{"id":81516,"date":"2026-01-08T18:03:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/81516\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T18:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:03:39","slug":"annual-cheer-and-basketball-events-return-to-erie-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/81516\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual cheer and basketball events return to Erie this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/talkerie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Champion-Cheer-Central1200_01-2026.jpg\" data-caption=\"Champion Cheer Central. Contributed photo.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Champion-Cheer-Central1200_01-2026-640x427.jpg\"   alt=\"Champion Cheer Central\" title=\"Champion-Cheer-Central1200_01-2026\"\/><\/a>Champion Cheer Central. Contributed photo.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, Erie County is gearing up for the return of three annual events.<\/p>\n<p>The Bayfront Convention Center will host two cheer and dance events organized by Champion Cheer Central this weekend, featuring 115 teams and 1,256 athletes.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the Winter Beach Blast Cheer and Dance Championships will welcome teams from Ohio, West Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the Winter National Recreational Cheer and Dance Championships return for its second year, featuring recreational programs from across the tri-state area with an emphasis on inclusivity, sportsmanship and competitive opportunities for dancers of all levels.<\/p>\n<p>The 42nd\u00a0annual Burger King Classic, hosted by Cathedral Prep Boys Basketball, is also taking place this Friday and Saturday at the Hagerty Family Events Center.<\/p>\n<p>Games start Friday at 6 p.m. with Neumann-Goretti (PA) facing St. Edward (OH), followed by Thurgood Marshall Academy (NY) taking on Cathedral Prep at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, the consolation game will be held at 6 p.m. with the championship game scheduled for 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Erie Sports Commission and its events, click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eriesportscommission.com\/about-us\/facility-matching-funds-no-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Champion Cheer Central. Contributed photo. This weekend, Erie County is gearing up for the return of three annual&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":{"0":"post-81516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-erie","9":"tag-erie-headlines","10":"tag-erie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81516","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=81516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}