Karns City cheer poses Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, at DuBois High School with the District 9 championship trophy after winning the title for the first time since 2018. Karns City’s roster includes: Kaitlin Bradley, Ashley Huff, Ziva Stewart, Jasmyn Bellon, Alana Crawford, Abigail Galan, Taylor Hunter, Adalyn Jones, Ava Kamenski, Ava Kiser, Braylynn Thompson, Avah Bishop, Audrina Hobaugh, Lexis Lamison, Allison Surman, Raegan Hillwig, Nicole Huff, Chloe Larimore, Carleigh Lucas, Caitlynn Olinger, Karsyn Stewart and Charlie Surman. Submitted photo

Karns City cheerleading won the District 9 large school division championship Saturday, beating DuBois.

It’s the first district title for the Gremlins since 2018, head coach Krista Ritzert said. Ritzert also said the team won the overall D9 championship with the most points.

“We had an excellent routine yesterday and we were very excited,” Ritzert said Sunday.

Union/A-C Valley was crowned the co-ed division champion.

KC, in Class 2A, and UAC advance to the PIAA championships held Jan. 30-31 at Santander Arena in Reading.

The two schools will join three other Butler County teams at states: Butler, Mars and Seneca Valley, which all qualified in the WPIAL championships last week.

Out of nine District 9 schools, six advanced to states, including Elk County Catholic, Punxsutawney, Redbank Valley and DuBois.