The equation isn’t too complicated. Nine girls. Two minutes, 32 seconds. A 92.88 score. All that adds up to a national championship.
“I was in shock,” said Ashlei Slinchak, describing the moment she and one of her teammates were sent out to the floor of Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex to retrieve the Pop Warner Junior Pee Wee Level 2 championship trophy. “I was trying to process it. We’re a small team of nine girls, and we were the best in the nation at our level. It was crazy and exciting.”
The Pinelands Devils took off for the Pop Warner Cheer & Dance National Championships on Dec.
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