Athlete Spotlight: Alivia

Katie’s daughter Alivia is a crossover on two of our elite teams, Frost and Black Ice. They have been a part of this program for 5 years. She had found Ideal through a couple Facebook friends whose daughters were both doing it. When we asked Katie what her favorite part about being in the Ideal…

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Athlete Spotlight: Brooke

Michelle’s daughter Brooke joined Ideal for our 2019-2020 season for the first time. Brooke is a crossover on two of our elite teams, Frost and Black Ice. Michelle had found our program through an internet search. Brooke had previously done gymnastics and wanted to try something different. Michelle told us, “We looked into several options,…

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Athlete Spotlight: Skylar

Missi and her daughter Skylar have an interesting Ideal story! Missi has been here since the beginning. She is our Program Director as well as an Elite Team Coach. She has coached many different levels and teams over the past seven seasons. This year, she coaches our Youth Level 1 Team, Frost and our Junior…

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Athlete Spotlight: Alison & Quinn

Melissa has two daughters involved in the Ideal Cheer program and is our current Team Parent for our Junior Level 2 team Black Ice. Her daughter Alison is an athlete on Black Ice and her younger daughter Quinn is on our tiny exhibition team Icicles. She had discovered Ideal through her friend Kelly whose daughter…

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Athlete Spotlight: Emma

Steph is the parent of one of our crossover athletes, Emma. Emma is on two competitive teams, level 1 mini Flurries and level 1 youth Frost. They have been involved in the program for several years. Originally, Steph had found the program through a Google search after moving to central Wisconsin. They were fresh off…

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Athlete Spotlight: Britney

Rebecca and her daughter Britney joined Ideal this season. This is their first year in the program. Britney is on our Mini Level 1 Team, Flurries. They had found the Ideal program through an online search when looking for local athletics. When we asked Rebecca what her favorite part about being in this program is,…

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Athlete Spotlight: Alexsia

Alexsia is one of our athletes and junior coaches at Ideal. She is a crossover on our junior level 2 team Black Ice and senior level 3 team Snow-Ed. She had discovered our program through the youth cheer program through Duluth East. Her favorite part about being in this program is making strong friendships. She…

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Athlete Spotlight: Bella

Trista’s daughter Bella is on the youth level 1 team, Frost. This is their first year being at Ideal. They had found the program through one of Bella’s friends at school. She said that one of her favorite parts about being in this program is the team and how the team bonding moments bring the…

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Athlete Spotlight: Amarah

Liza’s daughter Amarah has been on the Senior team for the last three years. She was a member of our Senior 2, Avalanche for one year and has been on Senior Co-Ed 3, Snow-Ed for two years. Liza was previously the Hermantown High School cheerleading coach for several years. Her first interaction with Ideal was…

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What Is All Star?

All-star cheerleading is different than school cheerleading in many different ways. Traditional cheer as many people know it is focused on being on the sidelines, with the main goal being to promote team spirit for a more traditional sport (such as football). This type of well-known cheerleading focuses on cheers, chants, and team spirit mixed…

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