Breckenridge and Chesaning win cheer
titles

Sunday,
March 11, 2007

THE SAGINAW NEWS

GRAND
RAPIDS --
Breckenridge won its seventh competitive cheer state title in eight years,
while Chesaning won its first state title since 2003 Saturday at the
DeltaPlex in Grand Rapids.

Chesaning totaled 311
points out of a possible 324 in Round 3, which is the stunting and tumbling
portion of the finals, to edge defending champion Chippewa Hills in Division
3. Chesaning scored a 727.6, while Chippewa Hills scored a 708.3.

"Our level of
stunting was unbelievable and our tumbling was right on," said Chesaning
coach Lisa Maike. "Round 3 sealed the deal for
us, because we knew that Chippewa Hills would have to have a perfect score to
beat us, and that just doesn't happen in competitive cheer.

"We haven't really
hit on a Round 3 like we needed to until we reached the state finals."

Chesaning boasted the high
score in Round 2 as well with a 220.6. That is the forms and tumbling skills
in unison round.

In Round 1, the jump
round, Chesaning's 194.0 was matched or topped by only Chippewa Hills (194.0)
and Comstock Park (194.5).

"It was a great way
to end the year. We couldn't ask for more," said Maike,
whose Indians won their 11th regional prior to the
state meet.

Breckenridge made it seven
state titles in eight years with its first-place score of 721.0 in the
Division 4 meet.

The Huskies posted the
best scores in all three rounds with a Round 1 199.0, a 219.0 in Round 2 and
a final-round 303.0.

PeWamo-Westphalia (699.2) finished
second, while Hudson
(686.6) finished third and Merrill was fifth at 629.4.

The Vandals scored 176.0,
179.4 and 274.0 in Rounds 1-3, respectively.

t Mount Pleasant finished fourth in Division
2, won by Holland Christian (722.3), with a score of 707.9. The Oilers
tallied a 189.5 in Round 1, a 203.9 in Round 2 and capped things off with a
314.5 in Round 3.