PUBLISHED:
Tuesday, December 18, 2997

PREP
COMPETITIVE CHEER

By Morning Sun Sports

Oilers, Warriors show
well

The Mt.
Pleasant High
School competitive cheer team opened the season
on Saturday at home with a 20-team invite.

The Oilers placed second in their pool and second overall in the
invite, posting 720.72 points on the day. Rockford
won the invite with 750.17 points while Lake Orion
was third with 717.51 points.

Oiler coach Kristi LaFleur was happy
with her team's showing in the season opener.

"We've got a lot of new young faces and a lot of raw
talent," said LaFleur. "This could be a
really good team for us."

The Oilers posted 211.5 points in the opening round of action.
From there they scored 212.72 points in the second round and 296.5 points in
the third.

The Oilers return to action at Grandville on Jan. 5.

Chippewa Hills won its pool at the invite, finishing atop the
six-team field with 693.67 points.

Pewamo-Westphalia was second with 655.37 points.

The Warriors posted 223 points in the first round and 212.17 in
the second. From there they hit for 258.5 in the third round.

"This meet is always a great meet," said Chippewa
Hills coach Jenna Ruddell. "It was a long day.
We were disappointed with our lack of round three performance,
but we were very happy with the progress we are making in round one and
two."