Rockford wins at Mt.
Pleasant meet

by Advance Newspapers

Tuesday December 18,
2007, 9:25 AM

The details made the difference for the Rams cheerleaders last
weekend.

Rockford
started its season by performing three solid rounds and winning the
Competitive Cheer Coaches Association of Michigan (CCCAM) Scholarship meet on
Saturday. The Rams won the meet with 750.168 points, followed by Mt. Pleasant
(720.720), Lake Orion (717.508), Byron
Center (714.964) and Forest Hills (659.404).

Rams coach Kathy Jo Resseguie was excited about her team starting out
the season with such a strong performance.

"As coaches, we are ecstatic. We're so
excited about the positive start we had," said Resseguie. "For us
to be able to do things that past Rockford
teams haven't done well was nice to see. We're excited about how well they
did the little things."

In the championship pool, the Rams opened up by scoring 214 points in
round one in a performance that Resseguie said her team needs to clean up.
The Rams bounced right back with a very strong round two score of 230.668,
and they scored 305.5 points in their difficult round three routine.

One of the leaders for the Rams was senior Lizz
Roelse, a backspotter in
round three and a leader on the floor. Sophomore Torri
Mills is a two-year varsity competitor, and coach Resseguie said she is
impressed with Mills' floor presence.

The Rams are looking to improve from their fifth-place finish in the
O-K Red last season, but Resseguie knows the Red is still the toughest
cheerleading conference in the state.

"We're looking to up that position this year," she said.
"We're always up against great talent and great teams. We've always been
the underdog, and we're hoping this year to step it up and get past
that."

Rockford next
competes January 9 at Hudsonville
High School.