Cheers to the champs

Macomb Area Conference crown
division winners

By Sue Teggart

C & G Sports Writer

Photo by Patricia O’Blenes

The Macomb Area
Conference Red Division champion Utica
Stevenson competitive cheer squad pumps up the crowd at a meet earlier in
the season. The Titans will also host a Division 1 district at 9 a.m. Feb. 21.

They
tumbled, smiled and fired up the crowd all season long in search of one
thing — a championship.

The
division championship meets wrapped up Feb. 18, and competitive cheer teams
across the Macomb Area Conference took their places in the final standings
according to how each finished in their respective meets.

And as
they look ahead to the opening round of the state tournament, which gets
under way Feb. 21, many teams will be aiming for their next piece of
hardware, a district trophy.

Here's a
look at how the divisional championship meets finished up and each team's
resulting position in the final standings.

Red
Division

Utica
Stevenson swept the MAC Red. The Titans
scored 790.4128 points in their final league competition to earn the title
outright.

Romeo
High took second with 772.0520 points, followed by Utica Eisenhower
(763.2428), Utica Ford II (755.3248) and Clinton Township Chippewa Valley (726.9708).

White
Division

Utica
High pulled out all the stops this year to earn the White Division title.

The
Chieftains scored 779.870 points in their championship meet to take first
place; St. Clair High followed in second (768.252). Warren Cousino finished
in third place (766.382). Macomb Dakota (765.750) and Clawson High
(744.686) round out the group in fourth and fifth place, respectively.

Blue
Division

Roseville
High claimed its second straight league crown after earning the Gold
Division title last season.

The
Panthers scored 724.839 points to take the crown. Warren Mott finished in
second with 708.352 points, followed by Macomb L’Anse Creuse North
(699.664) and Madison Heights Lamphere (676.763).

Gold
Division

Marine
City High captured the MAC Gold Division
championship, collecting 699.5168 points in the final meet.

Warren Woods Tower finished a close
second with 667.9388 points, followed by Fraser High (662.7018), Clinton
Township Clintondale (651.3152) and Port Huron High (590.7928).

Silver and Bronze divisions

New
Haven High finished on top in the combined division, tallying 674.0730
points at the championship meet to take the crown.

Eastpointe
East Detroit took second with 656.4806 points, followed by St. Clair Shores
Lakeview (653.8012), Port Huron Northern (621.2662), Sterling Heights High
(613.1868), Warren Fitzgerald (598.7560), Marysville High (592.6080),
Grosse Pointe North (570.4400) and Madison Heights Madison  (508.3050).