Published March 2, 2008

DeWitt, P-W reach state finals
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Cheer

Lansing State Journal

(Photo by Al Goldis/For the Lansing State Journal)

Reason to cheer: Members of the DeWitt cheer team perform during a Division
2 regional Saturday in DeWitt. The Panthers finished second.

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Competitive Cheer Regional

DEWITT - DeWitt's competitive cheer team finished second to Mount Pleasant in a
Division 2 regional Saturday with a team score of 772.337. The Panthers
qualified for the state finals.

Mason followed with a score of 746.880 to finish third and the
Redwings took fourth place scoring 706.729 in the competition. Haslett scored
689.28 for a fifth-place finish.

Division 1 at E. Kentwood

Grand Ledge finished with a team score of 586.630, for an
11th-place finish. East Kentwood and
Grandville qualified for the finals.

Division 2 at Portage

Charlotte finished eight with a
team score of 638.806. Eaton Rapids finished 14th with a team score of
543.364.

Sixteen teams competed in the regional, with Portage Northern
and St. Josephs advancing to the state finals.

Division 3 at Grosse Ile

Stockbridge finished 13th in the Division 3 regional Saturday
with a score of 622.468.

Grosse Ile and Richmond
advanced to the state finals.

Division 3 at Otsego

Lansing Catholic qualified for the finals with a second-place
finish. The Cougars finished with a score of 701.536.

Lakewood placed third with a
686.568. Portland was 11th with 593.66 and Maple Valley was 14th with 553.805.

Division 4 at Carrollton

Leslie finished fifth with a team score of 541.226.

Bath was seventh with a
score of 511.1. Brown
City and Bishop Foley
reached the finals.

Division 4 at Merrill

Pewamo-Westphalia's cheer team captured a division 4 regional
title Saturday with a score of 749.914. Ithaca
finished fifth with a 651.522. Merrill also advanced to the finals out of the
competition.