Champs! Lexington, AC Flora capture competitive cheerleading state titles
There is a new competitive cheerleading champion in Class 5A.
The Lexington Wildcats were crowned the cheerleading champions on Saturday at Florence Center. It is Lexington’s first championship since 2015. It ends Chapin’s bid for the third straight Class 5A title and sixth overall.
Lexington finished with 340 points, three more than than Chapin. River Bluff was third with 313, Dutch Fork fifth with 303. It is the fourth straight year the schools from Region 5-5A finished in the top five.
Blythewood (274) was eighth and Spring Valley (262) ninth.
Earlier on Saturday, A.C. Flora High School added to its state championship haul in the month of December.
The Falcons won the Class 4A competitive cheerleading championship. It was Flora’s first cheerleading state crown and came two weeks after the Falcons won the school’s first state football championship.
A.C. Flora finished with 289 points. Travelers Rest was second with 268. Lugoff-Elgin (251) was fourth and Airport (244) tied for fifth.
Belton Honea Path won the Class 3A championship with 282 points. Blue Ridge was second with 270. Mid-Carolina was fourth with 252 and Brookland-Cayce ninth with 212.
This story was originally published December 19, 2020 at 3:43 PM.
