{"id":53821,"date":"2025-12-06T17:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T17:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/53821\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T17:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T17:40:09","slug":"cheer-competition-takes-over-bayfront-convention-center-local-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/53821\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheer Competition Takes Over Bayfront Convention Center | Local News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a big weekend for youth sports in Erie! The Erie Sports Commission hosted two major events, starting with the Lights! Camera! Action! Cheer and Dance xtravaganza at the Bayfront Convention Center.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"IMG_3367.jpeg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1662\" height=\"1247\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s events featured all-star prep, novice, and exhibition performances, while Sunday showcases all dance teams, along with school and recreation squads.<\/p>\n<p>Over 800 athletes from 72 teams competed for bids to National Championships this spring.<\/p>\n<p>The Erie Sports Commission said events like these not only highlight local talent but also draw thousands of visitors to the community, giving a boost to the local economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a big weekend for youth sports in Erie! The Erie Sports Commission hosted two major events,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[12659,28841,2211,1338,61,136,138,137,7803],"class_list":{"0":"post-53821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-bayfront-convention-center","9":"tag-cheer","10":"tag-competition","11":"tag-dance","12":"tag-economy","13":"tag-erie","14":"tag-erie-headlines","15":"tag-erie-news","16":"tag-tourism"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}