Sparta reaches third
consecutive state final

Tuesday,
March 06, 2007

The Grand Rapids Press

The Sparta competitive cheer team will make its
fourth trip -- third in a row -- to the state finals after a runner-up finish
in the Cedar Springs regional Saturday.

The Spartans came in
second to Holland Christian. The Maroons won with a score of 670.8. Sparta finished with a
score of 662.4.

Four seniors -- Shelby
Douglass, Amanda Brew, Mary Graham and Hannah Starring -- were named to the
all-regional team.

Sparta competes at 2 p.m. Saturday at the
DeltaPlex.