Editing Cheerleading (section)

===Youth leagues and athletic associations===
[[File:YouthCheerleadingPompons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|left|Youth cheerleaders during a football [[halftime show]]. Youth cheer—[[Secondary school|high school]] ages and younger—make up the vast majority of cheerleaders and cheer teams.]]

Organizations that sponsor youth cheer teams usually sponsor either youth league [[American football|football]] or [[basketball]] teams as well. This allows for the two, under the same sponsor, to be intermingled. Both teams have the same mascot name and the cheerleaders will perform at their football or basketball games. Examples of such sponsors include [[Pop Warner Little Scholars|Pop Warner]], [[American Youth Football]], and the [[YMCA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=301593|title=Cheerleading|website=Livebinders.com|access-date=19 November 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034111/http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=301593|url-status=live}}</ref> The purpose of these squads is primarily to support their associated football or basketball players, but some teams do compete at local or regional competitions. The Pop Warner Association even hosts a national championship each December for teams in their program who qualify.