The Mercury (Pottstown, PA)

Cheer squads head to Quest Championsh­ips

Team raising money to cover cost of trip

- MediaNews Group

The Twisters won first place at the recent 2020Beach Blast competitio­n and won a bid to The Disney Quest Championsh­ip.

The Twisters, both the F1 and the F2 Squads of the Tri-Valley Cheer Club in Birdsboro, won first place at the recent 2020 Beach Blast competitio­n and won a bid to The Disney Quest Championsh­ip, the most competitiv­e and prestigiou­s endof-season event for youth cheer.

The Twisters received the bid on Feb. 1 at the Philadelph­ia Beach Blast held at the Expo Center in Oaks. They also won 1st place on Feb. 15 at the Valentine’s Classic in York.

The Quest exclusive event will be held March 13 and 14 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort, Florida. The Quest will feature the nation’s top recreation teams from across the country.

The Tri-Valley Cheer Club, located in Birdsboro, is a non-profit competitio­n cheer squad for ages 5-18 and consists of two squads, the F1s (ages 12 and under) and the F2s (ages 12 and up). Coaches are Nicole Rosella and Melissa Dermott.

The squads consist of the following: Skylee Burroughs

from Honey Brook, Emily Eckrote from Honey Brook, Molly Dillow-Smith from Morgantown, Raegan

Hanth from Birdsboro, Emelia-Nicole Hickey from Birdsboro, Kaitlynn Hinckley from Morgantown,

Raelle Landean from Birdsboro, Breyne Mazzarelli from Mohnton, Marissa Mills from Mohnton,

Carlee Mountz from Birdsboro, Lily Simpson from Elverson, Alyvea Smith from Morgantown, Ava Stasik from Morgantown, Ellie Wetheringt­on from Morgantown, Kristi Chalfant-Sloyer from Honey Brook, Lizzie Fleck from Mohnton, Cadence Jasinski from Birdsboro, Hailey McCoy from Birdsboro, Molly Simpson from Elverson, Piper Spahr from Morgantown, Katy Stoutenger from Morgantown, Savanna Weber from Birdsboro, and Skyler Marks from Birdsboro.

Tri-Valley Cheer Club is seeking the public’s help sending the squad to Disney.

“Please help our squad get to Disney and make our girls dreams come true,” Katie Fleck posted on Facebook. “Any amount is greatly appreciate­d. Thank you for supporting our girls.”

The Tri-Valley Cheer Club set up a GoFundMe page, Twister’s Disney Bid, to raise funds for the trip to Disney. Donate using the following GoFundMe link https://www. gofundme.com/f/twister039­s-disney-bid?utm_ source=facebook&utm_ medium=social&utm_ campaign=p_cp+sharesheet&f bclid=IwAR38uCL4­76dqfF-PWwVZ4LTa1­L5F3lDp42p­woBXpijab3­9TwDFwVGWu­9Tg

For more informatio­n, find the club on Facebook under Tri-Valley Cheer Club.

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SUBMITTED PHOTO The Twisters F1 Squad during competitio­n.
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SUBMITTED PHOTO The Twisters are headed to Disney in March.
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SUBMITTED PHOTO The Twisters F2 Squad.

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