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Nov 10, 2016

My Other Life

Cheerleading is my life. And being a mom. Often in that order. I'm really glad both my boys participate in cheer to some degree (one...

Oct 12, 2016

A Shot of Nice

Sometimes being a coach is hard. Really hard. Especially coaching cheerleading. I have been coach for 17 years now (I can't believe that...

Sep 10, 2016

Guest Blog - The Art of Solid Parenting

One of our awesome EDE Cheer Moms, Mandy (mom to cheerleaders Adelia and Emrys), wrote a fantastic post in her blog about being a cheer...

Aug 10, 2016

Getting past the BS (Bad Stuff)

EDE had a banner year last year. Absolutely incredible. Won the State Championship for the third year in a row, and followed that up with...

Jul 11, 2016

New Scoresheets are Here!

The new score sheets for high school and rec cheer in Washington state have been released. If you are competing this year, please make...

Jun 12, 2016

I Am Sad.

This is a very different kind of blog post than what I normally post here. This is usually a blog about cheerleading, rec cheer in...

May 11, 2016

Cheer Music - The New Rules

As if we cheer coaches didn't have enough on our plate, now we have to deal with all sorts of new music regulations. Now don't get me...

Mar 7, 2016

2nd in the Nation!

Last month's post was about the Road to Nationals...now we've been there and the road home too. What a weekend! What an experience! ...

Feb 11, 2016

The Road to Nationals...

The Road to Nationals I am preparing to go to my first out-of-state trip as the head coach of my program. I have gone on other cheer...

Nov 9, 20152 min read

We want to compete in Rec. How do we get started?

I always get a lot of questions about competition this time of year. I’m hoping I can answer most of them for you. Please email me at...

Feb 18, 20151 min read

What is Rec Cheer?

I'm coming at this from a Washington State point-of-view, so here is our coaches association's definition of Rec Cheer: Washington State...