The Manchester
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Dutch girls place seventh at cheerleading regionals

PUBLISHED:
March 15, 2007

The Manchester
High School competitive cheer team
concluded its season March 3 by placing seventh in the Division 4 regional
meet at Hudson High School.

The Flying Dutch and Adrian Madison
both finished with 566.5 points, tying for seventh in the 18-team event.

Host Hudson
won the regional title with 712.9 points, finishing well ahead of
second-place Michigan
Center's 662.2.
Napoleon was third with 646 points.

Manchester finished just 9.6 points behind
fourth-place East Jackson (576.1). Clinton scored 573.6
for fifth, while Lutheran Westland took sixth with 568.

The Flying Dutch were sixth overall
after scoring 161.5 points in the first round. After managing 150.5 in the
second round, Manchester
capped its performance by scoring 254.5 in the final competition.

Manchester experienced an injury during the
third round, forcing the team to leave the competition floor and return later
to finish without its full roster.

Hudson pulled away for the championship
after scoring 301 points in the final round, while Michigan Center
clinched second place with 287 points.

Members of the Manchester Flying
Dutch competitive cheer team include Sarah Barnett, Katelyn
Spring, Brook Fraley, Claire Simpson, Lorelei Baron, Myra Sandford,
Raven Webster, Sienna Miller, Lacey Brewington,
Jamie Baird, Danielle Winalis, Deanna Uhr, Maggie Sikora and Kim
Ticknor. The team is coached by Shelle Spaulding.