Michigan Center cheer team wins
league title

Citizen
Patriot staff, February 19, 2009

The future is now for the Michigan Center High School competitive cheer
team.

That's the way coach Jessica Trefry is looking at
the postseason, which began Wednesday as the Cardinals captured their fourth
consecutive Cascades Conference competitive cheer championship.

The Cardinals, ranked No. 2 in Division 4 in the state coaches' poll, will
take on No. 1 Hudson at the 15-team Hudson district Saturday,
where the top four teams will advance to the regional.

"I'm very optimistic about the postseason," Trefry
said. "We want to qualify for the state meet again, and this year we
really want to win the district. We want to bring home some hardware."

Hudson and Michigan Center have hooked up four
times this season with Hudson coming out on top
in three of those meetings.

There was no topping Michigan Center on Wednesday,
however.

Led by its all-conference quartet of Rachel Miller, Kelsey Pollard, Bethany Burzynski and Lauryn Silva, the
Cardinals scored 730.0640 to beat runner-up Manchester (661.6280).

"This is a team and a season I've been anticipating for a long
time," Trefry said. "I've watched this
group come along, and we really think it's a special group."

Michigan Center outscored the field
in each of the three rounds.

"It was a fairly good meet for us," Trefry
said. "Our round three was great, but there's
always things we can improve upon. Our round one still needs a little
work."

Napoleon finished third at the conference meet and tied Manchester for second place in
the final league standings.

Charging Hanover-Horton, which finished eighth two seasons
ago and seventh last year, improved to finish fourth this season.

"I'm very happy," Hanover-Horton coach Sherri Luce said. "I'm
ecstatic. We've shown improvement every meet."

Competitive Cheer

Cascades Conference Meet

(at Hanover-Horton)

TEAM SCORES: 1, Michigan Center
209.300-213.2640-307.500-730.0640. 2, Manchester
195.700-191.6280-274.300-661.6280. 3, Napoleon
200.500-182.1256-272.600-655.2256. 4, Hanover-Horton
194.700-184.0056-273.400-652.1056. 5, Addison 188.500-166.0160-277.700-632.2160.
6, Vandercook Lake
190.400-175.4800-260.800-626.6800. 7, Grass Lake
189.800-162.3520-262.200-614.3520. 8, East Jackson
188.100-162.5200-253.900-604.5200.

Final league standings: 1, Michigan Center. 2,
(tie) Napoleon and Manchester. 4, Hanover-Horton.
5, Addison. 6, Vandercook Lake. 7,
(tie) East Jackson and Grass Lake.

All-conference
team:
Michigan Center: Rachel Miller,
Kelsey Pollard, Bethany Burzynski, Lauryn Silva. Manchester: Lorelei Baron, Ciara Kukalis, Michelle Walter.
Napoleon: Courtnie Coppernoll,
Ginjer Serianni, Amber Bivins. Hanover-Horton: Jessica Taylor, Jordyn Fisher. Addison: Kaitlin Horn,
Megan Filip. Vandercook Lake: Britney Campbell. Grass Lake: Alex Maxson. East Jackson: Savannah Searles.

Honorable
mention:
Claire Simpson, Manchester; Jordan Jonas, Napoleon; Chelsea Hutson, Hanover-Horton; Alycianna
Richardson, Addison; Alise Richardson, Vandercook
Lake; Dallas Devine, Grass Lake; Aubrey Bournay,
East Jackson.