Trojan cheer team
fifth

By
Dave Cramton

Journal
Sports Editor

Monday,
January 09, 2006

OTSEGO
— Sturgis’ competitive cheer team had an impressive showing to
start the season at Saturday’s Otsego Invitational.

The Trojans finished fifth with 457.2 points while Otsego won with 672.9
points.

Sturgis started off with a 162.5-point first round.

“That’s great for our first competition,” Sturgis coach Juls Davis
said. “Our highest round one last year was between 124 and 130.”

A 42-point penalty in the second round knocked Sturgis back to a 77.77 score
in the round, but the team finished strong with a 217 score in round three.

“Round three was awesome,” Davis
said. “We just finished putting that together on Friday and
hadn’t had time to practice it all the way through. That was the first
time and they nailed every stunting sequence.”

Overall, Davis
was happy with how her team performed.

“They impressed me, they impressed the parents and they walked away
feeling good about the experience,” she said. “It really opened
the girls’ eyes to how different this style is as opposed to sideline
cheer.

“They’re ready to step it up and I expect to see higher scores at
the Blue Devil Invitational next weekend.”