Published: Tuesday, February
27, 2008

Flivvs,
Knights win league cheer crowns

State rankings, All-GNC listed

MANISTIQUE
— Kingsford captured the
Great Northern and Norway stunned
Iron Mountain in the Mid-Peninsula at the
conference competitive cheerleading meet.

The Flivvers compiled 710.110 in winning the GNC and beating Gladstone,
616.826; Marquette, 550.060, and Escanaba, 547.008.

Six Flivvers made the All-GNC team — Kaitlin Erkkila,
Johnna Podnar, Jade Wickman, Ashley Horwitz, Jackie
Paupore and Nikki Bubloni.

Norway, running second to Iron Mountain
all season, racked up 708.040 points to 698.594 for the Mountaineers in the
Mid-Peninsula Conference test.

“Norway
had a great night and we did as well,” said Mountaineer coach Erin O’Brion. “Our scores just were not as high as
we thought they would.”

Manistique, 671.618; Munising, 642.3, and Ishpeming, 635.5, rounded out the
MPC.

Michigan Cheer Coaches Association’s final season rankings placed Iron Mountain
fifth and Norway
seventh behind Division 4-leading Pewamo-Westphalia.

In Division 3, Kingsford wound up
third with Chippewa Hills first.

Regional competition takes place Saturday with Kingsford
at the Division 3 meet in Houghton Lake, and Norway
and Iron Mountain at Manistique.