The 2026 Great Plains Athletic Conference Cheer & Dance Championships will be held on Friday and Saturday, March 6-7 in Orange City, Iowa. The event will be hosted at the Bultman Center.
COVERAGE
Watch Cheer Championship
Watch Dance Championship
DORDT SCHEDULE
Dordt is scheduled to compete in the prelims at 4:10pm on Friday and the dance team will compete in the prelims on Saturday at 10am.
CHEER COMPETITORS
Concordia, Doane. Northwestern, Hastings, Midland, Mount Marty, Waldorf, Dordt
DANCE COMPETITORS
Dordt, College of Saint Mary, Concordia, Midland, Briar Cliff, Morningside, Doane, Hastings, Northwestern
THE SCHEDULE
Cheer Prelims: Friday, March 6, 3pm
Cheer Finals: Friday, March 6, 5:20pm
Cheer All-Conference and Team Awards: Friday, March 6 7:20pm
Dance Prelims: Saturday, March 7, 10am
Dance Finals: Saturday, March 7, 12:30pm
Dance All-Conference and Team Awards: Saturday, March 7, 2:20pm
HISTORY
The 2025 Cheer Championship was won by Northwestern and Dordt finished sixth.
Full Results
| Place |
Team |
Prelims |
Finals |
Total |
| 1st |
Northwestern |
86.05 |
90.48 |
89.37 |
| 2nd |
Midland |
88.47 |
87.22 |
87.54 |
| 3rd |
Morningside |
83.57 |
83.95 |
83.85 |
| 4th |
Concordia |
79.83 |
80.83 |
80.59 |
| 5th |
Doane |
79.03 |
80.02 |
79.78 |
| 6th |
Dordt |
79.10 |
79.85 |
79.67 |
| 7th |
Hastings |
76.88 |
77.82 |
77.59 |
| 8th |
Mount Marty |
72.13 |
73.30 |
73.01 |
The 2025 Dance Championship was won by Midland and Dordt finished fifth.
Full Results
| Place |
Team |
Prelims |
Finals |
Total |
| 1st |
Midland |
90.83 |
92.27 |
91.91 |
| 2nd |
Doane |
86.70 |
90.70 |
89.70 |
| 3rd |
Morningside |
88.57 |
88.50 |
88.52 |
| 4th |
Concordia |
82.40 |
86.00 |
85.10 |
| 5th |
Dordt |
82.57 |
84.60 |
84.09 |
| 6th |
Northwestern |
72.77 |
73.57 |
73.37 |
| 7th |
Hastings |
72.97 |
71.23 |
71.665 |
| 8th |
CSM |
73.73 |
70.27 |
71.135 |
NEXT
Both the GPAC Cheer and Dance Champions will receive an automatic qualifier to the NAIA National Championships will be in Topeka, Kansas, on March 27 -28, 2026.
