{"id":166619,"date":"2026-02-16T12:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/166619\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:33:10","slug":"utep-cheer-hosts-18th-annual-cheer-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/166619\/","title":{"rendered":"UTEP Cheer hosts 18th annual cheer championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014  UTEP Cheer is hosting its 18th annual cheerleading championship Sunday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Don Haskins Center.<\/p>\n<p>The championship features competitors ranging from all-star teams, recreational teams, and cheerleading squads from the elementary, middle school and high school levels.<\/p>\n<p>Morning awards are scheduled for 11:10 a.m., followed by the afternoon session for school performance cheer, beginning at 11:55 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Grand champions will be rewarded with a banner and 10 complimentary registrations for the 2026 UTEP Summer Cheer Camp.<\/p>\n<p>At last year&#8217;s championship, Eastwood High School won the Game Grand Champion title, and Chapin High School won School Grand Champion.<\/p>\n<p>Registration opened on Jan. 5, with fees ranging from $300 to $500, depending on when teams registered and the category they would perform in.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/detour-concert-series-returns-turning-mckelligon-canyon-grounds-into-a-music-venue-el-paso-texas-tx-borderland-franklin-mountains-j-and-k-present-lincoln-park-spaghetti-bowl?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Detour concert series returns, turning McKelligon Canyon grounds into a music venue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 UTEP Cheer is hosting its 18th annual cheerleading championship Sunday from 8 a.m.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-166619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}