Cheer Extreme Allstars


Cheer Extreme Allstars is a branch of cheerleading and competition dance gyms found throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Illinois, Florida and Virginia. Cheer Extreme is most well known for its Small Senior and Large Senior teams, which received numerous national titles and have ranked in the Cheerleading Worlds competitions, with Cheer Extreme Senior Elite winning the first-place title in 2010, 2012, 2013, and after a decade of being placed as runner up the team took home a gold medal in 2023 and also 2025. At the 2015 Cheerleading Worlds, Cheer Extreme's Coed Elite won first place. Also at the 2016, 2018, 2019,2021,2024 and 2025 Cheerleading Worlds, Cheer Extreme's SSX won first place. Cheer Extreme has over 850 National Champion titles.
In 2009, an owner and coach Courtney Smith-Pope, who was a cheerleader for Wake Forest University, won Coach of The Year sponsored by the USASF. In 2013, Cheer Extreme opened a location in Roanoke, Virginia. In 2015, Cheer Extreme opened a location in Waldorf, Maryland. In 2022, they opened a new location in Boynton Beach, Florida. The two most notable locations are in Kernersville, NC and Raleigh, NC. Courtney Smith-Pope is the owner of the Kernersville location and her sister Kelly Helton owns the Raleigh location. CEA was originally opened by Betsy Smith before ownership was passed down to her daughters.
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Publicity

Cheer Extreme Senior Elite was invited to a private audition in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the reality television show America's Got Talent, but did not make it on the actual televised show. They have also been featured in Inside Cheerleading Magazine. In 2011, CNN featured specials on Cheer Extreme's Senior Elite and SSX teams while they made their way to the 2011 Cheerleading World Championships.
In the making is a documentary that is reportedly following them through the 2012–2017 seasons.

Notable athletes

Teams

Level 2 TeamsDivisionLocation
Mini EliteMini 2Kernesville
Mini MingosMini 2Raleigh
FrostbitesYouth 2Kernesville
ShimmerYouth 2Raleigh
MermaidsYouth 2Raleigh
StormYouth 2Florida
AngelsJunior 2Raleigh
TwistersJunior 2Florida
Teal ForceJunior 2Maryland
Glam SquadSmall Junior 2Chicago
SenioritasSenior 2Raleigh

Level 4 TeamsDivisionLocation
Youth XYouth 4Raleigh
LegendsJunior 4Kernesville
JuicyU16 4Raleigh
VengeanceJunior 4Florida
CRUSHU18 Coed 4Chicago
LegacySmall Senior 4Kernesville
C4Medium Senior Coed 4Kernesville
BerriesMedium Senior Coed 4Raleigh
HaloMedium Senior 4Maryland
ENVYOpen Coed 4Chicago
O4International Open Coed 4Kernesville

Level 5 TeamsDivisionLocation
Youth EliteYouth 5Kernesville
CrushYouth 5Florida
SJXJunior 5Raleigh
ChaosJunior Coed 5Florida
VixensSenior 5Kernesville
Medu5aSenior 5Raleigh
Lady XSenior 5Florida