CheerleadingRegister

Kristin Dusablon in the winter of 2023 brought the cheer program back to CYAA. She was a crusader midget cheerleader herself in the 1990’s. Kristin also cheered for Wheatland Middle School. In 1994-1995, she made All American at Pine Forest Cheer Camp. She was a varsity football and basketball cheerleader for Lancaster Catholic High School.

Kristin is married to her husband Matt, and they have six children, Caden, Olivia, Sophia, Mason, Dylan, and Emma. She is from Lancaster, PA. Kristin graduated from Lancaster Catholic High School in 2000. She is a member of Saint Leo the Great Parish. She is the Pre-K teacher at Saint Leo the Great School. As Director of such a great program, Kristin is proud of everyone’s hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence. Not only is the fall program very strong and impressive, the winter program is just as great!

Her coaching career started as a crusader midget coach in the late 90’s. After graduating from Saint Francis University, she taught in Colorado where she coached cheer at every level, including recreational cheer, high school, and competition for District 49 School District. She began as the Co-Director of CYAA cheer in 2023. She oversees all happenings in the rec fall and winter programs.

Kristin runs a successful program that includes consistent growth in numbers and skills, returning coaches, and strong parent relationships. She focuses on the program having a family feel.

Kristin would like to thank everyone involved with the CYAA cheer program for sharing the same vision- dedication to growing this program and nurturing young athletes.

Since the summer of 2023, Jackie has served as co-director of the CYAA cheerleading program, where she also helps coach at all levels. She oversees all happenings in the rec fall and winter programs and works to help run a successful program that includes consistent growth in numbers and skills, returning coaches, and strong parent relationships.

Jackie is married to her husband, Matthew Werts, and has two children, a daughter, who is a current sophomore at Lancaster Catholic High School, and a son who is in 7th grade at Saint Leo the Great. Jackie is also a 3rd grade teacher at St. Leo’s and has been teaching there since 2018. She is also a member of Saint Leo the Great Catholic Church.

Jackie’s love of cheer began when she was young and participated in midget cheerleading in her hometown of Beaver, PA, and continued through her high school career.

Jackie has been involved in athletics and training since she arrived in Lancaster in 2000. She is the co-founder of Elite Baseball, LLC, and is certified as a RYT-200, Health & Fitness Coach, AFAA Group Fitness Instructor, and NASM Women’s Fitness Specialist. Jackie also holds a degree in health education and Invasive Cardiology, as well a Master’s in Elementary Education.

Jackie would like to thank everyone involved with the CYAA cheer program for sharing the same vision and dedication to growing this program and nurturing young athletes with faith at the center of all we do!

Janelle started coaching for CYAA in 2023. She is currently the B-team coach for the fall and the gold team coach for the winter season.

Janelle is married to her husband, Dan. They share two children, Alena and Anthony, who both attend Saint Leo the Great Catholic School. She is a member of Mary, Mother of the Church Parish in Mount Joy.

Janelle is a New Jersey native and her passion for cheerleading began at a young age when she started cheering for a local Pop Warner program. Janelle continued cheering through Middle School and High School. She was Captain of her Middle School Cheer Team and cheered for World Cup All-Stars and St. John Vianney High School, where the team went undefeated and won several State and National titles. Janelle won All-American Cheerleader from the National Cheerleaders Association several times throughout her career.

Jess was very excited to find out she was going to be coaching football cheer for CYAA in the fall of 2023. She currently is the C team coach for the fall season, and the purple coach for the winter season.

Jess is married to her husband, Mike and together share two children, Michael Brody and Makena who both attend Sacred Heart Catholic School. She is a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Jess has a background in gymnastics. She has always had a passion for cheerleading and tumbling. She began her love for cheer as a Hempfield midget cheerleading in the 90’s and continued her passion for cheer as a Varsity Hempfield cheerleader, In 2004, she graduated from Hempfield High School.

In 2000, she won All-American Cheerleader for two straight years during NCA summer camps.

As a coach, she loves to make girls laugh while enjoying the sport of cheerleading and showing them that hard work pays off if you work for it.

Mary Kate is a Lancaster native, attending Saint Leo the Great and also Lancaster Catholic. She attended Mount Saint Mary’s and graduated with a degree in elementary education. For ten years she worked in Baltimore, Md as an elementary school teacher before becoming a stay at home parent.

Mary Kate is married to her husband Mike and they share 4 children, Maeve, Michael, Desmond and Beau. Her two oldest children currently attend Saint Leo the Great School and Desmond will begin Kindergarten in the fall!

Mary Kate was excited to coach the white basketball cheerleading squad during the winter 2023 season and is looking forward to coaching the girls for the fall 2024 football season.

She was a midget cheerleader in the 90’s and also cheered for Lancaster Catholic, graduating in 2001. Mary Kate hopes to continue to work with the youngest cheerleaders to build their confidence, foster their enthusiasm for cheer and encourage them to work as a team. Let’s go Crusaders!