Published March 6, 2005

Prep roundup:
Ovid-Elsie cheer team qualifies for state

Marauders finish
in second place, miss first by a half point

Lansing State Journal

Ovid-Elsie's competitive cheer
team advanced to the state finals with a second-place finish in the Class B
regionals at DeWitt on Saturday.

The Marauders finished with a score of 718.5, missing first place by only a
half of a point. The top two teams from each regional and the top 10 in each
class advance.

Had the Marauders tied Chesaning (719), Ovid-Elsie would have taken first
place.

"It was such a close matchup,"
Ovid-Elsie coach Sonya Laux said. "In the case
of a tie, the winner is whoever scored the highest in the third round."

Ovid-Elsie also received perfect 14s in the second round on a backtuck - their highest score of the season.

"I'm just so proud of how our girls did today," Laux said. "Not only did we receive our highest score
of the season, but we did a brand new cheer in the third round that the girls
did very well."

The state tournament takes place at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Delta-Plex in Grand Rapids.

Elsewhere in the regional at DeWitt:

Dewitt captured third place with a score of 688; Lakewood finished in fourth
(665.5); Fowlerville finished seventh (596); and Eaton Rapids finished in
eighth (586).

At Grand Rapids-Kenowa Hills, St. Johns finished ninth with 615.5.