Michigan Center wins state
competitive cheer championship

Citizen Patriot staff, March 07, 2009

The Michigan Center High School competitive cheer
team is No. 1 after capturing its first state championship at the DeltaPlex
in Grand Rapids on Saturday.

"The girls were just amazing," coach Jessica Trefry
said after Michigan Center was awarded the
Division 4 championship.

"I knew what kind of performance it would take, and the girls really
came through."

Michigan Center, ranked second in
the final regular-season coaches and officials state
poll, trailed season-long rival and No. 1-ranked Hudson by six points going
into the third and final round before rallying.

The Cardinals were the final team to take to the mat in the third round, and
they made up the difference to score the victory at the biggest meet of the
season.

Michigan Center captured the meet
with a score of 759.916 points, while Hudson finished second
with 756.967. Ithaca was well back in
third with 707.6254.

"Before we went out for the final round, I told the seniors that they
need to lead the way," Trefry said. "I
told them if they led the way, everyone else would follow."

The Michigan Center senior contingent
of Bethany Burzynski, Kelsey Pollard, Rachel
Miller, Lauren Silva and Hannah Stark helped lead the Cardinals to the win. Burzynski, Pollard and Miller were each four-year members
of the team.

Hudson and Michigan Center had meet five times previously this season. Michigan Center won just one of
those meets, and that meet was held at Michigan Center.

"Of course, a lot of people said that we won that meet at Michigan Center because of
home-field advantage," Trefry said. "For
us to come back and win now at the state meet was just ... amazing."