by Amy Flandreau; Copy-Editor

Three categories of first place triumphs – they are the Mehlville Majorettes.

On March 3-4, the twirlers competed in the National Collegiate and High School Baton Twirling Championship in Liberty, Missouri. The competition was held at William Jewel College, and was run by the national Coalition for the Advancement of Baton Twirling (NCBAT).

NCBAT could not have been a better host for the competition since they strive to have baton twirling offered as an NCAA intercollegiate athletic sport at all universities and colleges across the nation.

Kelly Wicks, coach, holds a twofold goal for her Majorettes.

“First, to provide school spirit and entertainment for the Mehlville community, and second, to provide these girls with collegiate twirling opportunities.”

The NCBAT sponsored competition supported Wicks’s second half of her twofold goal.

In the past, Ashley Whoberry, Mehlville class of 2007, received a scholarship and became a featured twirler of Lindenwood University. Whoberry just recently graduated.

Another Mehlville alum, Emily Wicks from the class of 2009, is currently a featured twirler at The University of Mississippi, or Ole Miss.

Class of 2010 grad Brittany Ziegler is on scholarship at the University of Cincinnati for twirling.

The current Mehlville senior twirlers, Ashley Meyer and Savannah McCord, are now working through the same process that Whoberry, Wicks and Ziegler have experienced in the past – auditioning for the collegiate level.
The victory of three “gold medal wins” now places the Majorettes at five National titles for the season.

Abby Wicks and Haley Dixon, junior twirlers, competed in the high school pair’s competition as well, achieving a gold medal.

What’s next for the Mehlville Majorettes? A road trip to Kansas City, Missouri for the Missouri State Competition on April 14. The Majorettes will be defending their current titles that they hold from last year.