East
Kentwood cheer team wins invite

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

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By msrussel

The East Kentwood cheerleading team won the
Division 1 title at the Comstock Park Invitational last Saturday with a score
of 743.64. The Falcons worked together as a team and started the season off
with a great showing and it was their first time ever winning the event.

The Division 1
competition was very tough, with six teams from the O-K Red participating,
and Rockford was a close second in the scoring, but East Kentwood had an excellent third round.
Their scores in each of the rounds were 220.2, 230.4416 and 293.

"The girls came
through when it counted, we had a very clean third round and posted the
highest scores and that sealed the victory," said East Kentwood coach Stephanie Stephenson, who
shares the coaching honors with her sister Stacey Sheler.

Five seniors participated
in all three rounds. Those seniors were Shali
Clark, Jessica Kurdziel, Vivian Do, Keirya Wilson and Chantel
Martin. "These girls showed great leadership, kept the team focused,
positive and working together," said coach Stephenson.

The Falcons have a break
for Christmas, and their next competition is the Portage Northern
Invitational on January 3rd. The team is hopeful they can
represent the O-K Red in the state finals, and their first O-K Red
competition is at Jenison on January 7th.