Information for MRMS 7th & 8th grade Football Cheer – Fall 2024:

Tryouts for 7th and 8th graders Only for MRMS Football Cheer will be held in the MRMS Aux Gym afterschool on Monday, May 20th from 4:15pm – 5:30pm and Tuesday, May 21st, starting at 4:15pm.  Tryout material will be sent on Friday, May 17th by 5pm via e-mail to those who are registered.  You WILL NOT receive Tryout Information unless you are Registered for Tryouts!!!

Registration is Open now for Tryouts – you must be Registered in Family ID, have a current Physical uploaded to Family ID, and be Approved prior to Tryouts.

Click on the link below for Marvin Ridge Athletic Zone and click on the middle Orange box near the top of the page that says, “Click Here For Marvin Ridge Athletic Forms” and then scroll down and click on the Marvin Ridge horse at the bottom of the page.  This will take you to Arbiter Sports where you will sign into your existing account or Create a new account for Family ID, then click on “2023-24 Marvin Ridge Middle Athletic Registration,” then scroll down under “Sections,” and click on the small open square to the left of “ ** 2024-25 Fall Cheerleading Tryouts” and continue to follow the directions to Register.  You will upload the current Physical in Family ID.

Marvin Ridge | Union County Public Schools (ucpsathleticzone.com)

Tryout Attire for each day is a plain white t-shirt with sleeves; navy, royal, black, or orange Soffe or athletic shorts; cheer shoes or white sneakers; hair in a high ponytail.  NO MS, HS, College, or Allstar logos on anything is permitted.  NO jewelry.  Bows are Optional, but may have NO logos on them either.  If the students are not in proper attire, they will NOT be permitted to tryout.

Tryouts will be based on a Cheer, a Chant, and a Dance, which will be sent on Friday, May 17th by 5pm, and also a Toe Touch Jump.  Students will need to learn the material by Monday, May 20th and be prepared to tryout in front of the judges on Tuesday, May 21st.  Monday will be a Tryout Clinic where the students will be reviewing the learned material and can ask questions and practice everything to prepare for Tuesday, which is the actual Tryout.  The students are free to leave as soon as they finish trying out on Tuesday.

Practices will start in August – Dates and Times TBD

Practices when School starts will be Tuesday mornings from 7am – 8:30am

Games will be on Wednesday evenings, starting afterschool at 5pm and 7pm:

Wednesday, September 4, 2024:            Home vs. Monroe
Wednesday, September 11, 2024:      Away @ Cuthbertson
Wednesday, September 18, 2024:       Away @ East Union
Wednesday, September 25, 2024:       Home vs. Parkwood
Wednesday, October 2, 2024:             Away @ Piedmont
Wednesday, October 9, 2024:             Home vs. Sun Valley
Wednesday, October 16, 2024:             BYE Week – No Games
Wednesday, October 23, 2024:             Home vs. Porter Ridge
Wednesday, October 30, 2024:             Away @ Weddington

We will be cheering at both games.

Attendance: 

There will be consequences for missing practices and especially games Unexcused.

Required Spirit Wear will be a Sweatshirt and a T-shirt

Please Note this Correction:

Basketball Cheer Tryouts for 7th and 8th grade will be in the Fall – Dates and Times TBD

If you have any questions, please e-mail Kari Gras at ergras@aol.com

GO MAVS!!!!

https://www.gomavericks.org/MSregistration

• Registration opens on 6/01/23
• Early registration closes on 7/10/23
• Late registration closes on 7/17/23
• Try-out week begins on 7/24/23
• Teams will be posted by 7/31/23
• Sports fees will be assessed soon after teams are posted
• Team spirit wear store link will be sent out around 8/02/23 or earlier

Marvin Ridge Middle School
2831 Crane Rd.
Waxhaw, NC 28173
Phone: 704-290-1510
Directions to Marvin Ridge Middle School