Katie’s daughter Alivia is a crossover on two of our elite teams, Frost and Black Ice. They have been a part of this program for 5 years. She had found Ideal through a couple Facebook friends whose daughters were both doing it. When we asked Katie what her favorite part about being in the Ideal…
Michelle’s daughter Brooke joined Ideal for our 2019-2020 season for the first time. Brooke is a crossover on two of our elite teams, Frost and Black Ice. Michelle had found our program through an internet search. Brooke had previously done gymnastics and wanted to try something different. Michelle told us, “We looked into several options,…
Missi and her daughter Skylar have an interesting Ideal story! Missi has been here since the beginning. She is our Program Director as well as an Elite Team Coach. She has coached many different levels and teams over the past seven seasons. This year, she coaches our Youth Level 1 Team, Frost and our Junior…
Steph is the parent of one of our crossover athletes, Emma. Emma is on two competitive teams, level 1 mini Flurries and level 1 youth Frost. They have been involved in the program for several years. Originally, Steph had found the program through a Google search after moving to central Wisconsin. They were fresh off…
Rebecca and her daughter Britney joined Ideal this season. This is their first year in the program. Britney is on our Mini Level 1 Team, Flurries. They had found the Ideal program through an online search when looking for local athletics. When we asked Rebecca what her favorite part about being in this program is,…
Alexsia is one of our athletes and junior coaches at Ideal. She is a crossover on our junior level 2 team Black Ice and senior level 3 team Snow-Ed. She had discovered our program through the youth cheer program through Duluth East. Her favorite part about being in this program is making strong friendships. She…
Trista’s daughter Bella is on the youth level 1 team, Frost. This is their first year being at Ideal. They had found the program through one of Bella’s friends at school. She said that one of her favorite parts about being in this program is the team and how the team bonding moments bring the…
Liza’s daughter Amarah has been on the Senior team for the last three years. She was a member of our Senior 2, Avalanche for one year and has been on Senior Co-Ed 3, Snow-Ed for two years. Liza was previously the Hermantown High School cheerleading coach for several years. Her first interaction with Ideal was…
Megan’s daughter, Payton is on two elite cheer teams Ideal this season. She had originally found Ideal through a Google search when they were searching for some different sports in the area. Megan and Payton live about 40 minutes south of Duluth in the Barnum area. But they were ready for something different! Megan loves…
This week we speak with another “rookie” cheer mom, Eileen! Eileen found us last summer and after trying a few classes, enrolled Cleo on our Mini Team. Cheerleading is all about teamwork and flexibility — then a few weeks later she was asked to move onto our Youth team. Cleo overcame many obstacles, grew as…