Oilers win
cheer regional

Sunday,
March 02, 2008

THE SAGINAW NEWS

Mount Pleasant's competitive cheer team claimed
the Division 2 regional title Saturday at DeWitt with a score of 774.420,
while Arthur Hill scored a 421.8 in just its second season of competing.

''They've been in the
business for a long time,'' said Arthur Hill coach Sharon Coleman of the
Oilers.

DeWitt finished second at
772.337, joining Mount Pleasant
in qualifying for the state finals beginning Friday and concluding Saturday.

The
Lumberjacks peaked with a score of 195 in Round 3.

''They weren't nervous
and they had fun with it,'' said Coleman, whose lineup of five includes no
seniors. ''Our goal was to beat our scores at every competition we went to
and we did. They've already started planning for what they want to do in the
spring and summer.''

Cheer regionals

Heritage finished 13th in
Division 1 at Lake Orion with a 507.500, while Rochester Hills Rochester and
Rochester Hills Stoney Creek placed first and second, respectively, to move
on to the state finals.

In just their third year
of competing, the Hawks performed with the minimum requirement of four girls
due to injuries.

''They hit a lot of their
stunts today in Round 3. For not being together long, these four did quite
well,'' said Heritage coach Lori Ricklefs. ''We
were the smallest team, but we gave it all we had and I was pleased with the
end result. Most of these big teams have 16. The whole crowd really cheered
for us, and the coaches told us we did great.''

Bullock Creek finished
fifth in Division 3 at Houghton
Lake. Chippewa Hills
took first place and Houghton
Lake was the runner-up
as both teams qualified for states.

Carrollton (463.500) took eighth place in
Division 4 at Carrollton.
Brown City won the meet with a 691.816, followed
by fellow qualifier Madison Heights Bishop Foley in second place at 667.544.