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Herrera is latest as Warrior Girl
DANCE2-9-22-11
Dance and Cheer Star instructor Angel Herrera has just been named as a 2010-11 Golden State Warriors Girl. - photo by HIME ROMERO
Angel Herrera is the newest Warrior Girl.She was named last week to the dance squad of the National Basketball Association’s Golden State Warriors.“I was so excited to discover I made (the Warrior Girls),” said Herrera Wednesday at Dance and Cheer Stars, where she also teaches the boys hip-hop class.The 2010 graduate of Manteca High became the latest from the Manteca studio to earn a spot on the sidelines of a major professional sports franchise.Harmony Flores Rebeiro, owner and operator of Dance Stars, was the first. She spent two years as a Raiderette.Jonni Rogers and Jessica Maxwell are currently cheerleaders for the Oakland Raiders. Rogers is in her fourth year as a Raiderette while Maxwell is in her second year.Michelle Breitmaier and Maggie Schreiber were both San Francisco 49ers’ Gold Rush cheerleaders.Herrera, 19, is just the second from Dance Stars to make it on an NBA squad.