Kelloggsville
competitive cheer team wins conference championship

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Newspapers, February 17, 2009

Larry Hirt

For the first time ever,
the Kelloggsville cheer team cheered its way into a conference title. On
Thursday, the Rockets finished first at the final conference meet to clinch
the O-K Silver title.

"Thursday we
finished the conference season as conference champs," said Kelloggsville
coach Stephanie Jenkins. "It was a fairy tale season. I graduated from
Kelloggsville in 2006, so the seniors on my team I cheered with in high
school. It was such a journey. It was the first ever conference cheer title
for Kelloggsville. It was amazing every step of the way."

The team is made up of
three captains in seniors Sabrina Jenkins, Stephanie Strotheide
and junior Lisa Rypma. The rest of the team is
senior Katie Gatchel and juniors Katlyn Davis, Amber DeWater, Alex Lane and Haley Pomorski
who was injured this season. The team had a best score of the season of 720
which it got at the Byron Center Invitational. The Rockets got their highest
conference score on Thursday with a 715.7.

Kelloggsville will
compete at the Coopersville district on Saturday. If the team finishes in the
top four, then it will head to the regional - also at Coopersville - the
following Saturday.

"Definitely, our
goal is to keep going," said the coach.