Samantha Merigliano is a Florida State University majorette, a Sarasota local and now a placing competitor in the International Baton Twirling Federation’s world championships. The competition, which ...

Austin Peterson of North Las Vegas was 11 when he picked up a baton, realizing he wanted to pursue his family tradition of baton twirling on a national scale. “I’m a third generation,” Austin, 20, ...