Chapin, Mid-Carolina win competitive cheer championships
A move up in classification didn’t stop Chapin’s run of cheerleading state championships.
Chapin captured the Class 5A competitive cheerleading championship Saturday at Colonial Life Arena. It is the Eagles’ record 14th title and first in 5A.
Chapin finished with 344 points, five more than second-place River Bluff. Midlands teams made up the top four with Lexington (333) and Dutch Fork (328).
Chapin was one of two Midlands schools to win state titles Saturday. Mid-Carolina won the Class 3A title. It was Mid-Carolina’s first title after three runner-up finishes in 2005, 2013, 2015. Ben Lippen cheerleaders won SCISA championship Thursday.
Mid-Carolina finished with 270 points, seven more than Liberty. Gray Collegiate was fifth.
In Class 4A, AC Flora finished fourth. Brookland-Cayce was seventh and Airport 10th.
This story was originally published November 17, 2018 at 9:06 PM.