level 1 - National Champs
Mini level 3 - Nationals Champs & Best Level 3 Stunts...Offered a full paid bid to the All level worlds!
Youth level 5--2nd place
junior level 3 - 2nd Place
Senior Large level 4 - National Champs & best music!
Senior level 5 -3rd Place (highest score of small level 5s!)
Diamond Cheer and Dance, Savannah, GA Feb 22, ....THE SWEEP!
IT'S A SWEEP! Tiny Level 1, Mini Level 3, Youth Level 5, Junior Level 3, Senior Level 4, and Senior Level 5 ALL TOOK FIRST PLACE and represented the hometown like celebrities! I am soo proud of you all! Everyone nailed their routines, showed out, and won with the grace and class we expect from all of our athletes!
CONGRATULATIONS on your program wide win!
Cheersport Nationals, Atlanta, GA February 14th & 15th
Minis = 2nd place. CONGRATS Texas Lonestar---your kids were amazing!
Youth - CHEERSPORT NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! by 25 points! This same group of kids have won 4 out of the past 5 years at Cheersport. There is something special about YOU!
Senior Open 4 = 10th place. You got beat by amazing teams---but you ROCK and congrats on hitting a perfect routine on day 1. Its your rookie year at Level 4. Keep your chins up! Candy Girls = 4th place overall in Small Senior Level 5 and a bid to worlds! OMG! The best Senior team we have ever had in our history! Way to be amazing kids!
Battle Under the Big Top, Atlanta, GA December 13th & 14th
Tinys = 2nd place and amazing! we are so proud of our babies!
Minis = Level 3 National Champs! WHOA! :) (nominated for best music)
Youth = Level 4 National Champs (nominated for best pyramid)
Juniors = 3rd place (2nd place day 2!)
Senior 4 = 2nd place & Best Uniform!
Senior 5 = 4th place (nominated for best music)
Athletic Championships, Atlanta, GA November 15th & 16th
Minis = Mini Level 3 National Champions!!
Youth = Youth Level 4 National Champions!!
Juniors = Large Junior Level 3, 3rd place (congrats to the RAYS!)
Candy Girls = Senior International National Champs!!!
Call the gym to see what days and times are available. We are hammering out potential Fall schedule now and the new fall class schedule begins August 23rd so sign up now.
Registration fee = $30 per immediate family (siblings) due each September (Fall session) or when you join and then annually each fall thereafter.
$55 per month for one, 1-hour class per week, or $100 per month for two, 1-hour classes per week.
"MAKE THAT SQUAD" is our 30 minute class that focuses on all of the secrets and tricks of MAKING your school squad! We work the score sheet so that even if you dont have that backhandspring, you maximize the other areas ie voice projection, spirit, motions, stunts, dance, jumps, etc. ALL of our kids in these classes have made their team! 100% success! WOHOO!
Mommy & Me--2 & 3 yrs old.
Preschool Tumbling 4 & 5 yr. olds
Young Beginners ages 6-11 = you will learn: rolls, handstands, backbends, kickovers, walkovers, roundoffs, cartwheels, etc. and in proper progression. These basics are the foundation for all tumbling, so we insist on mastering these tricks before learning handsprings!
Older beginners = its never to late to start and you have to start somewhere. But usually our middle & high school aged kids don't like to be in the class with "babies" so this gives older girls an opportunity to feel comfortable while starting from scratch!
Intermediate Tumblers-GET THAT BACKHANDSPRING = We will drill handspring series and making your backhandspring better and getting you more comfortable, confident, and a better backhandspring--- both round-off and standing.
Advanced Tumblers - for middle & high school cheerleaders working tucks, layouts, stepouts, whips, standing tucks. This class is our most popular and fun and always packed! Fun environment of varied skill levels and working all sorts of tricks.
TWISTING CLASS: for athletes with great layouts and who are ready to learn and work twisting. Must be approved by a coach to enter this advanced class.
Adult Tumbling Class for "has-beens", mommies, college kids, or anyone who wants to finally try learning to tumble or to see if you've still got it!
What to wear: comfortable, athletic attire such as t-shirts, sports bras, shorts, hair pulled back, no jewelry, no zips, no buttons. Tennis shoes or cheer shoes please!
