Hartland cheer team wins district
title — Brighton also makes the cut for regional

DAILY
PRESS & ARGUS

• February 22, 2009

NORTHVILLE — The Hartland cheer team won the district
tournament at Northville on Saturday, finishing almost 40 points ahead of
second-place Northville.

The Brighton girls placed third, which means both Hartland and Brighton will be moving on to the regional
at Brighton High School on Feb. 28.

"We made it through, so that was good," Brighton coach Kim Klaus said.

The Eagles, ranked No. 7 in Division 1, finished with
760.3464 points.

"It was surprising we didn't score higher than we
did," Hartland coach Paula Cunningham said. "The scores were all
low today. I'm really happy with the job the girls did. They're not perfect
yet, but we've got another week here to get perfect."

The Bulldogs were in a close battle with Northville
throughout the meet.

"Our round two was executed very nicely," Klaus
said. "That boosted us up. We were in second going into the third round,
but we had a few mistakes that dropped us to third.

"We haven't competed against some of these
teams," Klaus continued. "The regional is only the top four teams,
so there's a little pressure there. I don't know that it's
nervousness, it's just wanting to do well."

South Lyon placed fourth, just ahead of Novi, which Klaus and Cunningham said
was the surprise of the day.

"I'm very happy with my girls today," Klaus
said. "They did a nice job. We've come a long way so I'm real proud of
them."

Pinckney and Howell finished 12th and 13th, respectively,
in the Northville district.

Fowlerville placed sixth in a Division 2 district at
Haslett.