Subway Scholar Athlete of the Week: Emily and Alyssa Merrill

Six, handing the cats their sixth straight loss..

### marc marc time now for our subway scholar athlete or should we say athletes of the week..

They're a sister act, you can't help but cheer for..

Pkg if you stop by a pleasant valley high competitve cheer team workout..

It easy to think, you've come down with a case of double vision..

The squad features 16-year-old identical twins emily and alyssa merrill..

Distinguish who's who -- but at the sametime say, start to get to know them, and their differences jump out at you..

Interested in cheer at the age of 8... they say they enjoy the challenges of propping up their teammates..

In a sport, that's in its infancy..

Coach donna henderson says she knew from the get go, the sisters would help the team -- to this day she's still amazed at their initial tryout..

When also mirror about the same grades..

Alyssa is currently carrying a four- point-two g-p-a while emily isn't far behind with a 3-point-seven..

Emily wants to become an orthodontist, while alyssa plans to study to become a chiropractor..

The idea of seperating to go to college, is something they dread while at the same time, they look forward to..

Oc; i lean on her alot.

On cam tag last year, the merrill girls helped p-v win a national championship in southern calfornia..

And - a few weeks ago, competing for the first college, is something they dread while at the same time, they look forward to..

Oc; i lean on her alot.

On cam tag last year, the merrill girls helped p-v win a national championship in southern calfornia..

And - a few weeks ago, competing for the first time at the nationals in florida..

The vikings came in third place..

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