Ithaca finishes third in
state cheer final

Yellow Jackets have
best finish of five area teams at state

Lansing State Journal • March
8, 2009
• From Lansing State Journal

GRAND
RAPIDS - Ithaca finished third in Saturday's Divison 4 competitive cheer state final with an overall
score of 707.6254.

The Yellowjackets
had the best finish of the five mid-Michigan teams that competed in one of
the four finals at the DeltaPlex. Mason finished last of eight teams in the
Division 2 final and Ovid-Elsie was sixth in
Division 3. Pewamo-Westphalia trailed Ithaca in Division 4, finishing fourth,
and Laingsburg finished seventh.

"The team did
exactly what they needed to do," Ithaca coach Jill Davenport said.
"They went out and put three strong rounds on the mat."

Pewamo-Westphalia
finished with a score of 705.1556 and Laingsburg scored 685.444.

The Yellowjackets'
team included Brittney Bentley, Ashley Carman, Kara Giles, Misty Godley, Janelle
Longanbach, Ashley Packer and Mary Seals.

Mason finished with a
score of 747.1536. Gibraltar Carlson won the Division 2 title with a 807.1184.

Ovid-Elsie finished
with a score of 751.0136. Comstock Park won the Division 3 title with a
781.1808.

DIVISION 2

Team Scores

Gibraltar Carlson
807.1184, Mt. Pleasant 786.0888, Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills 778.0936, Allen
Park 777.7568, Ortonville-Brandon 775.0312, Dearborn Divine Child 763.0598,
Grand Rapids Christian 758.4272, Mason 747.1536.

Team Scores by Round

Gibraltar Carlson 233.2-251.4184-322.5

Mt. Pleasant
225.4-238.7888-321.9

G.R. Kenowa Hills
21.9-329.2936-316.9

Allen
Park 228.2-244.1568-307.4

Ortonville-Brandon
219.3-237.3312-318.4

Dearborn Divine Child 225.1-234.2598-303.7

Grand
Rapids Christian 226.1-229.3272-303.0

Mason
223.0-222.5536-301.6.

DIVISION 4

Team Scores

Michigan Center 759.9160, Hudson 756.9670, Ithaca 707.6254, Pewamo-Westphalia
705.1556, Mainistique 700.8812,Colon 698.4126, Laingsburg 685.4440, Norway 664.6448.

Team Scores by Round

Michigan Center 221.0-221.6160-317.3

Hudson 220.8-227.3670-308.8

Ithaca 212.6-195.8254-299.2

Pewamo-Westphalia
214.5-209.0556-281.6,

Manistique
209.3-207.4812-284.1

Colon 205.5-204.6216-288.3

Laingsburg
202.6-192.3440-290.5

Norway 105.2-188.7448-270.7