The Delta Blaze Competition Cheer Program, sponsored by Delta State Continuing Education, began the 2016-17 season at the Critique Kickoff Competition in Jackson on Nov. 12. The 32 team members, coached by Cheryl Turner and assistants, competed against teams from across the southern states.<\/p>\n
The Junior Level 1 and Junior Level 2 squads returned to Cleveland with first place team banners from their wining routines.<\/p>\n
Under the individual routine category, Bella Morgan received 2nd<\/sup> place in Mini Level 1, Madison Jefcoat received 1st<\/sup> place in Senior Level 3, Lily Naron received 2nd<\/sup> place in Youth Level 3, Caitlyn Smith received 4th<\/sup> place in Youth Level 3, Carlie Rogers received 2nd<\/sup> place in Junior Level 2, Haley Bassie received 3rd<\/sup> 4th<\/sup> place in Junior Level 3, and Machia Franklin received 2nd<\/sup> place in Youth Level 2.<\/p>\n All Delta Blaze squads and individual routines earned bids for the Emerald Coast Nationals that will be held in Florida in April of 2017.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a great start to the new season. Dedication and hard word do pay off, and this is only the beginning for these girls,\u201d said Turner. \u201cThe judges expect teams to get better through the season. Now it\u2019s time to practice even harder, make our stunts and tumbling harder, and work on technique in all elements of our routine.\u201d<\/p>\n Delta Blaze members include: Junior Level 1 – Kamiyah Burchfield, Mia Delahoussaye, Sara Peyton Edwards, Virginia Harris, Sarah Hendon, Carter Kittle, Daylen Kittrell, Rivers Langston, Ryley Massey, Katelyn Massey, Ann Gerard Mohamed, Emma Oswalt. Junior Level 2 \u2013 Amber Kirsten Allen, Gracie Day Bishop, Mary Ella Chicorelli, Sara Peyton Edwards, Jordan Ferrell, Mary Michael Fioranelli, Ella Fioranelli, Machia Franlin, Virginia Harris, Sophie Hays, Sarah Hendon, Daylen Kittrell, Rivers Langston, Mary Cambre Lee, Kirstin Lucas, Carrie Maggio, Bylar Malloy, Ryley Massey, Katelyn Massey, Ann Gerard Mohamed, Peyton Murry, Emma Oswalt, Elizabeth James Sanders, Caitlyn Smith. Individual routine participants \u2013 Caitlyn Smith, Machia Franklin, Lily Naron, Madison Jefcoat, Bella Morgan, Carlie Rogers, Haley Bassie.<\/p>\n Delta Blaze, a competition program from Delta AllStars Cheer, is organized through Delta State Continuing Education. Multiple level cheer and tumbling technique classes are offered for ages four and up throughout the year. For those\u00a0interested signing\u00a0your child up for cheer and tumbling classes, contact Elizabeth Joel, coordinator, at 662-846-4700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Delta Blaze Competition Cheer Program, sponsored by Delta State Continuing Education, began the 2016-17 season at the Critique Kickoff Competition in Jackson on Nov. 12. The 32 team members,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":72891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1654],"tags":[1677,1655,1678],"class_list":["post-72888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-continuing-education","tag-delta-blaze","tag-delta-state-continuing-education","tag-gymnastics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72888"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72895,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72888\/revisions\/72895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}