Falcaons claim Falcon Fest

by Advance Newspapers

Monday February 04,
2008, 4:41 PM

The East Kentwood cheer-ers have been steadily improving all season. On Saturday,
the Falcons hosted and won Falcon Fest with 774.69 points. East
Kentwood scored a 221 in round one, a 235 in round two and a 318
in round three.

"We were very happy with how we did,"
said EK coach Stacey Sheler. "Our third round
score of 318 may have been East Kentwood's
highest third round score ever. It was definitely our highest score this year.

"Each week the team sets goals for the meets, and they just keep
breaking those goals. This week, they did it again," said Sheler.

Coach Sheler was very excited about a new
third round stunt involving freshman flyer Miranda Shepard,
sophomore Asia Alexander and seniors Bianca Martin and Taylor Mendella. The stunt also includes a change for senior Lynzi Zuk who moves from one
group to another in the middle of the cheer.

"We have a new stunt that we created," said Sheler. "It is really cool."

The Falcons will compete in the PR Cheer Invitational at the Delta Plex on Saturday.

"The top 10 teams for Division 1 will be there, so this will be a
big meet for us," said Sheler.

"Right now, we want to improve every week, but this will be a good week
to go out and win. We go into every meet wanting to win."