The Manchester Enterprise

A Heritage Newspaper

Weekly Publication

Competitive
season in full swing

PUBLISHED: February 10,
2005

On Saturday, the Manchester High
School Competitive Cheer Team traveled to Michigan Center
to compete in the Cardinal Competitive Cheer Invita-tional,
which consisted of a field of 13 teams from several different conferences
competing against each other.

Scoring is based on a system of points
awarded for floor mobility, vocals, jumps, mandatory and compulsory elements,
team coordination and unity, difficulty of stunts, and overall impression.

The Manchester
team placed a respectable ninth in Saturday's event. Competing against teams
from other conferences including the Cascades Conference lets the girls see
what is possible, according to coach Katie Ray.

Ray said she is pleased with the girls'
realistic goal-setting, focusing on doing their best and increasing their
scores against the other teams within their conference.

The Competitive Cheer Team is comprised of
11 athletes: senior co-captains Jessica Curts and
Amanda June and junior Holly Staten; junior team members Laura Eisenhauer, Molly Sears and Krystle
Wilson; sophomores Jamie Baird and Deanna Uhr; and
freshmen Audrey Carey, Katelyn Spring and Kim Ticknor.

This was the cheerleaders' third
competition, placing eighth at Hudson
and fifth in Onsted within the past week.

The girls also had a meet Wednesday night
at Whit-more Lake. Conference competition is at Vandercook Lake
Feb. 17; the rescheduled meet at Manchester on Wednesday, Feb. 23; and the final meet of
the regular season will be held at Grass
Lake on Saturday, Feb.
26.

Regional competition will be held in Romulus March 5