Levittown Cheerleaders Named County Champs For First Time Ever

The General Douglas MacArthur High School varsity cheerleading team in the Levittown Public Schools came out victorious against their Division I small school competitors during the Nassau cheerleading championship at Hofstra University on Feb. 24. The team placed first with a score of 91.475, crowning them the Nassau County Champions for the first time in the school’s history.

With the leadership of head coach Jacqueline Day and assistant coach Shannon Pratt, the Generals were among seven teams to compete in the Division I small school category. The team will now move on to compete at the state championship on March 2 in Rochester.

“We’re still on cloud nine,” said Day. “These girls worked so hard and have come so far over the past couple years, we could not be more proud!”

This is not the first time the team made school history this year. On Feb. 10, they placed third in the nation at the Universal Cheerleaders Association National Competition against 35 talented teams across the nation in the medium D2 division. MacArthur Varsity Cheerleading has competed at Nationals for years but never accomplished such a high placement, receiving a bronze medal, in such a competitive division.

The Levittown Public Schools congratulates the team on their tremendous accomplishment and wishes them the best of luck as they move on to states.