East
Kentwood flies into second; Cheer

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Newspapers, February 17, 2009

EAST KENTWOOD FLIES INTO
SECOND: The East Kentwood cheer team may have been fighting off injury and
sickness on Saturday, but the Falcon fliers still put in a second place
performance at their invitational at the DeltaPlex.

"We came in as
runner-ups," said EK coach Stacy Sheler.
"There were 22 teams there and all but one of the top ten teams in the
state. Of course we would have liked to have won, but that was the best we
had ever done there.

"Chantel
Martin was sick with the flu and she stayed tough all day. Brooke Lei got hit
in the nose in warm-up and she never complained. They just kept going."

The Falcons scored a
225.5 in round one and a 249.9 in round two. Their score in round three came
in as the top score in the state with a 324.

"Every single meet,
they do something more that we had been working on in practice," said Sheler. "With conference and districts coming up, we
don't have room for a bad meet."

The Falcons will be at Rockford this week for the O-K Red meet on
Wednesday and for districts on Saturday. The top four teams Saturday will
advance to the regionals at Brighton next Saturday.