Houghton
Lake
cheerleaders place second at two invites

January 22, 2009

SECOND
TWICE The varsity Bobcats perform in Round 3 at Roscommon High School Jan. 15. Their Round 1
score was the best of the season so far (217.4 points) and they ended
the evening with a total score of 667.1 points. The Gaylord Blue Devils
took the top spot with 681.6 points. The Bobcats also placed second
Jan. 17 at an invitational in Farwell. The 'Cats will host "Cheer
on the Lake" at home Saturday at 10
a.m. (Photo by Thomas Reznich)

At the
Farwell Invitational Jan. 17, the Houghton Lake Bobcats placed second,
coming in just under eight points behind Harrison.

"I
thought the girls did a great job in Round 1," Varsity Coach Celeste Kubiak said. "We did have a bobble on our second
jump which cost us the lead. Our score for Round 2 continues to climb as
our tumbling gets better, but we were still trailing Harrison by almost 13 points
going into Round 3."

Kubiak said the last round
was not as clean as it should have been.

"We
had made some necessary changes the night before and it appeared the team
made concentration errors," she said.

CHEERING
AT HOME The Roscommon Bucks cheered to a fifth place finish Jan. 15 at
home, ahead of the Grayling Vikings. The Bucks' total score was 461.3
points. (Photo by Thomas Reznich)

Even
though the Bobcats outscored Harrison in the final round,
they ended the meet with a score of 673.556.

Other
teams competing were Meridian (573.1), Shepherd
(554.4), Grayling (287.1), and Oscoda (286.1).

At the
Roscommon Invitational Jan. 15, the Varsity 'Cats came out very strong in
Round One with their best score this year (217.4 vs. the Gaylord Blue
Devils' 211.5).

Coach Kubiak said round two is still improving with the
addition of back tucks. The girls' Round 3 was a little shaky, she said, as
they had to make last minute changes due to an injury.

"Chelsie Roose stepped in for
the injured Emily Robinson and did an amazing job," Kubiak said.

Gaylord
ended up placing first with a score of 681.6. Harrison was right behind Houghton Lake's score of 667.1
with 660.6 points of their own.

The
Roscommon Bucks started the competition in fifth place with 159.4 points in
Round 1, ahead of the Grayling Vikings. The Varsity Bucks kept their
position, ending the evening with a total of 461.3 points.

Rounding
out the competition were Meridian (603.0), and
Grayling (248.1).

The Houghton Lake JV team competed for
the first time in Roscommon and defeated Gaylord 523.82 to 510.04. In
Farwell, the junior 'Cats ended the meet with a score of 489.32, placing
second to Harrison JV (539.3).

"Our
biggest home competition is this Saturday beginning at 10
a.m.,"
Coach Kubiak said.

"Cheer
on the Lake" will consist
of more than 20 teams competing in the varsity, JV and middle school
divisions.