Conference
champs to regionals

Flivvers, Mountaineers compete Saturday in competitive
cheerleading

Friday,
March 02, 2007

Iron Mountain and Kingsford won conference competitive
cheerleading championships Wednesday in Munising. The Mountaineers and
Knights along with Norway
compete Saturday in MHSAA regional meets.

IRON MOUNTAIN — Postseason continues
Saturday for area high school competitive cheerleading teams.

Kingsford participates in the MHSAA Division 3 regional at Houghton Lake
while Iron Mountain
and Norway head to East Jordan for a Division 4 regional.

Kingsford outscored rival Gladstone
663.4 to 639 to capture the first Great Northern Conference title.

“We finally had that round three that we have been looking for and knew
we could hit with some confidence,” said Kingsford Coach Jacqueline Leiker.

Kingsford, one of 13 teams in the Houghton
Lake regional, will
have to contend with defending state champion Remus-Chippewa Hills and
Gladstone. Only two squads advance to the state meet March 10 in Gladstone.

Iron Mountain,
ranked sixth in the state, repeated as Mid-Peninsula Conference champion and Norway placed
third out of five teams. Sixteen teams comprise the Division 4 East Jordan
regional.