A few updates on alumni and some new stuff

As we told you over the summer, Ashley W, a Buffalo Jills Cheerleader in 2008 and part of 2009, is now a Carolina TopCat. This past Saturday night, the Panthers hosted the Texans in a preseason matchup aired live on NFL Network and, as luck would have it, Miss Ashley made an appearance on TV as they went to commercial break with 12:30 left in the 2nd quarter. They re-aired the game today and I made sure to record it to share Ashley's appearance.

Also in the world of Buffalo Jills who cheered in 2008, Lonna M, who is finishing up her year-long reign as Miss Buffalo, already has a new title...that of Miss Thousand Islands, having won the crown this past Saturday night. Among other prizes, she won a $1,000 scholarship and a spot in the Miss New York 2013 Pageant next summer which, if she wins, catapults her into the Miss America pageant! Congratulations, Lonna!!












Finally, as you all may be aware, last football season, Buffalo Jills alum Heather C (2009) wrote a column called "Leading The Cheer" for Pro Player Insiders, a sports news organization that really focuses on the positives surrounding sports and the athletes involved. When you consider all the negatives that get reported, this is definitely a much-needed change of pace. Well, Heather's keeping busier these days and hasn't been able to contribute as much and Pro Player Insiders is looking to get even more in depth in their 2nd year of existence. To aid with that, I'll be contributing articles of my own on the Jills, BvB, and whatever else I can help with. The Buffalo Pro Cheer Blog's coverage will go unchanged but there will be select features, including a few Jill of The Week features, that will be expanded upon for Pro Player Insiders.

Miss Buffalo Lonna McCary goes for the state title on Thursday

We have a championship drought, Buffalo! Not since Maryalice Demler brought home the hardware in 1990 has a reigning Miss Buffalo earned the title of Miss New York. Seems a little suspicious, given the fine crop of lovely and talented women we have in the Queen City.
The current Miss Buffalo crown rests on the accomplished head of Lonna McCary, a 22-year-old Dean’s List student at Hilbert College and former Buffalo Jill whose passions include rifle-shooting and law enforcement.
Read more at http://www.buffalo.com/news/blog/miss-buffalo-lonna-mccary-goes-for-the-state-title-on-thursday/

Jills Calendar Update and...Miss New York?

This past week, FCI was shooting in Wilson, NY and, as they've been doing, have a video up showing a behind-the-scenes look at the shoot. This week, the shoot featured co-captain Loren, 4th year vet Alyssa B, 2nd year vet Kristina and rookies Dana, Jayanti, Emmy and 1 other whose name I'm not sure of. See it at http://video214.com/play/Aes1srZ2C5grheNuI2qTEw/s/dark

Also, the reigning Miss Buffalo, 2008 Buffalo Jills Alumnus Lonna M, is heading to Staten Island next weekend to compete for the title of Miss New York and is she wins that, will be competing for Miss America in January! You can actually vote for her to get her an automatic spot in the Top 10 at http://www.missny.org/vote/index.html
Best of luck to Lonna this weekend!

Congratulations to the new Miss Buffalo...Lonna!!

Beauty Pageants aren't really our focus here but when we have an alumnus involved, we'll definitely give her some notice. Lonna spent the 2008 season as a member of the Buffalo Jills as a dancer on Jamie's line and moved on to the Buffalo Bandettes for a small portion of the 2010 season as well. Unfortunately for the fans, she's been absent from the public eye since leaving the Bandettes which is actually a little surprising considering the fact that, other than a career in law enforcement, she was looking at getting into some modeling and stuff. Now that she's the new Miss Buffalo, having been crowned at this year's Wingfest, her next step is the Miss New York pageant next June, the winner going on to compete for the title of Miss America!

Bandette of The Week Lonna

This year, we're going to go totally random on the Bandette of The Week feature and will start it off with rookie Lonna. The reason we're starting with a rookie is because she was an early departure from the squad unfortunately because of so much else going on for her at the moment. Among those things going on are beauty pageants and even won the most stylish award in last year's Miss NY USA pageant. It's sad that she couldn't stick it out for a few reasons. One is the fact that the Bandits faithful won't get to see her perform anymore and another is because of how much she was looking forward to joining the squad, having started watching for news for tryouts last spring. Even though she was a rookie to the Bandettes, she's no rookie in the eyes of the Buffalo Pro Cheer Blog as she was a member of the 2008 Buffalo Jills as well. For the future, she hopes to continue in modeling and pageants, as well as work in law enforcement, either as a NY state trooper or in Homeland Security. If it's state trooper, it's highly unlikely any guy would try to argue his way out of a ticket with this beauty pulling him over. You can read more about Lonna at http://www.bandits.com/profileB.asp?bandetteID=201004

Buffalo Jill of The Week Lonna

This week, we take a look at rookie dancer Lonna as our Jill of The Week. Lonna spent her lone season as a Jill dancing on Jamie's line alongside 3rd year vets Stefanie and Valerie. With a warm and friendly smile, Lonna aspires to one day become New York's most beautiful state trooper. She's currently working on her degree in criminal justice and while Bills fans won't get to see her smiling face on the sidelines this fall, she won't leave the scene entirely with some possible modeling coming up for her in the near future. There's also something bigger in the works as well that will make her pretty face even more well-known but you'll have to wait for the info on that. One thing that she said that she'd change about herself is to make more of herself and be in several places at once. Considering her personality is just as sweet and friendly as her smile, that's probably the only improvement anyone could make on Miss Lonna anyway. You can read more about Lonna at http://buffalojills.net/bios/lonna.html and don't forget to check out her 97Rock photo album at http://www.97rock.com/Article.asp?id=970779&spid=21992

Northern Chautauqua County represented on Buffalo Jills

Jenica has had men fall madly in love with her in a matter of two seconds.

