Abbie Cady

Abbie Cady is looking forward to March 9th when she and her teammates, will attend the UCA International All Star Championship in Orlando, Florida. The UCA International All Star Championship brings together the best all star cheer and dance teams from around the globe at the most magical place on Earth – Walt Disney World. The competition is held at the prestigious ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

Abbie is the daughter of George and Kersha Cady of Seadrift and a sixth-grader at Seadrift Middle School. Abbie attends gym/cheer classes at Manning Gymnastics in Victoria. In cheerleading for three years, she attends class four days each week, about 12 hours per week. She is very dedicated to the sport, attending classes year-round.

This is Abbie’s second consecutive year to attend an International Competition- Disney Last year her team won 1st place for their division against teams from all around the world. This year Abbie is on two teams that will be competing in Florida. She is on Manning’s Junior Level 2 team and on Manning’s Junior Level 3 team. She has had a very successful season so far this year bringing home awards from seven competitions already. They will attend one more competition in Texas on Feb. 18th in San Antonio before they go to Internationals in Florida.

Two of Abbie’s teammates who will also be competing in the Internationals are Taylor Creamer and Laynie Wood. Taylor Creamer is 11 years old; she is in the 6th grade at Travis Middle School. She is also on two teams, Level 2 Junior and Level 3 Junior and she also attends gym four days a week. She lives in Port Lavaca and her parents are Kenny and Melissa Roberts. This is Taylor’s first time to Internationals because she took a break last year, but this is also her third year to cheer at Manning.

Laynie Wood is the daughter of Calhoun Cheer Coach Ashleigh Blinka-Wood and Brian Wood. She is 10 and is the 4th Grade at Jackson Elementary in Port Lavaca, where she also lives. Laynie is on three teams at Manning: Level 1 Youth, Level 2 Junior, and Level 3 Junior. This is her third year as a Manning Cheer Cat. She goes to gym four days a week as well. She also attended Internationals last year with Abbie and the Manning Cheer team where they won 1st.