All-star cheerleaders bring home hardware

The Warren County junior high All-star cheer squad competed at UCA cheer camp recently, and received a second-place award in the home pom competition.

The team competed against 14 other junior high squads from across the state. The only squad placing above the local girls was a three-time national champion team, Mt. Pisgah from Cordoba, Tenn.

The Elementary all-star cheer squad also competed, bringing home second place in the home pom competition, first place for their extreme routine and second place in the camp champ division for cheer.

Also, four local girls were selected at all-stars. Shelby Marttala and Lauren Judkins from the elementary team, as well as Leah Steakley and Hailey Jones from the junior high squad, earned invitations to the Thanksgiving Day Parade at Walt Disney World.

Judkins was also picked out of the elementary squads for the “Best Jump” award while Steakley earned the same honor from among the junior high participants.

The elementary team is coached by Tressie Hitchcock and Amanda Wheeler, while Hitchcock and Dayron Deaton coach the junior high squad.