Lonna has been seen on national television.

Ashley has posed for swimsuit calendars.

All three of these girls - whose last names will not be revealed for safety's sake - have two things in common.

One, they are all members of the 2008 Buffalo Jills.

Two, they were born and raised in Northern Chautauqua County.

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Buffalo Jills and Bandettes Photos of The Week

This week, our first Jills photo comes to us from this past April's Congratulatory Party, held at Club Paradise in Blasdell. Club Paradise will also be the site of the Swimsuit Calendar Release Party on October 25th so if you haven't already marked it on your calendars, don't hesitate to do so. In this first shot, we see Tiffany, Jenica, and Jessica L posing for a quick photo. Tiffany is a very engaging girl when it comes to conversation, very friendly and easy to talk to. Jenica is coming off a season in which she was the swimsuit calendar covergirl and also mugged for the camera from the sidelines more than anyone save the departed Amanda P. Jessica, known as Jess to her friends, is always sporting a bright smile and if you're thinking of throwing her off guard with a blonde joke or two, forget it. She's heard them all and has plenty of her own to tell as well. But she's known more for her fun personality than her natural blonde hair.

The second Jills photo comes from the first (annual?) Buffalo Men's Show held at the Agri-Center at the fairgrounds in Hamburg this past May. This was an event that celebrated men with sports stars, electronics toys like big screen TVs and game systems as well as snowmobiles, ATVs, and even replicas of KITT and the General Lee. The best part, though, was the gorgeous women including a Playboy Playmate, the CW23's Lydia, and of course, the Buffalo Jills. In this shot we see Lonna, Omarlla, Valerie, Stephanie BR, and Amelina posing for a quick photo.

With the Bandettes, continuing our look at the NLL Championship Game, we see a shot taken during halftime while waiting for the Bandettes to take the field for their performance. While the other girls were going over dance moves or getting psyched up to get back on the field, some of the girls posed for a quick picture. Here we see Jessica, Ashley, and Justina. Prior to joining the Bandettes, Jessica was in the US Navy while Ashley's face is familiar to longtime Buffalo pro cheerleading fans as she spent the 2002-03 NFL season as a member if the Buffalo Jills. Justina's claim to fame is twofold. She once performed with the Pittsburgh Ballet Company and she's now the self-proclaimed good luck charm for the Bandits so we should see a few more NLL Titles the next few years as long as she sticks around.

And here's a little blast from the past from the archives. Here's Casey from the Bandettes circa 2002 in her days with the Buffalo Bombshells.

Buffalo Jills and Bandettes Photos of The Week

Once again we take a look at a photo from the Jills Congratulatory Party as our first photo. This one was taken after 97Rock's DJ Jickster brought all the rookies out in front of the stage and had a few of the rookies answer some Bills trivia questions. Here we see Lonna, Lynn, and Murissa waiting for a question while Alison, seen twirling her hair in an effort to fluster poor Jickster, is about to answer the question posed to her. Not seen in this photo are the other 2 rookies were were chosen for this trivia questiona-and-answer session, Stephanie Br and Kristin B.

Our second pic is, once again, from last year's Jills Golf Tournament (this year's is coming up on the 21st!). This pic was taken after the actual tournament while the golfers were returning to the clubhouse for dinner, entertainment, and the raffle. Seen here is the director's husband Jon posing with 4 members of the Jills Ambassador Squad. From left to right are Vincenza, Amanda F, Katherine, and Danielle. A word of advice to anyone who'll be golfing at Fox Valley on Monday in the tournament. If your golf party is just ahead of Jon's and they're catching up to you, don't waste your time asking the Jills to distract him to slow him down. As Katie K told a golfer who asked that 2 years ago, "He's immune to us being able to distract him." LOL

This week, our Bandettes photo is actually from a road game. The Buffalo-Rochester rivalry in the NLL is an intense one for a few different reasons. Some players have played for both teams, they face off in the playoffs quite frequently it seems, and obviously the proximity to one another is a big factor as well. Due in part to this proximity, some Knightingales cheerleaders come to Buffalo when the teams face off and likewise, our Buffalo Bandettes have a group going to Rochester quite regularly. In this April's matchup in Rochester, the stands boasted 3 of the Buffalo Bandettes. While the quantity was small, the quality was large as the 3 that went were fan favorite Sarah and co-captains Meghan and Melissa.

Buffalo Jills Photos of The Week

This week's photos come from the 1st Buffalo Men's Show held at the Hamburg Agri-Center. This was an event that basically celebrated manhood and featured sports celebrities and displays from the Army and a number of electronics retailers, all stuff that guys like. Of course another thing that guys like is beautiful women and there was no shortage of that as the 97Rock Angels put on a bikini fashion show, Playboy Playmate Shannon James appeared, the CW23's Lydia was on hand and last. but far from the least, the Buffalo Jills appeared for autographs, pictures, and a dance routine.
The 1st pic features a trio of rookies. Toi goes above and beyond when it comes to dedication as she hails from Pittsburgh. The fall will be Shana's first time at an NFL game as she grew up in Oakland, and what father would actually want his little girl to visit the Black Hole of Oakland Coliseum? Dana was actually the first rookie we met as she didn't come to the Open workshop on her own, but with returning vets Jess L and Stephanie B.

Our 2nd pic, taken with former Bills All-Pro G Ruben Brown and his motorcycle features 3 rookies and 1 vet. Rookie Stephanie Br is looking forward to her final year at grad school and vet Lisa is coming off a season as the Jills Rookie of The Year. Lonna is, in addition to being an ace at Guitar Hero, someone who can be very self-critical while Amelina, the shortest girl on the squad, makes up for her lack of height with her outstanding enthusiastic approach to dancing.