"WE BELIEVE"
Cheer Savannah STAFF
Miss Steph---will head coach seniors and junior 5 as well as assist coach every team. Advanced tumbling Coach (and anything else that needs to be done!)
Miss Tonya Arkwood---will Head Coach youth 3 and coach preschool classes & beginner & intermediate tumbling.
Miss Katie Lively who cheered 4 years on the sidelines for the GA Bulldogs on scholarship and got her start here as an island girls back in the day...will arrive in August!
Sabrina is a collegiate gymnast and gymnastics coach at Summitt and also coaches tumbling classes for us from beginner to intermediate and may do some fitness classes as well!
2 young men from GSU will coach our flight school whereby athletes can learn to (or master) flying or to get experience in co ed stunting for college!
Deonnah davis, Stephanie Brown, Danielle McKellery, and Jessica Yardman are our student coaches!
We are always hiring experienced and amazing coaches who love kids and have the passion and drive to coach cheerleading and tumbling!
Testimonials!
**"BELIEVE" has become a word for both Alex and I that symbolizes you and Cheer Savannah. Thanks for everything, Lydia
**Thanks for thinking of me! J Just so you know, you do a great job of telling us how good we’re doing. It means a lot to me! I’ve worked a lot of places and bosses don’t always give any feedback!! So thanks for that!! And you are BY FAR one of the BEST and easiest people to work for. You let us know what’s expected of us and tell us when we’re not doing our jobs! Thanks for bringing me into the “family” and including me. I love being a part of CSA. Coach Bri
**Hi Stepanie, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family. I'm sorry I had to work on Thursday evening and miss out on the Christmas Wish event. Gabby had a wonderful time, and she sent me a text that evening, thanking me for food, clothing, a wonderful home, and loving her. It made me cry happy tears!!! I was so proud of the Junior Team last weekend. I thought they performed great!!! You are a inspiration to all the girls and a true leader. Thank you for guiding my daughter to achieve and believe in herself. Christy Cook
** Hey Coach! I just wanted to let you know that I was overly impressed last night at practice! The level of talent that is coming form this young team is extremely amazing to watch. I'm constantly telling co-workers and friends about your gym and how I feel that it has helped my daughter blossom first as a young woman and secondly as an athlete. She loves and respects everything about you! And honestly... she probably responds better to you than her parents at times. Overall, she's a great kid and my husband and I are blessed to have her! So, thank you for everything! You are appreciated! Miranda (Violas mom)
**Thank you for a GREAT show this weekend. It does my heart good to see how beautifully all the teams perform and how much respect and love they have for their coach. Can't wait till this weekend so all my family members can come and see the excitement I try to come home and explain! Lori Hall
**Dear Steph and Carla, Many thanks to both of you for all that you do for our kids. I certainly appreciate all of the hard work, instruction, support, and encouragement that you give to these girls! Mary Kuchinow
**Hi Steph, I just want you to know that you are in my prayers as you lead our girls. After running my small gym on Hilton Head for 5 years, I COMPLETELY understand what you were saying in the meeting last night. It is often a thankless job, for sure. And the girls (and parents) who need you, lean on you, call you at 2 am to come and rescue them, to take them to doctors when no one in their family is able or willing, to support them through endless hours as a confidante and adult mentor…and then to have them turn their back …I understand the broken heart that you feel. I think I always held onto the promise that God knew that I was faithfully fighting for these kids and that loving them oftentimes was the only thing I knew that He wanted me to do, no matter what the outcome or rejection that was to come because of it. But that is what we are called to do, and we do it. So I just want you to know that you are so appreciated for your effort. J Connor and I are so proud to be a part of Cheer Savannah. I am so proud of my daughter and the effort she is making as a part of the KISS team. What a great group of non-drama girls. J Isn’t that a blessing? I sure think so. Have a great day, love, Julie (Connor’s mom J)
* I appreciate the fact that you respect me. we have ALWAYS felt like Cheer Savannah was our home! no matter who she's cheering on or talking to... she's 100% Cheer Savannah! Yesterday was AMAZING!!! All the teams looked wonderful and it was so great to be able to do that at home!!! As great as Annie youth were 5 years ago, this year's youth team is just mind blowing!!! SO TALENTED!!! and the minis are great too... so cute and with so much ability. I really enjoy watching Juniors.. they are so fun to watch. I love their routine. Michelle Wall is beautiful in the air... her flexibility is great and she has such presence!!! Of course KISS is the bomb!! haha!!! Danielle has a lot of fun with that routine. Her layout is looking pretty good these days, don't you think... And Candy's looked great too...I bought the video yesterday and Danielle and I watched everyone again last night. Danny was so funny!!! He was in the back just cheering everyone on and clapping!!! It was great. Steph....when I hugged you after the Saturday cheersport performance... it was sincere... I hope you know that. If I can do anything to help you deal with this or anything else... just let me know.. Andrea McKellery
