# 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. At the 2015 Cheerleading Worlds, Cheer Extreme's Coed Elite won first place. Also at the 2016, 2018, 2019,2021, and 2024 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.

## 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

* Maddie Gardner, news reporter

## Teams

| Level 1 Teams | Division | Location |
| Tiny Turtles | Tiny 1 | Raleigh |
| Baby Sharks | Tiny 1 | Raleigh |
| Shine | Mini 1 | Raleigh |
| Junior Black | Junior 1 | Raleigh |
| Lovespell | U16 1 | Raleigh |
| Level 2 Teams | Division | Location |
| Mini Elite | Mini 2 | Kernesville |
| Mini Mingos | Mini 2 | Raleigh |
| Frostbites | Youth 2 | Kernesville |
| Shimmer | Youth 2 | Raleigh |
| Mermaids | Youth 2 | Raleigh |
| Storm | Youth 2 | Florida |
| Angels | Junior 2 | Raleigh |
| Twisters | Junior 2 | Florida |
| Teal Force | Junior 2 | Maryland |
| Glam Squad | Small Junior 2 | Chicago |
| Senioritas | Senior 2 | Raleigh |
| Level 3 Teams | Division | Location |
| Glitter Penguins | Youth 3 | Kernesville |
| Tsunami | Youth 3 | Florida |
| Lady Pearls | Youth 3 | Maryland |
| Junior X | Junior 3 | Kernesville |
| Ice Queens | Junior 3 | Raleigh |
| Glamour Queens | U16 3 | Maryland |
| Senior 3lite | Senior 3 | Raleigh |
| Smack | U18 3 | Kernesville |
| Ice | Senior Coed 3 | Maryland |
| Level 4 Teams | Division | Location |
| Youth X | Youth 4 | Raleigh |
| Legends | Junior 4 | Kernesville |
| Juicy | U16 4 | Raleigh |
| Vengeance | Junior 4 | Florida |
| CRUSH | U18 Coed 4 | Chicago |
| Legacy | Small Senior 4 | Kernesville |
| C4 | Medium Senior Coed 4 | Kernesville |
| Berries | Medium Senior Coed 4 | Raleigh |
| Halo | Medium Senior 4 | Maryland |
| ENVY | Open Coed 4 | Chicago |
| O4 | International Open Coed 4 | Kernesville |
| Level 4.2 Teams | Division | Location |
| Spotlight | Small Senior Coed 4.2 | Kernesville |
| Lady Venom | Senior 4.2 | Raleigh |
| Lightning | Senior 4.2 | Florida |
| Level 5 Teams | Division | Location |
| Youth Elite | Youth 5 | Kernesville |
| Crush | Youth 5 | Florida |
| SJX | Junior 5 | Raleigh |
| Chaos | Junior Coed 5 | Florida |
| Vixens | Senior 5 | Kernesville |
| Medu5a | Senior 5 | Raleigh |
| Lady X | Senior 5 | Florida |
| Level 6 Teams | Division | Location |
| Crush | Large Junior 6 | Kernesville |
| Coed Elite | Extra Small Senior Coed 6 | Kernesville |
| SMOEX | Extra Small Senior Coed 6 | Raleigh |
| Blackout | Extra Small Senior Coed 6 | Boynton Beach |
| XSS TropiX | Extra Small Senior 6 | Raleigh |
| Hail | Extra Small Senior 6 | Sanford |
| Heist | Extra Small Senior 6 | DMV |
| Jaws | Extra Small Senior 6 | Odenton |
| SSX | Small Senior 6 | Raleigh |
| Passion | Small Senior Coed 6 | Chicago |
| Senior Elite | Large Senior 6 | Kernesville |
| Coex | U18 Non-Tumbling Coed 6 | Kernesville |
| Cobra Coed | U18 Non-Tumbling Coed 6 | Raleigh |
| Cougars | U18 Non-Tumbling 6 | Raleigh |
| Gossip Girls | U18 Non-Tumbling 6 | Maryland |
| Code Black | International Open Non-Tumbling Coed 6 | Raleigh |
| Lady Lux | International Open Non-Tumbling 6 | Kernesville |
| Level 7 Teams | Division | Location |
| Exorcis7 | International Open Non-Tumbling Coed 7 | Raleigh |
| Kraken | International Open Non-Tumbling 7 | Odenton |
| Super 7 | International Open Non-Tumbling 7 | DMV |