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Allegan, Hamilton
hope for solid 2004-05 seasons

By Jason Wesseldyk, Sports Editor

December 15, 2004

ALLEGAN

In each of her first three seasons as coach of the Allegan competitive cheer
team, Pam Ingles has led the Tigers to improved results.  Never was that improvement more
evident than last season.  Allegan
finished third in the Wolverine Conference, up a notch from the year before,
and, more importantly, placed second in the Class B state competition.  Ingles would like to see more of the
season this season.

"We'd like to move up in our overall standings in the
Wolverine Conference as well as return to the state finals," Ingles
said. "In order to do those two things, we will need to make a
commitment to dedication and hard work.

"Luckily, this is a very dedicated, self-motivated team that wants to
work hard to achieve their individual and team goals. They want to improve
and will do whatever it takes to continue to move up."

A strong group of returning letter winners should help the
Tigers' cause.  Leading the way
for Allegan are seniors Amie Fuller, Monica Guyton,
Ashley VanOrder and junior Sana
Labra, who are expected to compete in all three
rounds. Seniors Rachel Snippe (rounds one and
three) and Nicole Richmond (round one), junior Chelsie
Kraft (round two) and sophomore Melissa Miller also return.

Among the newcomers, junior Ashley Morgan and Allison Beam are expected to
compete in all three rounds.

HAMILTON

Despite a
seventh-place finish in the O-K Rainbow Conference last season, second-year Hamilton coach Becky Rosel remains optimistic about the Hawkeyes'
chances for the season ahead.

"We will see definite improvement over last year," Rosel said.

And in no area has Hamilton
bettered itself more, according to Rosel, than in
the area of stunting.

"One of our
strengths is our stunting," she said. "We have improved in a big
way in this area since last year."

Conversely, she admits that some work still needs to be done in the tumbling
department.

”Tumbling is one of
our weaknesses," Rosel said. "But we
continue to work hard on improving in that area, as well.

The Hamilton roster
consists of eight athletes with previous varsity experience. Back are seniors
April Cook, Brandy Boerman, Denise Dietrich, Jen Berens, Nichole Moore, juniors Norma Fynewever
and Stephanie Mentzer and sophomore Kayli Arnett.
Freshman Brianna Hurley is among the fresh faces for the Hawkeyes this season.

©Allegan County News 2004