It didn’t take long for Netflix viewers to start rooting for the Navarro College Bulldogs Cheer Team when CheerDebuted in 2020. Us WeeklyUpdates on Morgan Simianer, La’Darius Marshall, Gabi ButlerYou can find more cheerleaders.
Netflix followed the lead of its head coach Monica Aldama and her squad for six episodes in season 1, which started streaming in January 2020, as they trained for the NCA & NDA Collegiate Cheer & Dance Championship in 2019. Monica explained that it appeared that many students were done at the Texas community colleges at the end season 1. Use at the time that Navarro doesn’t “follow your typical NCAA rules like the other sport.”
She explained: “But for NCA, which is the company that we compete with for competition, you have five years of eligibility and three of those can be at a junior college.”
Monica said that they can continue cheerleading for many more years outside the NCA.
“A lot of them will go on to universities that are still competitive because not all schools compete. So I have a lot that go to Texas Tech University, the University of Louisville, Oklahoma State, Sam Houston, University of Kentucky,” she said. “Most of them definitely continue on at a university that does competitive cheer.”
Netflix quietly purchased the cameras to follow Monica, her team and in 2020. However, production was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic. Variety Spirit announced in March 2020 that they had cancelled Daytona (a Daytona event that occurs every April) due to COVID-19 issues.
This will result in a time jump in season 2. It was officially announced by Netflix in Jan 2022.
“It’s nine episodes, so I do know it’s longer,” Monica told Us at the time. “It covers, I think, the first part up to where we get our season canceled And then picks back up with now — we’re coming back in a COVID year, which was so hard with all the COVID rules and stuff.”
Season 2 of Cheer, which includes Monica, Gabi, Morgan, La’Darius, Lexi Brumback and Shannon Woolsey, will include the 2021 NCA & NDA Collegiate Cheer & Dance Championship and members of Navarro’s rival school, Trinity Valley Community College.
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