Amid bumps, bruises and all kinds of ailments, the cheerleaders of the Old Rochester Youth Football and Cheerleading showed they could bounce back and do a basket toss with the best of them.

This year the two older squads, the Junior Pee Wees, ages 9 to 11, and the Junior Midgets, ages 10 to 14, placed high in both their local and regional competitions.

They achieved a lot despite bruised ribs, Lyme disease, pneumonia and strained muscles, said head coach Janessa Conceicao.

“We had a rough season this year,” she said. “They overcame all that and they’ve really hit their routine.”

Conceicao, a resident of Providence, Rhode Island, has worked with the girls for five years and said she tries to make sure the girls are “maxed out” on their score sheets so they will do well in their competitions. She coached the Mights while Chantell Santos coached the Pee Wees.

This year, the Junior Pee Wees and the Junior Midgets won first place at the Rhode Island Southeastern Massachusetts Football and Spirit Conference, with the Midgets scores earning them the title of 2015 grand champs.

The two squads then went to the New England regional competition where the Pee Wees placed fifth, garnering a trophy, and the Midgets placed third.

Their coach admits that is a good spot, but in missing second place by a slim .02 points, they also missed their opportunity to go to nationals, “which is really devastating,” said Conceicao. “They worked really hard though."

The girls had no easy feat when it comes to placing in the competitions. In two and a half minutes, they must perform stunt, jump, dance, and run and tumble sequences.

The young cheerleaders said they were disappointed to miss nationals, but they also enjoyed the season, both cheering for the Pop Warner football players and competing against their peers from across New England.

This year was 9-year-old Nashajia Monteiro of New Bedford’s third cheering.

As an Olympic hopeful, she said the competition and the camaraderie was good for her.

It was a good season, “because I got to do more stunts and dancing, and I got to have more friends,” she said.

Alexa Zell, 11, of Marion said she wanted to cheer for a long time, and this year, her first, did not fall short of her expectations.

“I really liked it. I’m definitely doing it next year. I just liked all the tumbling and gymnastics. We get to do a lot of stunts that are really cool,” she said.

The girls are done for the season, but there is a lot to be proud of.

Said 11-year-old Katelyn Bellemare of Rochester, “It was fun. It was just a good season.”