Kenowa Hills cheer wins invitational

by Advance Newspapers

Tuesday January 15,
2008, 1:34 PM

The Kenowa Hills
competitive cheer team won the Allendale Falcons Invitational held on
Saturday. It was just the Knights second competition of the year; their first
event was a third place finish at Byron
Center.

"Everyone was
amazing. We have a very young team, but they are very talented and
focused," said Knights coach Brenda Looks.

The Knights had a score
of 199.5 in the first round, 207.076 in the second and then 300.5 in the
third, for a total of 707.076. Host Allendale took second with a score of
644.603.

"We
really had a clean and solid routine in the third round," said Coach
Looks.

Everyone on the team had
a great day, but coach Looks mentioned some of the juniors who contributed:
Brianna Novitsky, Casey Viilo,
Brianna McNees, Stacey Vandriel
and her daughter Nicole Looks.

There is only one senior
on the team, and she didn't compete due to any injury.

The Knights are off to a
good start, and they have a lot of confidence. Next, they have Northview, and
then they are at Holland Christian on Saturday.