The Pine-Richland High Competition Team earned a bid to compete the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) High School Nationals in Orlando, FL February 13-14.

The team earned that bid by taking first place in the small varsity division at the UCA Regional Competition at Slippery Rock University Dec. 5-6, 2009.

The team also took first place at the Pennsylvania State Cheerleading Competition in Johnstown Nov. 21 and named state small varsity champs.

The team could be seen in Season 10, Episode 27 of MTV’s reality show “MADE”. The program was about cheerleaders from the Shikellamy Cheer Team in Sunbury, PA, who wanted to be "MADE" into a high school competitive cheer squad.

The PRHS team is shown during a cheerleading competition in Beaver, PA, which took place August 23. The PRHS Competition team was shown doing parts of the routine and winning the competition.

You can watch this episode on line, here is the link by clicking on:   http://www.mtv.com/videos/made-season-10-ep-27-cheerleaders/1625677/playlist.jhtml . The team can be seen about 35 minutes into the program.

Congratulations to the cheerleading squad and coaches Daniella DeRenzo and Danielle Hitson.

For the first time ever, the middle school has a competitive squad. The Pine-Richland Middle School competition squad took second place at the state competition in Johnstown, PA and first place in the UCA Regional Competition at Slippery Rock. Congratulations to the newly formed competition squad and coaches Caitlin Bogosta and Sheria Mason.