Cedar Springs clinches tournament title

by Advance Newspapers

Monday February 25,
2008, 2:23 PM

After taking second at
all of the O-K Blue Conference meets, the Cedar Springs cheer team captured
the conference tournament title on Saturday.

"That
was a very nice surprise for this part of the season," said Cedar
Springs coach Pamela Ingles. "The best part was seeing the reaction from
the girls and their parents. All of the hard work paying off.

"We did well in all
three rounds. We had clean, solid rounds. The little points add up. We had
our best round one score all year, and our highest round three of the season.
We still have some things to clean up in round two."

The Red Hawks scored
218.5 in round one and a 211.924 in round two. Their round three score was
304.5 for a total of 734.924.

The team is motivated
with help from Nicole Blackmer.

"Nicole is a
positive leader and a natural motivator," said Ingles. "She has
done a lot for the team.

"We have a good
mixture with 11 seniors, five freshmen, five sophomores and one junior,"
she said. "They all really contribute to the team."

Cedar Springs will travel
to Kenowa for the regional tournament on Saturday.