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YAIAA sends 12 to Big 33 cheerleading team


Eight York County cheerleaders and four cheerleaders from Adams County have been named to this year's Big 33 Classic cheerleading squads.

The following athletes will cheer for the Pennsylvania team: Emily Crites (Spring Grove), Laura D'Ambrogi (Dallastown), Nizah Dillon (York County Tech), Katie Eichelberger (Spring Grove), Nikita Kruhm (Dallastown) and Kendra Rager (York County Tech).

The following athletes will cheer for the Maryland team: Emily Smith (Northeastern), Alexis Zayas (Northeastern), Danielle Sterner (New Oxford), Courtney Auchey (Gettysburg), Saranda Gerlach (Hanover), and Amber Meckley (New Oxford) made the squad.

A total of 67 cheerleaders will participate in this year's Big 33: 33 cheerleaders representing Pennsylvania and 34 representing Maryland.

The 59th Big 33 Football Classic is set for 7 p.m. June 18 at Hersheypark Stadium.

Here are the complete rosters for the Pennsylvania cheerleading team and the Maryland cheerleading team.