The Alvirne High School Cheerleading squad is heading to the State Championship after putting up one of the top five scores at the Division I Preliminaries.
The Lady Broncos competed in the Preliminary Round of the NHIAA tournement that took place on Sunday afternoon, March 9, at Pinkerton Academy, with 16 Division I schools competing for the chance to move onto the State Finals this Thursday.
With just five of the 16 moving on, the Alvirne squad edged out the Windham Jaguars for the third spot.
The Pinkerton Astros took first-place with 103.5-points, the Dover Green Wave was second, with 101-points, Alvirne captured third-place at 95.5, the Jaguars finished in fourth 92.9 and the Lancers got the final spot with 90.1, just three-tenth of a point in front of Salem.
The State Finals, involving the top groups in all three divisions, is scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 13, at Pinkerton Academy starting at 6 p.m.
The Broncos team members are: Nevaeh Alvarez, Krista Lajoie, Lindsey Moreau, Ashley Nadeau and Riley Peterson; Juniors, Mayah Davio, Shayla Dubois, Lexi Martorana and Julia Allison; Sophomores, Natalie Faulling and Jenna O’Neil; Freshman, Ava Gove and Emma Peterson.
The Broncos head coach is Shyla Francoeur with assistant coaches Angela Auger and Jessica Siefert.