Cheerleeding: OCC squads heading to Orlando

ORLANDO, Florida - Orange Coast College’s cheer and dance teams

will compete in tonight in the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA)

National Championships.

OCC’s dance squad is the defending national champion, while the cheer

squad took third in the nation last year.

Combined, the two teams have won five UCA national titles over the

past five years.

The competition is being taped for later showing on ESPN.

A total of 31 OCC students are making the trip, 17 to compete on the

cheer squad, while 14 will compete on the dance team.

Other top schools to compete against OCC include the University of

Kentucky, the University of Alabama, Tennessee, Central Florida and

Hawaii.