Published February 4, 2007

DHS
cheer team takes top honors

DEWITT — The DeWitt
competitive cheer team walked away with top honors at the second CAAC league
meet of the season, scoring 696.9 points to easily beat second-place Lakewood with 673.8
points.

The Panthers completed the
first round of competition with a 193.0, their best round-one score of the
year. They set a school-best record in round two, scoring 215.4 points. Lakewood gained some
ground on the Panthers in the third round, outscoring DeWitt 299-288.5, but
could not overcome DeWitt's lead.

DeWitt is ranked fourth in
the state among Division 2 schools for week five of the season. Lakewood is ranked
fifth in the state in Division 3.

DeWitt travels to Grand Rapids Feb. 10 to
compete in the PR Cheer Tournament.

— From Dan Yingling