Busy schedule for South Lyon cheer

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January 29, 2009

South Lyon High School's competitive cheer team has had
a very busy season so far. The Varsity and JV teams have recently competed in
two head-to-head competitions and one invitational tournament.

On Jan.
7, the South
Lyon
competitive cheer teams hosted South Lyon East.

Prior
to the competition, South Lyon High gave individual recognition to their
senior cheerleaders.

The
varsity squad, captained by Amanda Delgado, Kelsey Kiernan and Amber Washko, prevailed over their cross-town challengers in
each of the three rounds of competition.

The JV
squad, captained by Stephanie McNeill, Jordynn
Barry, Jacqui Chartier and Crystal Starling,
presented their routines uncontested, since South Lyon East does not have a
Junior Varsity team this year.

On Jan.
17, juniors Alli Bryant, Holli
Sweet, Nikki Zachar and the rest of the varsity
team started bright and early at the 6th Annual Wyandotte Invitational
Tournament. Teams from 23 area high schools competed in the morning, while
JV, freshman and middle school teams took the floor in the afternoon.

South Lyon varsity placed fifth in Division 1, a mere seven points
behind fourth-place Livonia Stevenson.

The JV
team struggled in their second round, dropping them to eighth place behind Novi.

Two
days later, varsity sophomores Ashley Goodwillie,
Nina Kurnat, Kassi
Meister, Meredith Norman and JV sophomores Cassie Carrasco, Heather Dangel, Stephanie McNeill, Cecelia Reeves and Cady Stokes
traveled with their respective squads to compete against the Northville
Mustangs and enjoy an exhibition by the Northville Middle School Stallions.

South
Lyon Varsity soundly defeated Northville by nearly 70 points, aided by an
amazing third round performance. Despite excellent execution and continued
improvement, the JV squad fell to Northville's consistently solid
performance.

On Feb.
9, the teams will travel to Novi. The competition will begin at 7 p.m.