Comstock Park
Cheer team wins O-K Blue title

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Newspapers, January 26, 2009

COMSTOCK PARK CHEER TEAM WIN O-K BLUE TITLE: Comstock Park won each of the three rounds of competition to claim the O-K
Blue Championship at Coopersville High School Wednesday night.

Coach Kathy Felty's team
scored 221.7 points in the opening round before posting a 223.2 tally in the
second round and a 296.7 effort in the third round to accumulate a 741.6
score, nearly 30 points better than runner-up Cedar Springs, which finished
second with 712.2 points.

Rounding out the team scoring were: Sparta, which
finished third with 708.5, Forest Hills's fourth place total of 707.8 points;
Belding's fifth-place finish of 637 points, while Coopersville (625.9 points)
and West Catholic (608.5 points) rounded out the seven-team field.

"When we compete our girls don't think it's our
day, they think it's our year," said Felty,
who is in her 19th year as head coach. "This is a fun team to coach
because they always give 110 percent. They're good student-athletes and
they're very athletic with outstanding skills. The last couple of weeks we
are starting to get our routines down and that's when it gets to be fun. It's
when all the hard work starts paying off.

"We have 16 performers in round two and that's when
most schools are going down in numbers. We have 19 students on our team and
only three seniors. Our juniors, Allison Preston, Kayla Austin, Haley Bos and Olivia O'Betts are
performing well, and sophomore Kelsey French is also doing a great job. We're
looking forward to competing at a high level for the rest of the year."