Indians win own cheer invitational

Submitted by
Tecumseh Herald on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 5:41pm.

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Tecumseh Herald Sports

Tecumseh’s competitive cheer team split in two for its
second annual invitational last Saturday. The Indians A team (above) finished
well ahead of all the other Division 1-2 teams and won the invitational while
Tecumseh’s B team placed fifth. Photo by Mickey Alvarado

Tecumseh's
varsity competitive cheer team picked up the title to its own Division 1-2
invitational on Saturday, Feb. 23, while Michigan Center
was the champion in the Division 3-4 competition.

The
Indians' A team was the team to beat during their only home showing of the
season as it held the lead throughout all three rounds of competition. In the
opening round, the Indians scored 221 points to take control while Adrian followed with
189.500. The outcome of the round matched the final event results with each
team remaining in its position after the first round. After round two the
Indians jumped to a 436.968-341.748 advantage over the Maples.

Tecumseh
closed the invitational with 724.968 points to place first while Adrian finished second
in Division 1-2 with 598.284 points. Saline's Hornets finished third with
584.490 points; Parma Western (584.490) was fourth and Tecumseh's B team
(517.216) placed fifth.

Clinton's varsity squad
placed fifth in Division 3-4 with 615.460 points. Columbia Central came in
second (675.016) while Onsted finished third (669.676). Rounding out the
teams were Madison (641.475), Manchester (595.782), Blissfield (574.100)
and Hillsdale (501.464).