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Belding cheerleaders eye stronger finishes

BY JOHN RAFFEL

DAILY NEWS SPORTS EDITOR

January 27, 2006

BELDING — Belding’s
cheerleaders finished fourth among seven teams competing
an O K Blue Conference meet Wednesday. Junior flier Rachel Mc Gee and senior
base performer Tiann Hattis
are confident the Redskins can do much better during upcoming meets.

“We usually do better. We cleaned up Round 3,” Mc Gee said of
the stunts and mounts round. “Round 2 (compulsories) are usually our
best. We have to keep trying to get better.’

“Our last meet at Wyoming
Park was our best
one,” said Hattis. “We still showed
improvement.” Both girls are in their third year of varsity
competition.

“We have a new coach ( Stacy Venneman). She has helped us from the beginning,”
said Mc Gee. “We’ve done so much better.”

“We would like to finish No. 3 in the conference,” Hattis said. “We need to clean up Round 1,”
Mc Gee said. “We’ll keep working on Round 3. Round 2 is usually
decent for us.”

Belding will travel to Comstock
Park to compete on
Monday.

“Wyoming
Park in our conference
is tough,” Mc Gee said. “We’re hoping to do well at Comstock Park.”

“We’re beating Coopersville this
year,” Hattis said. “That’s a
plus.”

Rachel Mc Gee and Tiann Hattis are all smiles after Wednesday’s competitive
cheer meet.

Daily News/John Raffel