BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- The 2026 Mid-South Conference Cheerleading Championships are scheduled for Saturday at Bowling Green Arena on the campus of Bowling Green High School.

The competition begins at 10:30 a.m. CT. Tickets are $15 for the person and can be purchased at the door. The championship is free to watch on the Mid-South Conference Network hosted by the Urban Edge Network.

Five teams are scheduled to compete for the championship and an automatic bid into the NAIA National Championships later this month in Topeka, Kansas.

Cumberland (Tenn.), Cumberlands (Ky.), Georgetown (Ky.), Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), and Midway (Ky.) take to the mat in a two-round championship.

The first round begins at 10:40 a.m. CT with Lindsey Wilson. Cumberlands is scheduled for 10:50 a.m. CT, followed by Cumberland at 11 a.m. CT, Georgetown at 11:10 a.m. CT, and Midway at 11:20 a.m. CT.

The first round is worth 25 percent of the team's total score.

Teams will compete in ascending order based on their first-round scores, beginning at approximately noon CT. Second-round scores are worth 75 percent of the team's score.

The champion advances to the NAIA National Championships on March 27-28 in Topeka.