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Competition. The squad won the
small varsity division, in which teams
competed with 12 girls or fewer.
There were seven teams in this division.
The girls received a bid to the
National High School Cheerleading
Championship that will be held at
Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports
next month. The team is led by head
coach Samantha Hoffman and
assistant coaches Lauren Bocken,
Vigiland D’Haiti and Savannah
Wright.
Dr. Phillips 12-under water
polo athletes Sole Fratila of
Southwest Middle School and
Cody Hrynyk of Windy Ridge
School represented the Southeast
zone of the United States and competed
in USA Water Polo’s Rocktober
event. It is a Positive Coaching
Alliance-based tournament that emphasizes
sportsmanship and positive
play. Both boys have high hopes
of competing with the Olympic
Development Program in water
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polo. Fratila scored 31 goals in four
games, and Hrynyk scored six goals
in four games.
Fratila is a third-generation water
polo player. His grandfather
is a bronze Olympic medalist for
Romania, and his father, Adrian,
played on the Romanian National
Sole Fratila (left) and Cody Hrynyk (right), with Hrynyk’s
father, Corey, compete in the USA Water Polo’s Rock-tober event.
Team professionally in Nice, France,
and Germany, winning several
championship titles.
Hrynyk comes from a line of swimmers.
His father swam at Florida
State University. Both boys contribute
their success to a collaboration of
several Florida water polo coaches’
input and training.
“The biggest
challenge we
faced [was] to
find a water polo
game every week
for 12-under,”
Fratila said. “The
only way we could
overcome this was
to get on the phone
and call every
coach in the state
of Florida. I feel
so blessed that the
Florida coaches allowed
us to play
and were willing
to coach us whenever
we asked for
a pickup game.”
(L. to r.) Riley Welch, McKayla Parrott, Cecile Comtois
and Allie Schnacky of the West Orange High School
Warriorettes dance team perform at an Orlando Magic game.
West Orange High School dance
team captain Elizabeth Victor performs in
the second annual Varsity Spirit Spectacular
at Walt Disney World Resort.
Spectacular at Walt Disney World
Resort. Victor is the captain of the
WOHS dance team. She performed
in an exclusive pre-parade through
Disney’s Magic Kingdom park before
hundreds of fans.
Victor was invited
to perform in the
parade as part of
a select group of
captains and cocaptains
who attended
a Varsity
Spirit summer camp
hosted by Universal
Dance Association.
Performers had the
opportunity to meet
other cheerleaders
and dancers from
across the nation
and enjoy a magical
holiday season at
Walt Disney World
Resort parks.
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Elizabeth Victor, a senior from
West Orange High School, was
one of more than 750 high school
cheerleaders and dancers from
across the country to perform in
the second annual Varsity Spirit
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