A trophy made its way from Dallas, Texas, to North Florida Elite Cheer and Tumbling in Starke as its Haze team won the National Cheerleaders Association All-Star National Championship in the L4.2 Small Senior Co-Ed division. The team competed Feb. 24-26 in Dallas, placing ahead of the Amistad Eagles All-Stars (Del Rio, Texas) Black Ice and Punchfront Cheer’s (Bonaire, Georgia) Glow-Ed. The Haze hit zero two straight days, which means it completed its routines without receiving any deductions. The news would get even better for the Haze, which later found out its score of 95.7458 was good enough to earn it a full-paid bid to compete at the D2 Championship, which will be held May 5-7 at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex at The Walt Disney World Resort. Pictured are: (front, l-r) Kaylee Park, Bailey Nelson, Alyssa Sanford, Sydney Box, Destiny Ridgeway, Aubree Michaux, (middle, l-r) Coach Dave Darty, Coach Megan Ford, Marissa Callesto, Kendall Cook, Ashlyn Thomas, Laila Briseno, NFE Owner Stefanie Nelson, (back, l-r) Bryleigh Brantley, Addison Renfroe, Amy Prescott, Dezmond Edwards, Aubrey Nelson, Mia Disparti and Coach Harrison Paine. NFE, which opened in 2010, is currently serves 100 athletes, ranging in age from 4 to 18. Photo by Patricia Bath.
