Sports

Cheer team
becomes regional champs, heads to state finals

Casey
Curtis

March 07, 2007 - For the first
time in the school's history, the Oxford High School varsity competitive
cheer team has made it to the state finals.

The girls became regional champs for Division II last Saturday as 14 other
teams competed on Oxford's
home turf.

Scoring a 183 in the first round, a 185.9 in the second and a 285.5 in the
third pushed the girls into the victory and a nice, shiny trophy to display.

"It was the most amazing experience I've ever been a part of,"
Coach Alanna Stockley
said.

"There
were so many good teams that were going to be there. We were hoping for the
top four."

The girls will head to the Delta Plex in Grand Rapids for state
finals this Saturday at 10 a.m.

Until then, Stockley said practices will be
"low-key" and "simple" before leaving town on Friday
night.

"We're just going to walk through the rounds and have a really fun week
because it's going to be a fun weekend," she said.

Although Stockley said the team started out
"pretty rocky" towards the beginning of the season, they've focused
on uniting as one team, which she said has made the difference.