Congratulations, National Champions! 📣 #NCAnationals [1] pic.twitter.com/es6Qgk1qjQ [2]
— NCA (@NCAupdates) April 7, 2023 [3]
Navarro College, the team you know and love from Netflix's "Cheer," [4] just snagged yet another national title at the 2023 NCA & NDA Collegiate National Championship in Daytona Beach, FL — bringing their tally up to 16 wins.
Navarro won the Advanced Large Coed Junior College division, which houses one of the biggest rivalries in college cheerleading, with a score of 98.60 [5]. Longtime rivals Trinity Valley Community College finished in second with a score of 97.57, and Iowa Central's 87.25 was good for third.
The Bulldogs went into the second day of competition in first place. During finals, they hit their routine [6] — meaning they didn't receive any major deductions or make any significant mistakes — to secure the top spot. Varsity Spirit, which puts on the competition, shared a front-row view of their finals routine on TikTok [7], and you can feel the energy bouncing off the mat.
@varsityspirit [8] It’s giving Party on the Mat. 🏆 #Navarro [9] #NCAnationals [10] #navarrocheer [11] #nationalchampions [12]
♬ Pursuit Of Happiness - Extended Steve Aoki Remix - Kid Cudi [13]
While the whole routine stuns in true Navarro fashion, the moment people can't stop talking about on social media is the pyramid. In the most climactic moment, flyer Paige Moffet [14] performs a full twisting layout up to the top of a 2-2-1 pyramid, landing on the knees of two teammates — an incredibly difficult skill — and the crowd goes wild. The team looks so solid doing this advanced move, one Twitter user [15] reposted the clip with the caption: "like clockwork."
Nick Prak [16], a cheerleader and photographer, captured the moment in slow motion during day one of the competition and shared it on Instagram, showing the skill in all its glory.
Gabi Butler, a breakout star from the Netflix series who joined the team at Daytona this year (potentially as a coach), shared the same snippet of the routine on her Instagram [17], writing, "Navarro 2023…… you guys are SICKENING" — and really, we couldn't agree more.
While the team have yet to post their full routine from finals, Navarro shared a video [18] of the whole pyramid from their "show-off" a couple of days prior to competition, which you can watch below. It may not be in the Daytona bandshell, but we promise it'll still give you chills.