Members of the level 1 Planet Cheer Starbursts and the level 2 Planet Cheer Comets are pictured at their first competition of the season. They are Dustin Wood, Abby Trask, Miranda Kramer, Eryn Dillingham, Courtney Campbell, Abby Bates, Logan Berube, Shelby Rucker, Lydia Whittemore, Meagan Keefer, Meagan Murphy, Kristin Wood, Delaney Despres, Klairssa Emery, Maggie Belleau, Emily Johnson, Chaeli Weathersby, Kaitlyn Reny, Caitlyn Lewis, Taylor Ogden, MacKenzie Almy, Emily Roth, Madison Allen, Tawni Zamrock, Taylor Bergeron, Kailey Fortin, Rachel Kurtz, Kat Barton, Alexis Gile, Tia Cortes, Molly Dow and Brooke Wardwell.

Planet Cheer going to finals

LEWISTON – Fortier Family Cheer Center, home of the National Champion and World’s Best Planet Cheer All Star cheerleaders, opened the 2009 competitive cheering season with four first place finishes at the American Cheer and Dance Northeast Winterblast competition.

The competition was held in Durham, N.H. at the University of New Hampshire’s Whittemore Center.

The Starbursts, a youth level 1 team, made their debut with a routine that earned Planet Cheer their first win of the day and the season.

The youth level 2 Comet team also earned first place with their routine.

Planet Cheer’s junior level 3 Orbit team kicked off their season with a first place finish. A new Planet Cheer team, Galaxy, the international open coed level 5 team, performed a routine that earned them a first place trophy.

The senior open level 4 Astro team rounded out the day with a second place finish.

All five of the all star teams earned bids to the U.S. Finals Cheering Competition to be held in Virginia Beach later this spring.

For more information on Fortier Family Cheer Center or Planet Cheer visit www.fortierfamilycheercenter.com.