Cheer Legacy Athletics is getting ready for competition season and its teams want to show the community what they have been working on.
The third annual showcase is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 22 at the Gymnastics Club, 1-752- 110th St. in North Battleford. Admission is free and the show will run from 1 to 1:30 p.m.
Two teams consisting of approximately 35 athletes have been practising since September.
The younger team practises twice a week for a total of two hours and the older athletes practice two and a half hours a week.
Cheer Legacy Athletics, CLA, is owned and operated by Lesia Rathje who has been involved in cheerleading for 10 years. She started CLA in 2011.
Rathje is currently coaching the John Paul II Collegiate club and is also the head coach of the CLA program.
Jurnee Riglin, a graduate of the JPII cheer program, is now an assistant coach with CLA.
Other JPII cheerleaders, Jensen Foulston, Dayna Bunz and Brady Finch, are assisting with coaching the Aristocrats in the CLA club.
CLA will be taking part in competitions in Warman Feb. 27 and 28 and the Saskatchewan Cheerleading Association Provincial Championships will be held in Moose Jaw March 21.
