Cheerleading

Our Upward Basketball Cheerleading program runs Jan – Mar each year.  Registrations open in the fall.  Upward Michiana has over 800 players in the basketball & Cheerleading program throughout Michiana and South Western Michigan.  We have 2 primary home locations for your Cheerleader so choose the location that is closet to you!

K5 through 4th grade Cheer Squads have 2 locations to choose from, Central or South divisions.  All Cheerleaders will cheer the majority of their games at these home locations but may travel one or two times to cheer a game at a different location.  All attempts are made to have cheer squads cheering at basketball games that are similar in age brackets but the cheer squads and basketball leagues are not identical in grade breakdowns.  ie – basketball will have 1st & 2nd grade boys together.  Cheer squads may be 1st, 2nd & 3rd grades so they will cheer for multiple basketball leagues.

CENTRAL DIVISION – Home location is Clay Church’s Firehouse Youth Center, 17646 Cleveland Road, South Bend, IN 46635

This location is ideal for everyone living in the North & North west sides of South Bend and Northern sections of Mishawaka, Granger & Southern Michigan.

SOUTH DIVISION – Home location is South Side General Baptist Church, 1615 S. Spring Street, Mishawaka, IN 46544

This location is ideal for everyone living on the South/South West Side of South Bend, Mishawaka & Osceola.

5th through 8th Cheer Squads will Cheer at the CENTRAL DIVISION.  We typically use Swanson School for these games but may look elsewhere this year.  We will keep these teams located in the Central area of the region.  All players in the 5th – 8th Grades register in the CENTRAL DIVISION.