Saturday winners (from left): Lebanon's Addy Pickles, Eagle Point's Callie Pogue Campbell, Crescent Valley's Alivia King.

By NATALIE STAGER, for OSAAtoday

The 2025 OCCA All-State Competition on Saturday showcased the talent of individual cheerleaders and stunt groups from across the state.

Along with the titles of All-State Team Member, cheerleaders who placed in the top three of the individual divisions also receive academic scholarships. 

Kicking off the individual divisions, the top five cheerleaders of the 12-person 3A/2A/1A All-State team all came from the same school: Santiam Christian. The top three were Ella Hoopes (third), Temperance Montgomery (second), and Mikeayla Van Order (first, who earned the 3A/2A/1A title for the second year in a row.

In the 4A individual division, the eight-person All-State team included athletes from Sweet Home and Gladstone on the podium: Haven Flett of Gladstone placed third, Katriona Harris of Sweet Home placed second, and Hannah Sieminski, also from Sweet Home placed first. 

Results in the 5A individual division were more mixed, with athletes from eleven different schools making up the fifteen-person All-State team, and the podium athletes representing three schools. Making up the top three were Alivia King from Crescent Valley in third, Callie Pogue Campbell from Eagle Point in second, and Addy Pickles from Lebanon in first. With this being her fourth win, Pickles has won the 5A individual title all four years of her high school career. 

The 6A Individual team was made up of fourteen athletes. Third place was awarded to Ansley Gilmore from Sherwood, Daisyann Kim from West Linn took second, and the top 6A individual was Madison McVey from Aloha. 

Rounding out the individual divisions was the male/mixed gender division. The three athletes named to the All-State team were Kevin Espinoza from Liberty (third), Blake McKinnis from Gladstone (second), and RJ Roberts from Oregon City who took first place. 

While the stunting divisions, including group stunt, coed group stunt, and partner stunt, included new winners, they also extended some longtime streaks for teams such as Newberg and Tualatin. 

In the 3A/2A/1A division, Santiam Christian continued its impressive run at the All-State competition with their Group #3 taking third place and their Group #1 taking first place. Glide Group #1 also gave a strong performance, earning them second place. 

In the 4A stunt group division, the top five stunt groups were Junction City Group #1 in 5th place, Cascade Group #1 in 4th place, Sweet Home Group #2 in 3rd place, Newport Group #1 in second place, and Sweet Home Group #1 in first. Sweet Home also won the 4A/3A/2A/1A group stunt title in 2024. 

Two stunt groups from Crescent Valley dominated the 5A stunt division by earning the top two spots: Group #1 topped the podium and Group #2 edged out the stunt group from West Albany for second place by 0.3 points. West Albany’s Group #1 came in third, Lebanon’s Group #2 followed in fourth, and Lebanon’s Group #1 rounded out the top five in fifth place. 

In the 6A stunt division, there was a tie for fifth place. Groups #3 and #4 from Mountainside earned the same score, putting them both in the top five. Aloha’s Group #2 earned 4th place, Tualatin’s Group #1 took 3rd place, and West Linn’s Group #2 placed 2nd. Newberg Group #1 took the top spot, putting them at a remarkable twelve-year winning streak for Newberg in this division. 

The 4A/3A/2A/1A coed group stunt division’s top five was made up of teams from Gladstone, Sweet Home, and Marshfield. Marshfield Group #1 came in fifth, Marshfield Group #2 came in fourth, Sweet Home Group #1 came in third, and Gladstone Group #1 came in second. Taking the top spot in the division was Gladstone Group #2. 

In the 6A/5A coed group stunt division, Oregon City Group #1 took the third spot, with two teams from Tualatin taking the top two positions: Group #2 came in second, and Group #1 came in first. This is the second year in a row that Tualatin earned the top spot in the coed group stunt division. 

Lastly, in the partner stunt division, Tualatin topped the podium for the fourth year in a row. Tualatin Group #1 earned first place, Tualatin Group #2 earned second, and Oregon City Group #1 earned third. 

Clearly, this year’s team competitions will include top athletes helping their teams vie for the lead and ultimately the blue Oregon-shaped trophy in February.