Spirit Sports Duel in the Desert took place on February 5-6 in Palm Springs, CA. This event had 215 AllStar Cheer, 22 Traditional Cheer, 2 Special Needs Exhibition Cheer, 4 AllStar Dance, and 3 Traditional Dance teams compete. This event was a qualifier for Worlds & and the International All Levels Championship. Worlds Paid Bids were awarded to:
- Arizona Power Xtreme “Envy” (Senior Small L5)
- Cheerforce “Nfinity” (International Coed L5)
Worlds At Large Bids were awarded to:
- American Cheer “Flyers” (Senior Small Limited Coed L5)
- Arizona Power Xtreme “Intense” (Senior Small Limited Coed L5)
- CheerForce “Envy” (International Open All Girl L5)
- Fierce Allstars “LegendKatz” (Senior Small Limited Coed L5)
- Pacific Coast Magic “Mysterious” (Senior Small Limited Coed L5)
- POWER Cheer (International Open All Girl L5)
The event had 215 AllStar Cheer Teams in 40 Divisions for an average of 5.38 teams per division and 4 AllStar Dance teams in 3 divisions for an average of 1.33 teams per division.
All*Star Cheer By Level
- Level 1 – 48 Teams in 7 Divisions (6.86 Average)
- Level 2 – 56 Teams in 8 Divisions (7.00)
- Level 3 – 40 Teams in 8 Divisions (5.00)
- Level 4 – 23 Teams in 4 Divisions (5.75)
- Level 4.2 – 6 Teams in 2 Divisions (3.00)
- Level 5 – 38 Teams in 9 Divisions (4.22)
- Level 6 – 4 Teams in 2 Divisions (2.00)
All*Star Cheer By Age
- Tiny – 10 Teams in 1 Division (10.00 Average)
- Mini – 19 Teams in 3 Divisions (6.33)
- Youth – 29 Teams in 5 Divisions (5.80)
- Junior – 41 Teams in 9 Divisions (4.56)
- Senior – 90 Teams in 16 Divisions (5.63)
- Senior Open – 9 Teams in 2 Divisions (4.50)
- International/Open – 17 Teams in 4 Divisions (4.25)