Spirit Sports Cheer & Dance will have 14 events during the 2025-2026 season, and the action will begin with one exciting competition in December – Spirit Sports Worcester Nationals on Dec. 13-14.

Following almost a month off after its season-opening event, Encore Championships is back with a busy mid-December weekend that will include the 2025 Encore Philly Showdown in Philadelphia and the 2025 Encore Grand Nationals in Houston (Dec. 12-14).

It’s officially that time of year. The air gets colder, the smell of hairspray and glitter gets stronger and that can only mean one thing. It’s officially cheer season. While this sport never truly goes away, action revs up as we head into the middle of the ‘Ber months.

Take a look at these moments from 2025 Spirit Cheer Super Nationals!

The U.S. Finals: Virginia Beach is the final event of the 2025 U.S. Finals series and will stand alone on May 3.

The U.S. Finals: Worcester, once again being held at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, is part of a 10-event end-of-season extravaganza that allows teams to finish their seasons close to home and with another memorable experience together.

While many of the locations for The U.S. Finals remain the same in 2025, one of this year’s 10 events is headed to the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, New Jersey.

Season 3 of The League by Varsity All Star is now officially in the books! Teams have been working hard all season long to earn points at events, starting way back in October 2024 and going up until the very last second here in April. Teams in every single region put in the hard work in order to truly make the season count! The final Leaderboard standings are here, which means it's time to meet our 44 Champions from Season 3 of The League by Varsity All Star!

The Northeast Regional Summit is part of The Regional Summit Championships – one of five regional events, actually – joining the West, Southwest, Southeast and Midwest competitions, which are being held across two weekends in April.

The American Cheer & Dance Academy Reach the Beach Grand Nationals – DI/Worlds will call the East Coast home again in 2025 as it returns to the familiar Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean City, Maryland.

The Cheer Power Philly Showdown again will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia in 2024, and Varsity TV will be there to provide live coverage of the event on March 22.

The Mid-Atlantic Championship Grand Nationals heads east to the Wildwoods Convention Center in Wildwood, New Jersey, and Varsity TV will be there to provide live coverage of the event from March 8-9.

Spirit Fest Grand Nationals is returning to the Rhode Island Convention Center in 2025, and Varsity TV will be there to provide live coverage of the event March 14-16.

More than six cheer and dance events are coming live to Varsity TV on this mid-February weekend as the top competitive teams aim to continue perfecting their routines and receive feedback from judges.

The 2025 American Cheer & Dance Academy Reach the Beach Dance Grand Nationals & School Championship is part of an exciting weekend at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean City, Maryland.