| ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (click here for past winners) This week PQ Sports Athlete of the Week is Brea Degasperis and Mikayla Manos of the Socal Elite Junior Teal. Brea Degasperis, PQ resident and Mikayla Manos, former PQ resident, competed in the Cheer Power West Coast National Championship Cheerleading Competition, held at the iPayone Center on February 24th and 25th. Their team, the SoCal Elite Junior Teal, finished first in their division and achieved the award of National Champion. This team of 20 athletes has worked hard for the past year perfecting a routine that features dance, stunts and gymnastics. Practices for this team are held a minimum of twice a week for at least two hours. Usually team members also participate in private gymnastic or stunt lessons to improve their craft. Their hard work this past weekend earned the team members a medal, jacket, team trophy and banner. The SoCal Elite performed this past weekend at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood (home of the Oscars), and have three more competitions in March in Anaheim, Palm Springs and finally the COA Ultimate National Championship in Orlando, Florida in April. The SoCal Elite gym is located in Poway and currently features 6 teams of various levels from beginners to advanced. The gym will be holding open tryouts in late April for any interested ladies or gentlemen. PQ Sports is always looking for young athletes in our community to honor as athlete of the week. If you know of someone worthy, please email your nomination to chris@pqsports.com . Your athlete can be a senior pitcher or a 5 year-old soccer player that scored his/her first goal...we want to hear about them all! |
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