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Brandon cheerleaders finish second in Flint Metro League

Jeff Patrus

Brandon's varsity cheerleading squad warms up prior to the Flint Metro League meet Feb. 8 at Brandon High School.
Staff Photo/Bob Flath

February 08, 2006 - Brandon's varsity cheerleading team finished the Flint Metro League
season on a high note.

The Blackhawks hosted
the second and final league cheerleading meet of the season Feb. 8 at Brandon High School. A total of five varsity
cheerleading teams from the Flint Metro took part in the competition, with
the Blackhawks finishing third at the meet with a
total of 613.4 points.

Lapeer West won the meet with 645.2 points, while
Oxford
finished second with 631.4 points.

Taking into consideration both league meets (the
first one took place Jan. 18), the Blackhawks
finished second in the league with 1245.9 points, trailing only Lapeer West,
which won the league with 1283 1283.4 points. Oxford finished third (1211.2), while
Lapeer East finished fourth (1077) and Clio fifth (985.7).

The Blackhawks were
also well-represented on the final Flint Metro League all-league team. Four Blackhawks made the all-league first team: senior Tiffany
Harding, junior Katie Stratfold, and sophomores
Amanda Steenson and Emily Murphy.

Three Blackhawks were
named second-team all league: seniors Lindsay Baumon
and Amber Hoover and junior Rachel Oosterlinck.
Freshman Bethany Harding was an honorable mention selection to the team.