Competitive
cheer

Rah-rah Rochester! Team 3-peats

March 10, 2007

FREE PRESS STAFF

(ADAM BIRD/Special to the Free
Press)

Rochester Hills cheerleaders amassed a total score of 750.1
during the Division 1 competitive cheerleading final Friday in Grand Rapids.

Rochester posted the high score
in all three rounds of the Division 1 final en route to a 750.1 total and its
third straight state title.

Holly Mihelic,
Shannon Marconi and Liz Vickers have been on the team for all three
championship runs and helped provide the veteran leadership necessary to stay
on top, according to coach Susan Wood.

"If you can shut out the pressure it
creates, past success can work in your favor because the tradition at our
school pushes the girls to really want to be state champs," Wood said.

According to Wood, the team saved its best for
last this year and nailed all three rounds.

Grandville was the runner-up with a total of
737.4 and Southgate Anderson placed third with a 722.2.