The Highstown Rams Junior Pee Wee Cheerleaders proved hard work and determination pays off by taking first place first place at the Eastern Region Pop Warner Cheer competition held Nov. 12 at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton.
The girls competed against 14 other teams from New York, NewJersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware to win the championship. The group of 16 fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders will now head to Florida to compete Dec. 7 for the national championship at Disney World.
Last month, the team earned first place at the Central Jersey Pop Warner Competition, securing them an opportunity to compete at the regional.
The girls have been fundraising throughout the season and have set up a GoFundMe page to help them with travel expenses. Contributions can be made athttps://www.gofundme.com/hightstown-pw-road-to-disney.
The squad is led by head coach Stephanie Oravsky; assistant coachesToni Stanley, Stacey O’Donnell and Kathryn Cunningham; junior coachesDevon Recchia, Samara Lorber and Nicole Rincon; under the leadershipof cheer coordinator Michelina Thornton.
