America’s Best National Championship

America's Best Championships is a Varsity all-star cheer event producer founded in 1994. Its flagship season-ending event is the America's Best National Championship (Grand Nationals), which in recent seasons has been held in Kansas City, Missouri, and is marketed by the brand as 'one of the best kept secrets in the industry.'

America's Best runs a regional-season circuit of competitions and offers bids to major end-of-season championships, including The Cheerleading Worlds, The Summit and The D2 Summit. Its events operate under Varsity and USASF sanctioning.

The producer's typical season schedule spans multiple states — with events documented in Massachusetts (Springfield), Indiana (Westfield/Indy), Ohio (Canton) and Maryland (Bel Air) — leading into the Grand Nationals / National Championship in Kansas City.

As a bid-offering national championship, the event draws competitive all-star programs pursuing Worlds and Summit bids, with results and placements structured within Varsity All Star's division and age-group framework.

America's Best Championships was founded in 1994 and later became part of the Varsity family of event producers, headquartered in the Louisville, Kentucky area (Jeffersontown, KY).

In recent seasons its National Championship / Grand Nationals has been staged in Kansas City, Missouri (for example, a Kansas City date was listed for December 2026), positioned as the brand's marquee end-of-season event and a bid opportunity to Worlds, The Summit and The D2 Summit.

Spectators can expect a competitive all-star cheer championship where teams perform full routines judged on skills, execution and overall performance, with placements and bids awarded within Varsity All Star's division and age-group structure.

Because it is a bid event, the field tends toward elite, senior and prep programs chasing Worlds, Summit and D2 Summit bids, and the Grand Nationals is treated as a key late-fall/early-season national stop on America's Best's circuit.

America's Best markets the National Championship on its production and atmosphere; specifics such as schedule blocks, awards format and warm-up logistics are published by the producer for each year's event.

America's Best's National Championship / Grand Nationals has in recent seasons been held in Kansas City, Missouri. The primary airport is Kansas City International Airport (MCI). Teams should confirm the exact host venue and address with the producer for the current season, as it is published per event.

Kansas City offers ample downtown and airport-area hotels and convention facilities convenient for traveling teams. (If you specifically need a Virginia Beach event, see the note below — the closest real Virginia Beach national championships are run by different producers.)