Founded 1993 Head coaches / | ||
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Colors Teal, Black, and White Owner(s) Courtney Smith Pope, Ben Pope | ||
Cheer Extreme Allstars is a branch of cheerleading and competition dance gyms found throughout North Carolina, Maryland, Illinois and Virginia. Cheer Extreme is most well known for its Small Senior and Large Senior teams, which received numerous national titles and have ranked in the Cheerleading Worlds competitions, with Cheer Extreme Senior Elite winning the first-place title in 2010, 2012 and 2013. At the 2015 Cheerleading Worlds, Cheer Extreme's Coed Elite won first place. Also at the 2016 Cheerleading Worlds Cheer Extreme's SSX won first place. Cheer Extreme has over 850 National Champion titles. In 2009, owner and coach Courtney Smith Pope, who was a cheerleader for Wake Forest University, won Coach of The Year sponsored by The USASF. In 2013 Cheer Extreme opened a location in Roanoke, Virginia. In 2015 Cheer Extreme opened its newest location in Waldorf, Maryland.
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Cheer Extreme was founded in 1994 by Betsy Smith, and is now owned by her daughter and son-in-law, Courtney Smith Pope and Ben Pope.
Publicity
Cheer Extreme Senior Elite was invited to a private audition in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the reality television show America's Got Talent, but did not make it on, the actual televised show. They have also been featured in Inside Cheerleading Magazine. In 2011, CNN featured specials on Cheer Extreme's Senior Elite and SSX teams while they made their way to the 2011 Cheerleading World Championships. In the making is a documentary that is reportedly following them through the 2012–2017 seasons. It is being produced by Sarah Tekeste. Cheer Extreme also have their own YouTube channel (JTV), where videos of practices or performances at competitions can be found.
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Locations and teams
There are 11 different locations and 95 teams (2016-2017).