2026 South Dakota Changes, Clarifications & Reminders
- Stunting category changes
- Revision of Co-ed criteria: One or males, team must competed in Co-Ed Division
- Clarification of awards distribution
- There will be a five-minute maximum time limit for warm-up on the competitive floor for each team, with the option for host schools to schedule the time or not.
- Tweak the Pyramid category in the five-point difficulty to say three advanced entries or release transitions.
- Order of Cheer & Dance competitions: 1) Small Stunting/Tumbling, 2) Large Stunting/Tumbling, 3) Co-ed Stunting/Tumbling; 4) Jazz, 5) Pom, 6) Hip Hop
South Dakota Modifications to NFHS Rules
- No glitter hairspray is allowed.
- Head judge will be designated for both cheer and dance. Judges scores from low to high shall be no more than5 points.