Cheerleading:
Carlson cheerladers hit high-water scoring mark

Wednesday, February
4, 2009

Carlson’s
competitive cheer team avenged an earlier loss by less than a point to Allen Park by beating the Jaguars by 26
Saturday.

And in the process, the Marauders won Lake Orion’s Division 2 competition
with the highest score in school history and perhaps state-wide.

The defending Division 2 state champs totaled 808.5128 points, besting the
Jaguars’ 782.3104.

Carlson scored 235.4 in round one, 252.4128 in round two and 320.7 in round
three.

“We
were less than five points from being perfect in round one and only 20 points
overall,” co-Coach Christina Williams said. “I don’t know
if it’s the high-est (total score) in state
history, but definitely in our school history.

“We had a very strong week of practice and a really good
mindset.”

Carlson is led by seniors Delayna Herndon, Sara Jokela, Rachel Sarkody and
Megan Zander and juniors Chantelle
Baron, Rebecca Cleary, Courtney McCarary and Lainey Wil-liams.

The rest of the team is made up of sophomores Desiree Baron, Shelby Branham,
Jessica Dhans, Bailee Gregg, Lisa Lewis and Halee
Stratton and freshmen Paige Arrington, Kim Desimpelaere,
Court-ney Gibson, Alisha Hixon,
LeAnne Jacobs, Kayla Sharlow,
Lindsay Smith, Carly Williams.

The team is coached by Williams and Danielle Jokela.