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2008-2009 SCHOOL & YOUTH
LEAGUE CHEER DIVISIONS
These are spring floor divisions and will be offered at ALL JAMfest Events.
CODE NAME GRADE LEVEL MALES MEMBERS
COLLEGIATE TEAMS
506 Division 1A Collegiate Enrollment 5+ males 5+
507 Division 1 Collegiate Enrollment 5+ males 5+
508 Division 2 Collegiate Enrollment 5+ males 5+
509 Small Co-Ed 1 Collegiate Enrollment 1-4 males 5+
510 All-Girl 1 Collegiate Enrollment no males 5+
511 All-Girl 2 Collegiate Enrollment no males 5+
LEVEL 5
184 Co-Ed Varsity *9th - 12th grade 2 or more no limit
180 Small Varsity *9th - 12th grade 0 - 1 5 - 12
181 Medium Varsity *9th - 12th grade 0 - 1 13 - 16
182 Large Varsity *9th - 12th grade 0 - 1 17-20
183 Super Large Varsity *9th - 12th grade 0 - 1 21+
177 Small Non-Mount Varsity *9th - 12th grade no limit 5 - 16
178 Large Non-Mount Varsity *9th - 12th grade no limit 17+
176 Junior/Girls Varsity *9th - 12th grade no limit 5+
175 Freshman *9th grade and under no limit 5+
172 Small Junior High 8th grade and under no limit 5 - 12
173 Medium Junior High 8th grade and under no limit 13 - 16
174 Large Junior High 8th grade and under no limit 17+
170 Small Non-Mount Junior High 8th grade and under no limit 5 - 16
171 Large Non-Mount Junior High 8th grade and under no limit 17+
168 Senior High Youth League 12th grade and under no limit 5+
167 Non-Mount Senior High Youth League 12th grade and under no limit 5+
166 Junior High Youth League 9th grade and under no limit 5+
165 Non-Mount Junior High Youth League 9th grade and under no limit 5+
164 Elementary School/Youth League 6th grade and under no limit 5+
163 Non-Mount Elementary School/Youth League 6th grade and under no limit 5+
162 Mini School/Youth League 4th grade and under no limit 5+
161 Non-Mount Mini School/Youth League 4th grade and under no limit 5+
160 Tiny School/Youth League 2nd grade and under no limit 5+
LEVEL 3
CODE NAME GRADE LEVEL MALES MEMBERS
179 Varsity 9th - 12th grade no limit 5+

195

Non-Mount Varsity

9th - 12th grade

no limit

5+

169 Junior High 8th grade and under no limit 5+

194

Non-Mount Junior High

8th grade and under

no limit

5+

193 Senior High Youth League 12th grade and under no limit 5+
192 Non-Mount Senior High Youth League 12th grade and under no limit 5+
191 Junior High Youth League 9th grade and under no limit 5+
190 Non-Mount Junior High Youth League 9th grade and under no limit 5+
189 Elementary School/Youth League 6th grade and under no limit 5+
188 Non-Mount Elementary School/Youth League 6th grade and under no limit 5+
187 Mini School/Youth League  4th grade and under no limit 5+
186 Non-Mount Mini School/Youth League 4th grade and under no limit 5+
185 Tiny School/Youth League 2nd grade and under no limit 5+
NON-SPRING FLOOR DIVISIONS
JAMfest will offer NON-SPRING FLOOR divisions at the following events.  All Collegiate, Junior High and Varsity divisions will be offered as NON-SPRING FLOOR divisions.  Please mark NON-SPRING FLOOR on your registration forms if you would like to compete on a foam floor.
 
NON-SPRING FLOOR/MARLY OFFERED
EVENT DATE CITY/STATE
The JAMfest September 27-28, 2008 Louisville, KY
The HalloJAM October 25, 2008 Evansville, IN
The Country JAM November 8, 2008 Nashville, TN
The Blues JAM November 22, 2008 Memphis, TN
The Turbo JAM November 22, 2008 Indianapolis, IN
JAMfest Nationals - Gatlinburg December 6-7, 2008 Gatlinburg, TN
The Turkey JAM December 13, 2008 Hot Springs, AR
The Winter JAM December 13, 2008 Lexington, KY
JAMfest Cheer Super Nationals January 16-18, 2009 Indianapolis, IN
The Music JAM January 31 - Feb 1, 2009 Nashville, TN
The Rocky JAM February 7, 2009 Denver, CO
The Sun JAM February 7, 2009 Jacksonville, FL
JAMfest Nationals - Chicago February 14-15, 2009 Chicago, IL
The Cactus JAM March 7, 2009 Tucson, AZ
The Beach JAM March 21, 2009 Biloxi, MS
JAMfest Nationals - Louisville March 21-22, 2009 Louisville, KY
JAMfest Nationals - Long Beach April 4-5, 2009 Long Beach, CA
 
In an effort to maintain a competitive atmosphere, JAMfest reserves the right to close, combine or open divisions at any time leading up to each event.
The competitor has to be in the grade for the appropriate division for the 2008-2009 school year.
The competitor must be an official member of the team for the school they are representing.
Note: In order to compete in a Youth League Division, the team must either cheer or dance for an official youth league sports team (i.e. football, basketball, etc.). Proof must be available upon request.
*If a school district allows for athletes below 9th grade to compete at the "high school level" the athlete is eligible. Proof must be available upon request.
Collegiate Teams
Division 1A:  All schools with football teams that compete in Division 1A
Division 1:  All Division 1 and 1AA schools that do not compete in Division 1A football, or do not have a football team, but a basketball team competing in Division 1.
Division 2:  All Division 2, 3, NAIA 1, NAIA2
Small Co-Ed 1:  All teams competing with 1-4 males in any division
All-Girl 1:  Teams competing with NO males that are Division 1A, 1 or 1AA
All-Girl 2:  Teams competing with NO males that are Division 2, 3, NAIA 1, NAIA 2, Junior Colleges and Community Colleges
All collegiate participants must be official students of the school team they are representing.    Participants may not represent more than one school.  Proof must be available upon request.
All collegiate teams are required to compete in division according to their NCAA Football classification.  Schools that do not have a football program will compete in divisions according to their NCAA Basketball program classification.
Collegiate teams may choose to compete in an all-star open division.
In an effort to maintain a competitive atmosphere, JAMfest reserves the right to close, split, combine or open divisions at any time leading up to each event.

Collegiate teams DO NOT receive participant or coaches gifts.

Collegiate teams DO receive team awards and Champion Gear (if applicable).