Trojans third, Vikings second

By Corky Emrick

Sturgis Journal

Published: Sunday, January 6, 2008 7:50 PM CST

Members of the Sturgis competitive cheer team perform in the
third round of the Portage Northern Invitational Saturday.

PORTAGE - The Sturgis competitive cheer
team took third in Division IV at the Portage Northern Invitational Saturday.

“Overall I’m pleased with our scores for the first
competition,” coach Lacie Fisher said. “Though we placed third in
our division, we still had the fourth highest score out of eight teams.

Taking first was Portage Northern with 639.630, followed by
Stevensville-Lakeshore at 596.688 and Sturgis with 535.848.

In the first round Sturgis scored 174.5 and in the second
added 143.848 and scored 217.5 in the third round.

“The first competition of the season is always hard to gage what the
results will be. Most of the varsity team just returned from the Capital One
Bowl trip two days before this invitational so we were unable to practice for
nearly two weeks and I think our scores were a reflection of that,”
Fisher said. “I think its a nice starting
point for the season because we now know what we need to work on and our
scores will only get better with each competition.”

In the JV competition the Trojans were third with 453.608. Gull Lake
was first followed by Portage Northern.

Also at the Huskies meet was Bronson.

The Lady Vikings were second in Division IV with 382.456.

Taking first was Schoolcraft at 513.910 and in third was
Climax-Scotts with a score of 302.360.

Bronson scored 126.5 in the first round and added 76. 456
in the second.

They scored 179.5 points in the third round.