A cheerleader since first grade, her enthusiasm for the sport goes deeper than pumping up a crowd at an athletic event and this year, she and Team Mom Lisa Ambrose created “Challenger Cheerleading,” the Poconos first-ever special-needs cheer squad.
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Special-needs cheerleaders inspire at world competition – Chicago Daily Herald
By Mitchell Armentrout Warming up backstage at the Cheerleading Worlds Competition in Orlando on April 28, minutes before her squad would perform in front of almost 10000 people, coach Kelley Layton was struck by her squad’s poise.
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Special-needs cheerleader squad raises spirits at Colorado high school – Denver Post
By Anthony Cotton Cheerleader Caley Elliot congratulates the opposing team following a basketball game Thursday night. The Arapahoe High School Unified Cheer Squad fired up the crowd and performed a special routine during halftime.
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Corning girl brings cheer to special-needs students – Elmira Star-Gazette
“Cheerleaders can be stereotyped,” the 15-year-old sophomore said recently. “Cheerleading is what we do, not who we are. “The sport requires dedication, hard work, hours and hours of practice, and a sense of team. We like to raise the spirit of others, …
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Junior forms special-needs cheerleading squad – Chicago Daily Herald
Nicole Krippinger shouts as her Special-Needs Cheerleaders squad flocks to her like bees to a flower. Younger than some of the girls she mentors, 17-year-old Nicole has been a varsity cheerleader since she was a freshman, takes a full load of honors …
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Glenbard North junior forms special-needs cheerleading squad – Chicago Daily Herald
Joking around after practice comes naturally to Nicole Krippinger, a varsity cheerleader at Glenbard North High School in Carol Stream. Nicole has volunteered countless hours in forming a cheerleading squad for girls with developmental disabilities. …
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Glenbard North junior forms special-needs cheerleading squad – ABC7Chicago.com
January 15, 2012 (WLS) — While most people are familiar with the Special Olympic athletes competing in the sports, one Glenbard North cheerleader has voluntarily built a Special Olympics cheerleader squad that practiced long hours to learn the …
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TEMECULA: Special-needs girls get chance to shine – North County Times
And she doesn’t allow an intellectual disability to keep her from being a member of the cheerleading squad. Now, she’s a pageant queen, too, winning the school’s first Miss Amazing contest Thursday night. Emileigh, who turns 15 on Saturday, …
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Special-needs cheerleaders sparkle – Akron Beacon Journal (blog)
The goal of the organization is to create 100 new high school squads for students with disabilities in the next two years. Kyser herself is offering a challenge to other districts to form a Sparkles cheer squad. Perhaps that’s because she has a place …
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Special-Needs Cheer Team Inspires – KOCO Oklahoma City
The competition features teams from throughout the region and includes six special-needs squads. The Shining Starz cheer squad consists of 22 Oklahoma City-area special-needs people from 6 to 25 years old. Some of the team members travel up to 45 …
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