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CHEERING AT RAIDERS GAME
Manteca High cheerleaders a Raiderettes favorite
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The Manteca High varsity cheerleaders performed during the halftime of the Sonora game on Friday. - photo by HIME ROMERO/The Bulletin
It took the Manteca High cheer program exactly four minutes to leave a lasting impression on the Oakland Raiderettes.Select members of the Buffalo cheer squad performed at halftime of the Raiders-Buccaneers game last fall as part of the High School Spirit Explosion program.“It was really something exciting that they can take with them the rest of their lives,” said Lisa Quaresma, Manteca cheer advisor and coach.Turns out, it was more than that.During a chance encounter with a Manteca High employee near their booth at the Alameda County fair earlier this year, the Raiderettes begged the Buffaloes back.Ask and you shall receive.Manteca High will send 13 cheerleaders to the Raiders’ in-state rivalry game with the San Diego Chargers on Sunday evening at O.co Coliseum. The cheerleaders will perform at halftime of the AFC West opener. “It was nice that they remembered us with so many people,” Quaresma said.The squad is comprised of varsity and frosh-soph members: (BULLET) Varsity: Lanet Miranda, senior captain; Anessia Lopes, senior captain; Shardae Jones; Hope Palomar; Paige La Due; Melanio Pio; Makeila Hofer; Shynia Bruce; and Juanzin Espeiel.(BULLET) Frosh-Soph: Erika Decena; Jasmine Aleman; Gabrielle Pitman; and Ashley Lopez.Though the Buffaloes were asked to return, the invitation was informal.Quaresma still had to go through the necessary steps with High School Spirit Explosion.