Pinckneyville Jr. Panthers Cheerleading League

11/05/2023

WHAT. A. SEASON! 🤩 Finished on a big Panthers win and these girls were perfect, as always! 🫶🏻 A HUGE thank you to 1️⃣ ALL of the parents/grandparents that got their girls to practices and games each week and bearing with us as we navigated this new endeavor 2️⃣ Coach Chelsea for making cheers, bringing the energy, always being DJ, and dreaming up Princess practice 3️⃣ Coach Lauren for fantastic signs and cheer assists 4️⃣ Coach Maggi for getting us an FEIN, starting the bank account, keeping me organized, and designing/ordering our gorgeous bows 5️⃣ Jr. Coach Bristal for being an amazing role model and Cheer LEADER 6️⃣ ALL of our beautiful cheerleaders for putting in so much work and making this season unforgettable!

I can’t express my appreciation enough for all of the work that went into this league. 🫶🏻 Sincerely hope each girl walks away with a new friend, one or two new cheer skills, and some fun memories. 🥰

~Coach Bailey

11/05/2023

HEY PANTHER FANS, UP IN THE (Facebook) STANDS….🗣️ The undefeated Jr. Panthers sophomore team take to the field today at 1pm to defend their record in the first round of playoffs! Our amazingly talented cheerleaders will be there to cheer them on to victory, in what will be our final cheer game of the season! Come out to show your support! 🏈📣🐾🫶🏻

10/20/2023

‘Thursday Night Lights’ are for Cheerleaders! 📣 🤩
Such an awesome last practice tonight! 🫶🏻

10/13/2023

What an awesome, fun practice! These girls are down for anything and we just can’t get enough! 🤩💗👑

10/13/2023

Princess Practice tonight! 🩷👑

10/11/2023

🌟Jr. Coach Spotlight🌟
Meet Bristal, our CheerLEADER 📣 and one of the awesome elements that makes our squad stand out❗️🤩 On and off the track, this girl is amazing! Besides just standing in to lead all of the cheers (in lieu of having to watch one of us Moms 🥴), she is relatable and a great role model for our girls. 🥰 So, let’s get to know her (and prepare to be impressed)!

Bristal is a 6th grader at Oakdale Grade School, where she plays the clarinet, competes in basketball & volleyball, runs track AND is on the Honor Roll. She has done competitive cheer since she was 4 and has been to All-Star Worlds in Orlando 3 times with a 3rd place finish as well as 1st place finish at The Open Nationals held at Universal. She now tumbles with Jamie's Tumbling in Nashville and swims with the Blue Racers during the summer.

But wait 🛑 there’s more! Bristal is the current Illinois Junior Miss United States Agriculture and will be competing at Nationals next summer for the 2024 Junior Miss United States Agriculture. 🤩 She currently has over 200 hours of community service logged for 2023 🫶🏻 and is currently learning ASL (American Sign Language) with hopes of becoming an ASL Interpreter some day. In her free time she enjoys drawing and potting plants with her Grandma.

We could not be luckier to have such a phenomenal young lady at the forefront of our fantastic squad! ❤️👏🏻

10/06/2023

We practice hard 💪🏼 to cheer harder 📣.

These girls put a lot of work in long before Game Day AND. IT. SHOWS! 🔥

10/04/2023

🔆Meet Your Coaches🔆
✴️I get stopped quite often and asked by parents, “Which one are you?” 😂 Fair question! You see our names in messages, but never get to put a face to it, so let’s fix that. 😉
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✨Bailey Jo Lee, Mom to Cheerleader Aspen, student at St. Bruno’s School. While being the Business Manager at the local prison constitutes my day job, my world revolves around spending time with my family and, especially, traveling with them. While having very little experience in the world of Cheer, my goal was to bring organization to a program in it’s infancy, while still incorporating fun. What I didn’t expect was how rewarding it would be getting to know these beautiful girls. 🫶🏻
✨Maggi Rae Tudor, Mom of Cheerleader Madelyn & Jr. Cheer Coach Bristal, students at Oakdale Elementary. I am the busy Mom of 4 kids altogether (Bristal, Madelyn, Kennedy & Royce) I’m an Account Tech at Pinckneyville Prison. The Tudor Clan loves staying busy with sports and community service projects.
✨Chelsea Castellano, Mom of Cheerleader Mia, student at Pinckneyville Dist #50. Hey! My name is Coach C or Castellano😀 I have 4 kids that keep me extremely busy with a toddler and a high schooler 🥴 I love experiences and making memories in my “spare” time😂 I currently am manager of casa castellano but plan to utilize my degree within the next 2 years once my youngest is in school full time. I’m born and raised in Pinckneyville and absolutely love giving back to the community that gave me so much❤️
✨Lauren Helvey, Mom of Cheeleader McKenna, student at Pinckneyville #204. I have two girls that attend CCSD #204. I work at Pinckneyville Community Hospital in the Imaging Department. Our family loves movie nights, hiking, going to the beach and hanging with the Castellano crew 😉 This is my first year helping with the cheerleaders and I'm loving it!❤️

🐾If you lost count, that’s 4️⃣ Moms, with 1️⃣1️⃣ kids (plus some bonus kids☺️), representing 4️⃣ different school districts, just trying to guide 3️⃣2️⃣ awesome cheerleaders through a great season! 📣😉 We don’t have a lot of experience, but we have a lot of passion for this group, and we truly hope that shows. 🫶🏻

10/02/2023