Milford, Boone County, Seton high schools win national cheer, dance competitions

A week after Seton High School returned from Orlando, Fla. with a national title from the Universal Dance Association National Dance Team Championship, Boone County High School and Milford High School returned with titles from the organization's cheer competition.

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Boone County won the Small Varsity Division I championship while Milford took first place in the Varsity Non-Building Game Day Finals. It was the second-consecutive overall national championship for Boone County. Milford's event championship was its second-straight title and third in the last four years.

Milford finished third in the Small Varsity Non-Building finals.

The Universal Cheerleaders Association and the UDA combined to host the events over two weekends where more than 25,000 athletes from 36 different states danced and cheered at Walt Disney World Resort.

Seton won the Medium Varsity Hip Hop title in the dance competition held the weekend of Jan. 31. Boone County and Milford competed the following weekend in the cheer competition. Each school qualified after competing and advancing through regional events or camps. 

Dance competitors were judged on choreography, technique, execution and overall effect while cheer competitors were judged on crowd leading abilities, stunting, tumbling skills and overall performance according to a release.

After originally being live-streamed online, the events will be re-broadcast on ESPN2 and ESPNU in late March.