Falcons take third at Chesaning tourney

by Advance Newspapers

Monday February 18,
2008, 1:50 PM

East Kentwood's
cheerleaders proved their mettle on the East side of the state on Saturday.

The Falcons faced some of the top competition in the state at the
Chesaning tournament, placing third with 786 overall points. Rochester took first with 803 total points
(round scores of 229.5, 251.5 and 322), and Southgate Anderson (230.5, 242,
316) in second with 789. Lake
Orion and Grandville
rounded out the fourth and fifth-place spots.

Kentwood
coach Stacey Sheler said that her team was looking
forward to the test of squaring off against teams that they could very well
see at the state finals.

"We did a good job. It's always good to be seen on the East side
of the state," said Sheler. "We compete
against the teams from our conference almost every week, so it's nice to go
to the East side and get a feel for the judges."

The Falcons started the meet with a mistake in round one that resulted
in a score of 225, putting them 4.5 points behind Rochester. Kentwood followed that with a solid round
two (240) and an outstanding round three score of 321. That performance gave
the Falcons' team records for both the round three score and the overall
score.

Seniors Lynzi Zuk
and Bianca Martin helped lead the Falcons throughout the tournament.

Next East Kentwood hosts a 14-team
tournament on Tuesday. Then they compete in the O-K Red Conference meet on
Saturday.