About 517 Youth Cheer and STUNT
Meeting Schedule
All 5-1-7 members are invited to the events listed below. Meeting minutes are posted following each meeting and are official minutes once approved at the following meeting.
August 14th- 16th
Board meeting will be held on the 15th 10:00 - noon. Location TBD
How to become a Member
All head coaches and assistant coaches
become members of 5-1-7 Youth Cheerleading
upon registration with a current team within our
organization. Membership is granted when a
coach’s name is officially submitted and
recognized as part of a registered team
in the association.
Resources
About Us
5-1-7 Youth Cheerleading is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and growing junior high and middle school competitive cheer across Michigan. We provide a structured league where teams compete with one another, creating meaningful opportunities for athletes to perform, learn, and grow in a team-based environment.
We operate as an entity that enables teams—rather than individual participants—to compete in MHSAA Junior High/Middle School Competitive Cheer and spring USA Cheer STUNT, expanding access and opportunities for athletes to participate in organized, team-based competition.
Our league is designed for 3rd through 6th-grade athletes as an introduction to Michigan Competitive Cheer and STUNT using modified MHSAA-based rules to ensure a safe, age-appropriate, and development-focused experience.
History
This league was started in the fall of 2014 as a way to increase participation in youth cheer and to combat losing youth athletes to all-star gyms. This was a small endeavor at first, getting a few local teams in the Jackson area to compete with 3rd-6th graders. It was not until 2018 that the league began to grow, and other schools from different counties started to see the value in this opportunity. In 2019, discussions started about creating a board, and in 2020, the first 517 Youth Competitive Cheer Board was formed. In 2024, this league is seeing unprecedented growth and currently has over 30 member schools! We look forward to the growth this league will see in the years to come.
Philosophical Standards
The point of this league is to introduce and prepare our junior athletes for the sport of Michigan Competitive Cheer. We have modified the middle school rules of MHSAA competitive cheer to fit the safety and developmental needs of our young athletes. This league is a learning environment for our young athletes and is in no way meant to be overly competitive. We compete for learning and growth and to develop the athletes of the future for our Middle School and High School Programs.