Navarro vs. Trinity Valley was the matchup of the year.
premiered its second season this week, following Monica Aldama's cheer team at Navarro College as they grapple with fame, scandal, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Filmed amid the changes facing the team, the unflinchingly honest second season follows Navarro as the champions train to take home first place at the NCA & NDA Collegiate Cheer & Dance Championship in Daytona, Florida for the second year in a row.
But Navarro isn't the only team going for the gold in season 2. The doc expands this run to also follow their rivals, Trinity Valley Community College. The evenly matched teams have been going head to head for years, with the winner decided by tenths of a point on the scoreboard. For anyone who can't wait to find out who came out on top, read on to learn who won Daytona.season 2 started filming as early as January 2020, following Navarro as they trained for Daytona that year.
Then came March 2020. COVID was on the horizon as the team began Hell Week, an intense week of conditioning and perfecting their routine for Daytona. Soon afterwards, the world began shutting down and most sports events were cancelled, including the NBA, NCAA, and Daytona. Both Navarro and Trinity Valley's cheer seasons, as well as those of hundreds of schools throughout the nation, came to an abrupt end.
that he turned down the production then, but said yes after seeing season 1. “We loved how they portrayed our sport. So, we definitely didn’t turn it down the second time,” he said. season 2 follows both teams throughout the 2020-2021 school year, as they train for Daytona 2021. Unfortunately, though the cheerleaders' eligibility were extended for a year due to the pandemic, not everyone decided to return.
Among Navarro members who returned were vet Gabi Butler and new additions to the show Maddy Brum, Gillian Rupert, and Cassadee Dunlap, who all joined the team the previous year.Both teams make it to Daytona 2021 at the end of the season; the series follows them through the preliminary and final rounds, taking place over two days. In the end, both team performed their complex routines twice, landing a zero, or having zero errors, for one round and missing some moves for another round.