Comstock Park wins Division 3
regional

Jen Judson |
Advance Newspapers, March 04, 2009

Comstock Park captured the
Division 3 competitive cheer regional championship Saturday. - (ADVANCE
photos by KAREN WAITE)

COOPERSVILLE - The
cheer crowd is used to seeing Comstock Park at the top of the
pyramid. Saturday's regional at Coopersville was no exception, as the
Panthers won their 14th meet of the season with a score of 800.5104 - more
than 30 points ahead of second-place Holland Christian (768.5338). Catholic Central
will also be heading to the state finals for taking fourth (740.2928).

"They just went
out there and did the best that they've done all season in all three
rounds," said CP coach Kathy Felty. "We
had awesome everything all the way around. The scores were great; the fans
were great. The girls did an awesome job."

Comstock Park started out the
competition with a first round score of 232.800. The Panthers scored a
247.5104 in round two, and then ended with a 320 in round three.

"Everything
that we've asked them to do, they were able to do today," said Felty. "They were all together, right now and
peaking at the perfect point of the season. To come out and nail all three
rounds and to have an awesome day like this is just the best."

Second-place Holland
Christian was second all day, after its first round of 230.3, second round
226.9338 and third 311.3. The Maroons' final score was 768.5338.

The route to the
state tournament was a little different for Catholic Central. The Cougars
started in fifth with their 218.9, and after the second round (212.6928)
slipped to sixth. In their due-or-die round three, they landed a 308.7 to
move on to the state finals with a final score of 740.2928.

Just missing out on
the state cut, Kelloggsville finished in sixth with their score of 738.24.
The Rockets put together a 216.6 in the first and a 219.14 second. In their
final performance of the season, they got 302.5.

"The girls have
worked so hard all season," said Kelloggsville coach Stephanie Jenkins.
"Just making it to the regional was awesome. We didn't even imagine
coming here. I'm so proud of them."

Wyoming Park finished in tenth
with a 698.22. The Vikings scored 204.7, 205.32 and 288.2.

Comstock Park, Holland Christian
and Catholic Central will move on to the state finals at the Delta Plex on Saturday.