Buffalo Pro Cheer Photos of The Week

Our rookies have all been introduced but to finish up this summer's series, we'll remind you of who the Buffalo Jills captains are for the 2011-12 season. Shown in a photo taken at the Jills Open Workshop are Loren, Valerie, Omarlla, Laura, Christina, Keisha, Lisa, and Natalie. Loren will be co-captain for the Jills' newest captain, Valerie after working with her last year on Omarlla's line. They teamed up to run it when Omarlla was out of town for the final game of the season. Speaking of Omarlla, her new co-captain is 5th year vet Lisa, who's been doing a great job at making fans' hearts beat faster the last several years with her beauty. But trust me when I say her warm personality is an even stronger trait. Rounding out the dancers, 6th year vet Christina (and this year's calendar covergirl) is being joined in her 2nd full season as a captain by 2nd year vet Natalie. Natalie was chosen by the Buffalo Bills to write a blog about her experiences going through tryouts her rookie year and followed that up by winning the Jills' Dance Rookie of The Year award. At Ambassador, Keisha continues as the captain and a more qualified young lady would be hard to find. When it comes to being an ambassador Jill, I don't think any could go as far and above what is expected as Keisha has been doing for years. Her co-captain this season is fellow 5th-year vet Laura, who tops the fame of any other Buffalo Jill with her spokes-modeling for Martin Archery and having been the star of her own mini TV series last summer on ESPN2.

From the Buffalo Bandettes we take a look at a photo of the entire squad from Rd 1 of the NLL Playoffs in a photo taken at the Party In The Plaza. From left to right are Lauren B, Jessica M, Chrissy, Krista, Danielle, Stephanie, Ashley, Lauren S, Noelle, Chelsea, Kirsten, and Jessica H. Tryout dates are expected to be announced soon and after that, we'll see how many of these beauties will be back dancing at Bandits games this spring. Already Jessica H has called it quits and Lauren S is on the fence. Who else will retire and who will return? We'll have to wait and see.

Our last, but not least, featured BvB player is 2005 Buffalo Jills alumnus Desiree shown in a photo at the BvB kickoff party posing with Amanda F. Originally from Louisiana, she moved to WNY and spent 9 years as a cheerleader, including a season in which her high school varsity squad made it the the National High School Cheerleading Championship competition in Dallas. Her time as a Jill was short but memorable for her. One of her appearances was at the Taste of Buffalo that year and at that appearance, she spoke to a young girl with a disability who didn't take her eyes off her and asked her "Desiree,how can I be like you?" You can donate to the BvB through Desiree at http://bvbbuffalo2011.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=475491&lis=1&kntae475491=15730A8E3B08465EBDF98991D70C4573&supId=329565011 or any of this year's BvB players at http://bvbbuffalo2011.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=475491&lis=1&kntae475491=91AABF85A990474EB41E54ABA15FDF41