Grandville wins
West Ottawa Invitational

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Newspapers, January 26, 2009

GRANDVILLE WINS WEST OTTAWA INVITATIONAL:
With one of its top round three scores of the season (297.50), the Grandville
competitive cheer team won the West Ottawa Invitational with a score of
785.152.

"We scored really high in rounds one and two, and
then we had one of our best round three scores all season," said
Grandville coach Julie Smith-Boyd. "Overall I was really happy.
Sometimes after your own invitational and performing at home in a really big
tournament, I kind of expected a flat performance. We really didn't have
one."

Grandville scored 234.7 in round one and 252.952 in the
second.

The team is led by senior captains Sara Datema and Kelsey Byxbe. Alyssa
Grifhorst, Brittany Lipkea
and Alissa Simonte also
represent the class of 2009 on the team.

So far this season, the Bulldogs have won their own
Grandville Invitational and the preseason O-K Red meet.

On Saturday, the team will travel to Brighton.

"This will be the first time we'll see some of the
schools from the East side of the state," said Smith-Boyd. "This'll
be a good chance to see where we are at."