Shelby
squad rules WMC

February
11, 2009

HART
— The Tigers took first place in a West Michigan Conference (WMC)
competitive cheer meet last Wednesday evening, Feb. 4, and the Hart squad
finished third.

The Tigers are currently in first
place in the WMC, while Hart is in second place.

“Our round three finally
came together,” said Shelby coach Penny Grinage-Guy.
“Due to illness or injury we have not performed the same round three
until Saturday (Jan. 31) at Otsego and last night. I was very proud of how
hard the girls have worked this week at practice on round three. We still
have some ‘cleaning up’ to do, but, all in all, I was very
pleased.”

“It was great finally having
a home competition,” said Pirate coach Jennifer Peterson. “(It
was a) great crowd and nice to be at home.”

Last season was Hart’s debut
as a competitive squad, and Wednesday’s meet was the first competition
that the Pirates hosted.

“As for our rounds, we will
be working really hard trying to clean up material and making sure we
don’t get anymore penalty points,” Peterson continued. “The
penalty points last night took us from second to third place.

“We were battling a few
aliments last night,” the Hart coach said. “Some girls were very
sick with cold/flu-like symptoms. We need to stay healthy and be ready for the
final competition. I am looking forward to the final conference meet next
week (Feb. 11) at Montague.”

Varsity team scores: 1. Shelby, round 1, 197.70 (-4 penalty);
round 2, 192.0360; round 3, 280.5; total, 666.2360; 2. North Muskegon, round 1, 192.20 (-8 penalty);
round 2, 173.3578; round 3, 258.0; total, 615.5578; 3. Hart, round 1, 188.80;
round 2, 161.5300; round 3, 268.0 (-10 penalty); total, 608.3300; 4.
Montague, round 1, 189.30; round 2, 164.1960; round 3, 252.7 (-12 penalty);
total, 594.1960.

JV team scores: 1. Shelby, round 1, 178.80; round 2,
145.4976; round 3, 239.6; total, 563.8976