When is Cheerleading registration for the Fall 2011 season?

• Cheerleading registration will open at the same time as football registration in February (exact date TBD). Please check www.pjfl.com for ongoing updates. If you would like to be notified when registration opens, please send an e-mail message to Sheryl Buscheck, VP of PJFL Cheer (and head coach), at sbuscheck2002@yahoo.com.

 

What is the age range for PJFL Cheer?

• Participants must be entering 2nd through 8th grade in the Fall of 2011. Cheerleaders will be grouped into teams based on their ages, and will be taught age-appropriate cheers, dances and basic stunting.

 

What is the cost for PJFL Cheer?

• Total cost is $250 for 2nd through 4th graders and $300 for 5th through 8th graders. The cost covers full cheer uniforms (skirt, shell, jacket, briefs, socks, pom-poms), practice gear (shorts and tee-shirt), and all training and coaching – including cheer camp. Please note that our coaches are volunteers and PJFL is a nonprofit organization. The fees are designed to cover base costs to run the program and nothing more. All girls get to keep their uniforms and practice gear.

 

Is any cheer experience required?

• No experience required. Everyone who signs up is placed on a team, and the program is specifically designed to teach the basics to those with no experience and teach some advanced material to those with cheer experience. We work hard to maintain a fun recreational program that works for everyone while preparing the girls who wish to cheer at high levels. We’re very proud of our team (who won the coveted Spirit Stick at JAMZ Cheer Camp in 2010), and we heard great feedback from our cheer parents in 2010. We certainly hope you’ll join us in 2011!

 

What is the start date and overall schedule for PJFL Cheer?

• Specifics for 2011 are still to-be-determined, but in 2010 we began practice during the last week of June, and practiced twice a week (Tuesday and Thursday) for 90 minutes until the start of football season. This provided the girls plenty of time to learn all the cheers and dances prior to the start of the season – even with everyone’s planned vacation time (which of course we expect during the summer). The girls are split into teams that align with the PJFL football teams, and cheer for their assigned team every Saturday once football season begins (in 2010 the season ran between mid-September and early-November). Once the 2010 football games began we cut back to one practice per week. We don’t anticipate major changes in 2011 to the schedule, but will definitely do our best to work with the parents’ schedules when we figure out practice days/times.

 

Where are the football games played?

• All football games take place at the end of the Pleasanton Sports Park – no travel is required during the football season. The 2010 PJFL All-Star game took place at Foothill High School in Pleasanton (the cheer team does participate in this event). Additionally, PJFL played some additional all-star games against our Livermore Junior Football League rivals at the end of the regular season, and our cheer team will cheer for these games if that event occurs in 2011.

 

When will the 2011 parent meetings and uniform fittings be held for PJFL Cheer?

• We will work with the parents’ schedules as much as possible when we schedule the parent meetings and uniform fittings. We will likely host one parent meeting in May and another in June, and uniform fittings will take place at the end of June to allow enough time for our uniforms to be manufactured and delivered before the football season begins.

 

Who can I contact for more information?

• Please contact Sheryl Buscheck via e-mail at sbuscheck2002@yahoo.com . Sheryl can also be reached on her cell phone at 925-202-7095.