The Green Level Stunt team went undefeated in 2025 and is looking to repeat as conference champions. While many people are familiar with traditional cheerleading, stunt is relatively new and uncommon. With such a successful stunt team at Green Level, it’s time for students to get informed and excited for the upcoming season.
Stunt is structured differently from what most people expect. Two teams go head to head in a game with four quarters, each quarter designated for a certain skill. The first quarter is partner stunts, the second quarter is pyramids, the third quarter is jumps and tumbling, and the final quarter is a combination of all in a short routine. The teams perform the skills at the same time and whichever team has the best execution wins the point for that quarter.
Unlike traditional cheerleading, stunt removes some of the performance aspect and focuses more on technique. Junior, Kailyn Bensen, has been a part of stunt at Green Level for years, and understands the importance of precision in technique during a stunt match.
“With Cheerleading there’s actual chants, and with stunt you only focus on specific skills like jumps, tumbling, and stunting,” said Bensen. “So it’s a lot more technically focused on the execution of your skills.”
Coming off a dominant season in 2025, the team has high expectations set for them this year.
Bensen said, “As reigning champs, we have a lot of pressure to keep our title and make it far in the season.”
The season is just beginning, with only a few matches in the books so far. They’ve competed in a scrimmage and one game so far, and they’ve won every point. It’s not easy to have such a spotless record so early in the season.
“We get new routines every year, so right now we’re working on getting our routines together and figuring out how to work together as a team and get that environment going.” Bensen said.
Despite the competitive nature of stunt, it is still not widely recognized. It is a female only sport and many schools and states don’t even have it in high schools. Bensen believes stunt deserves more recognition as its own sport.
“I think it deserves more attention because like any sport, it takes a lot of practice and is very time consuming,” said Bensen. “It isn’t like other sports, the skills that we do are very specific, and the way that everything has to be perfect takes a lot of effort.”
As the team enters this new season, they are looking to not only defend their title, but bring more recognition to the sport itself. Stunt is a sport that demands incredible precision and teamwork, and the Green Level stunt team performs at the highest level.
