PUBLISHED: Sunday, March 2, 2008

Mt. Pleasant, Chippewa Hills advance to
finals

By Morning Sun
Sports

DEWITT - The Mt. Pleasant
High School competitive
cheer team won its first-ever Division 2 regional
title Saturday, narrowly edging host Dewitt. It marks the fourth time in the
past five years that the Oilers have advanced to the state finals.

Mt. Pleasant scored a total of 774.420 points on
rounds of 223.5, 233,92, and 317. Dewitt ended with
a cumulative score 772.337.

"We had three solid rounds and the girls definitely
deserved to win this," Oilers coach Kristi LaFleur
said."We had a great week of practice and
nailed all three rounds."

Mt. Pleasant
now moves on to the Division 2 state finals Saturday at the DeltaPlex in Grand Rapids.

Warriors win regional title

HOUGHTON LAKE - The Chippewa Hills High School competitive cheer
team won a second straight regional title on Saturday as the Warriors rolled
to the Division 3 crown at Houghton Lake.

Chippewa Hills, which has won regional titles in three of the
last four years, finished atop the field with 772.516 points.

The Warriors posted 231.5 points in the first round before
scoring 227.016 points in the second.

From there they secured the win with a 314-point third round.

"It was a great day, but we left some room for improvement
in each round," said Warrior coach Jenna Ruddell."It
was our most consistent three rounds all season."

The Warriors return to action at the state finals in Grand Rapids on
Saturday afternoon.

The Division 3 final is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. at the
DeltaPlex in Grand Rapids.