Derby Pop Warner Cheerleaders Return Home with National Runner-Up Titles

The Derby Junior Pee Wee and Pee Wee Cheerleaders, coaches and parents returned to chilly and rainy Connecticut from warm and sunny Disney World earlier this month with a little extra carry on luggage — National-Runner Up Titles.

Both teams placed 2nd in their respective divisions:

  • Junior Pee Wee – Large Novice
  • Pee Wee – Medium Intermediate

The Pop Warner National Championships are the largest combined youth football and cheer championships in the world. Pop Warner has over 425,000 participants in 44 states and to qualify for the national championships teams must win at their local, regional qualifier and regional level for a chance to compete on the national stage.

The national championship took place in early December in Florida.

Derby represented the entire New England region in their cheer divisions and brought home silver medals.

Here is the roster for the squads:

Junior Pee Wee:
BRINETT BURGOS
SKYLER CURCIO
ARIANA ELLIS
JORDAN EPPS
KAITLYN GERCKENS
SARA GERCKENS
HALEY GRAMMATICO
CRISTAL GUTIERREZ
MOLLY KEANE
ALEXA KISH
MADISON KOVAL
SAMANTHA LANDONA
KADENCE LEIDY
ALYSSA MENEO
VICTORIA NATALE
KAYLEE OLENOSKI
NATASHA OQUENDO
VICTORIA RAMIREZ
KAELYN RICE
SAMANTHA RUELLE
ANGELICA SAMPSON
ALYSSA SCHNEIDER,
MACKENZIE SILL
KAYLEIGH STOCKMAL
SHAYLA SULLIVAN
MEGAN TALLBERG
KIMBERLY VOYTEK

HEAD COACH: LYNNETTE ESPOSITO
ASSISTANT COACH: NICOLE ADAMS
ASSISTANT COACH: CORY BARTONE
ASSISTANT COACH: CHANTAL GERCKENS
ASSISTANT COACH: NICOLE ORAZIETTI
ASSISTANT COACH: TERI POUGH
ASSISTANT COACH: ELIZABETH ALBERS

Pee Wee:
BIANCA ABEL
TATYANA ABREU
VLORA CENA
BRIANNA CHOCKEY
RIANNA FROSCENO
JESSICA GALLAGHER
MAKAYLA GIBSON
VICTORIA HYDER
CASEY KROSS
KELSEY LANE
SAMANTHA LAPPOST
TRINITY MANCHESTER
MIA MERRITT
FAITH NAGY
ASHLEY ORCHANO
DEVANSHI PATEL
JESSICA PATTEN
ELIZABETH PETROSKI
KAYLA PICZKO
LILLIAN SAMPSON
MAKAYLA SCHECK
SOPHIA SLOWIK
VICTORIA WHEELER

HEAD COACH: BARBARA HUBBARD
ASSISTANT COACH: BRITTANY ANDERSON
ASSISTANT COACH: DANIELLE HUBBARD
ASSISTANT COACH: MICHELE PELUSO
ASSISTANT COACH: SAMANTHA SLOWIK
ASSISTANT COACH: LAUREN ANDERSON
ASSISTANT COACH: KATHY SLOWIK
ASSISTANT COACH: MELANIE ANDERSON
ASSISTANT COACH: ELIZABETH BAILEY

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