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Olyphant training company building new facility by Christopher Cornell ADVANTAGE EDITOR
One of the area’s winningest competitive cheer organizations has a new look, and a new name and is soon to get a new home. Last year World Cup All Stars, a cheering, athletic and training facility based out of Freehold, New Jersey, acquired Keystone Extreme All Stars. Keystone Extreme was founded in 2001, and originally based out of Dunmore, and then moved to Olyphant in 2007. Its current training facility was renamed World Cup Genesis. The facility, at 1505 E. Lackawanna Ave. in Olyphant, is the training home of more than 250 athletes, not only from northeastern Pennsylvania, but from upstate New York and the Easton/ Allentown area. World Cup offers competitive teams; cheer training for local universities, high schools and recreation programs; tumble classes for all ages, private lessons and choreography. “When I met the coaching staff, athletes and parents at Keystone Extreme All Stars, I was immediately impressed with their programs,” recalled Elaine Pascale, co-founder and co-director at World Cup All Stars. Pascale was the coach to four-time world champion Shooting Stars, a National All-Star Cheerleading Coaches Congress chairman and a member of the the United States All Star Federation board of directors. “Their collective approach, philosophy and environment is closely aligned with the World Cup tradition of excellence. It was evident that joining these families under the World Cup brand would have profound positive outcomes for the athletes we serve.” But in the months since the two organizations joined forces, it became clear that a new facility was going to be needed.
Breaking ground at the site of the new facility are, from left: Danny Martin, Ty Wilson, Denise Olewnik Bungardy, Ashley Panaia and Kyle Smart.
And that’s why there was recently a groundbreaking ceremony at 905 Stanton Road in Olyphant, the site of what World Cup officials say will be a state-of-the-art facility. The 11,000-square-foot space will include an air-conditioned viewing area looking out to every floor, two 42-foot-by-54-foot spring floors, a tumble area and an advanced sound system and speakers Officials add that colleges across the United States recruit World Cup athletes, offering attractive scholarship packages. The company prides itself on having a team for every athlete at every age and skill level. The gym’s flagship team, World Cup Shooting Stars,
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is one of the most celebrated, large, all-girl cheer teams in the country and is a four-time world champion. “We are committed to cultivating a lifelong love of the sport and developing strong, responsible and accomplished athletes,” Pascale said. “Cheerleaders are our trophies,” she added. “I am delighted to have more trophies here at World Cup.” For more information, visit worldcupgenesis. com, call 570-383-1910 or email worldcupcheerinfo@gmail.com. To see a video of the Shooting Stars in performance, visit youtube.com/ watch?v=aEGHnVNchZE
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