National champs at work: Many of these girls are two-time national champions in competitive cheerleading. Building this stunt in practice are (l-r) flyers Katrina Murray, Christiana Toomey, and Sophie Baublitz. Forming the foundation are Destiny Buckhanan, Rachel Laereman, Alba Alvarado, Tammy Schott, Gwen Page, Channon Miles Saucer, Gabrielle Ficker, Julia Boro, and Clare Brodersen. Missing is Christine Hafner. SportsDashboards photo
The Cheer team, currently under the guidance of Aleshia Adams-Page, has been on a three-year roll. It began at Disneyland, in the U.S.A. Junior Nationals competition, where the Midget team won its division, only to be eclipsed by the Peewee team that not only won its division, but won the national grand championship as well. Two years ago, the Peewee team came in second at the JAMZ national championship in Las Vegas. This year, the Jr. Midgets won the JAMZ national championship in their division and the Jr. Peewees earned a second place.
SportsDashboards previously wrote about their achievements here and here.
This run of national prominence is being threatened as Page steps down as Cheer Director. Her daughter is graduating from the program, so Page’s last event will be the JAMZ national competition in January, where her Midget team will defend its championship. No one has come forward to assume the reins.
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