The 2014 USA (United Spirit Association) High School Spirit Nationals competition brought out as many as 300 schools down to the Anaheim Convention Center for three days. The national competition, which took place March 28-30, featured an array of cheer, flag and drill competition.
Local schools such as Cypress High School, Los Alamitos High, Mater Dei, Long Beach Poly, Cerritos and Orange Lutheran took part in the contest.
The schools were being judged in categories as song/pom and prep flag, dance team and drill team, super dancer, cheerleading intermediate and advanced. This was more than just competition for the varsity squads as junior varsity cheer and dance teams competed as well.
The first day of the competition drew a packed house as teams watched one another do their thing at the center floor with their individual performances. Long Beach Poly ran into the misfortune of their music, which every school plays during their respective performance, of being cut off. Nonetheless, the Jackrabbits kept on with their performance with the background of loud applause and cheer from the audience.
Both the Cypress and Los Alamitos teams were recognized for the performances as well.
