Videos Of Stomp & Shake Cheerleaders Performing Upstomps (High Steps) from 2007 to 2011

 

SASSY (Take It Away)

woowooworkit, Aug 31, 2007

Sassy does a cheer at the first football game

Prince Edward County High Varsity Cheer [Virginia].

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Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest revision - May 22, 2026

This is Part II of a three part pancocojams series on stomp & shake cheerleader squads' upstomp (high step) motions. 

This post focuses on videos of pre 2013 performances of stomp & shake cheerleaders performing upstomps (high steps).

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/05/stomp-shake-cheerleaders-upstomps-high.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post presents definitions and YouTube video examples of stomp & shake cheerleaders' signature motions called "upstomp" (also known as "high steps". . 

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/05/pre-2013-videos-of-stomp-shake.html for Part III of this pancocojams series. That post showcases five videos of pre-2013 stomp & shake cheerleaders. These videos document cheer routines that I believe document early examples of "high steps" (upstomps) or don't include any "high steps" ("upstomp") motions in those cheer routines. 

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Thanks to all those who are featured in these embedded YouTube videos. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/05/descriptions-video-examples-of-upstomps.html for the 2022 pancocojams post entitled "Descriptions & Video Examples Of "Upstomps" and "Jiggle Pops" (Stomp & Shake Cheerleading Motions)"

Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/06/stomp-and-shake-cheerleading-double.html for a 2023 pancocojams post entitled "Stomp And Shake Cheerleading Motions: "Upstomps/High Steps")

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
"Upstomps' ("high steps") are an integral, signature motion in (standing up*) contemporary stomp & shake cheerleaders. 

*as opposed to stomp & shake cheers that are performed while the cheerleaders are seated in gym bleachers

Indeed, since at least 2012 (high steps) have become such an integral feature of stomp & shake cheerleading routines on all levels (middle school or younger, high school, and university) that it might be argued that contemporary standing up cheer routines that don't include upstomps (high steps) aren't really examples of stomp & shake cheerleading.

I haven't come across any definitive documentation of which cheerleading squads created the upstomp (high step) cheer motion and and when this cheer motion was first performed in cheer routines.

However, my informal examination of numerous YouTube stomp & shake videos from 2006* to 2011 indicates that almost all of the stomp & shake cheerleaders performing "upstomps" (now referred to as "high steps") were from North Carolina. A smaller number of squads from Virginia are also represented in early (2006 and on) YouTube videos of stomp & shake cheerleading.  

This fits the historical record that documents that styles of stomp & shake cheerleading originated in North Carolina (particularly at Winston-Salem State University since 1976). It's also documented that another style of stomp & shake cheerleading originated at Virginia State University (which is about 30 minutes from Richmond, Virginia) two years earlier in 1974.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/06/when-did-stomp-shake-cheerleading-begin.html for the 2015 pancocojams post entitled "When Did Stomp & Shake Cheerleading Begin? (Online Comments & Website Statements)".

*A 2006 YouTube video of Howard University's stomp & shake cheerleaders that is embedded at the top of Part III of this pancocojams series shows those Howard University cheerleaders performing their cheer "Sit Back Down". That performance includes those cheerleaders parodying other cheerleaders performing upstomps while they chant "You move like this".  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8ZIz-IkZSI "Howard University Bison Cheerleaders 2"
published by CoachSpence, Oct 19, 2006 [Howard University is located in Washington, D.C.

The words to and the video of Howard University battle cheer "Sit Back Down" suggests that by at least 2006 the upstomp motion was closely associated with some-but not all -stomp & shake cheerleading teams. Judging from the YouTube videos that document & shake movement routines between 2006 -2011, upstomps were mostly associated withthose cheerleader squads who performed the North Carolina style/s of stomp & shake cheerleading.
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Howard University's "Sit Back Down" cheer documents the disparagement that occurred (and still occurs) between stomp & shake cheerleader squads and their respective fans of different cheerleader squads and different styles of stomp & shake cheerleading. Since Howard University is located in Washington D.C., near Richmond, Virginia, it's likely that their cheerleaders may have favored Virginia State University's style of performing stomp & shake routines over the Winston-Salem State University and other North Carolina styles of performing stomp & shake routines that included motions such as the upstomp (high steps).

Washington. D.C. is about a one hour and 50 minute drive to Richmond, Virginia. Richmond, Virginia is 30 minutes from the location of Virginia State University, the home of the stomp & shake cheerleader team the VSU Woo Woos. (Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia are part of the colloquial "DMV" referent for those areas.)

In contrast, Washington. D.C. is about a five hour drive to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the location of Winston-Salem State University's cheerleaders who have had a number of team names including "the Rams", Cheer Pi", and "Powerhouse".

Click.https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading.html for Part I of a three part pancocojams series for a list of titles and provides words for some stomp & shake cheers. The links to the other parts of that series are given in each post. 

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ADDITIONAL STOMP & SHAKE VIDEOS OF CHEERLEADERS PERFORMING UPSTOMPS (HIGH STEPS) from 2007 to 2011

Notice that all of these showcase videos of cheerleaders are of squads from universities or high schools in the state of North Carolina except for Showcase video #6. . Showcase video #6 showcases a high school in Richmond, Virginia.

Showcase Video #2 - WSSU Cheerleaders/ 08-09

 

yorztrulie,Feb 12, 2009

The RED SQUAD cheering at the pep rally for our game against A&T
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WSSU= Winston-Salem State University (located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

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Showcase Video #3- LC Cheerleaders Cheerin' Their Team On!!!

vcheer88, Mar 14, 2009

Livingstone College Cheerleaders [Salisbury, North Carolina)

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Showcase Video #4- West Meck HS Varsity Cheerleaders-Fire it up.MOV

Sophia Ward, Feb 22, 2011

West Meck HS = West Mecklenburg High School
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This high school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Virginia State University is located in Ettrick, Virginia, in Chesterfield County, just across the Appomattox River from Petersburg. The public historically Black land-grant university is situated about 20 miles south of Richmond and is accessible via Interstate 95.

Showcase Video #5 - West Charlotte Cheerleaders

All Things Angelica, Feb 11, 2011 (Charlotte, North Carolina)

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Showcase Video #6 - Armstrong Wildcat Cheerleaders



redhotkeke, Mar 21, 2007

Practicing to remain the best!!
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This high school is located in Richmond, Virginia

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Showcase video #7- VSU WOO WOOS 2011



juankiki25, Oct 12, 2011

FOOTAGE BY DELVALLE
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This is a YouTube video of Virginia State University's Woo Whoo cheerleaders.

VSU is located in Ettrick, Virginia, in Chesterfield County, about 20 miles south of Richmond Virginia.

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Showcase Video #8 -NCCU JV-You Can Do It

MrFierce06, Jan 30, 2011

NCCU VS. FAMU
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North Carolina Central University (NCCU) is located in Durham, North Carolina.

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