*i cannot begin to thank you enough or adequately express what you and this cheer savannah experience has done for megan this year. i'm sure you have seen as i have...megan has blossomed from this shy, quiet little girl into this fierce cheerleader and competitor! i have to admit at first i thought that we had made a terrible mistake by joining your program. megan would come home from practice just miserable. she was unsure of her place on this team and absolutely TERRIFIED of YOU! but one day something just clicked and she was having the time of her life. when she got off the stage from her first competition at Battle she said, "mommy! that was so much fun!" i felt this incredible happiness for her and an amazing satisfaction with myself that i had indeed done the right thing by sending her through your doors. i tear up just thinking about it...in the short time she's been in your program she's finally gotten a GOOD back handspring back tuck...she finally learned to REBOUND (something an uncountable amount of coaches have not been able to get her to do)...she's gotten her layout...and now she's working her standing back. i mean WOW! but the confidence she's attained and the pride that is evident from being a part of this team in invaluable. also, she's gone from being terrified of you to being your BIGGEST FAN & DEFENDER!! i just wanted you to know that you have one more person in your life who has nothing but unconditional love for you. she loves you...warts and all. she understands that everything you do and say is for a reason and has the utmost respect for you. i know people are usually too quick to complain and never take the time to say something positive. but seeing the impact you have had on megan's life i felt compelled to share this with you. thanks again, Christy Crowley
*I am always, everyday, proud of what my Skylar does and accomplishes. She never ceases to amaze me. As I said to you in our meeting, at the beginning, I was, for lack of a better word, afraid that you were pushing her far past her limits. What I realized was that I was setting her limits. I was so proud of my little girl this weekend. My face hurt from smiling, my throat hurt from screaming and cheering so much and so loud and I was ecstatic for her and the rest of the girls. So, thank you Stephanie, for helping both John and I, make her a stronger person mentally, physically and emotionally. I was hesitant at first about all of this, but couldn't be happier for her. She enjoys what she's doing and I enjoy watching her become a wonderful, strong, competent athlete. Lastly, thank you for making wonderful memories for her and her families! We're looking forward to another year! Gina
** I try to share with everyone my experience about my girls and how they love to go and get on stage, the difference in Sidney!..And CC just blossoming all around! To see their self confidence grow is WONDERFUL!!!! That is one thing that we can arm them with before they leave the nest--confidence--the other is self discipline --makes one heck of a woman!!--the cost?---that's with any competitive sport! We will find fundage….Its worth every penny! Suzie
*After 8+ years watching Britt, Brooke and Tay in competition cheerleading (Varsity & Allstar), I am hard pressed to think of a performance that I was more moved by or more proud of than Sunday's. I think it showed extreme courage and character. I have to remember that these are babies really. To stand in front of all those folks and do what they do should be difficult in itself but to have your music fail and pull a stunt 3 times like it was nothing and then rock the house all with a smile and a little attitude WOW..... I am so impressed, so proud. As far as I am concerned Youth WON Sunday. Those little girls are champions in my heart forever. Thanks Stephanie. We turn them over to you to teach them cheerleading but I don't think we always remember that you teach them more than just how to tumble. Teresa
*I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT THE KIDS ALWAYS COME FIRST WITH YOU AND THAT YOU LOVE THEM DEARLY!!!! We are lucky to have a coach like you. Daphne
* It's amazing to think that of the 85 Nat'l titles CSA has won,,my daughters have been able to experience 27 of those BIG Nat'l wins! and countless other regional wins! WOW! I guess it kinda puts it all into perspective how far they have come from not having a cartwheel to round offs, to backhandsprings to back tucks, and strong healthy bodies and all because of YOU!!! Thank for all you do! We LOVE you and look forward to many more to come! Shannon
