Cheerful Falcons win another OAA-I title

BY DAN STICKRADT

STAFF WRITER

The Oakland Activities
Association is in its 12th year of cheerleading competition, and only one
school can say it is a 12-time champion.

Rochester captured that honor
Saturday afternoon at Berkley
High School as the
Class A third-ranked Falcons topped the five-school field with 730.8 points.

Troy Athens, ranked
ninth, finished second with 708.7 points in the three-round competition,
while Lake Orion, honorable mention in the polls,
was third with 685.1 points. Rochester Stoney Creek (671.2) and Troy (653.5) rounded out
the field.

Rochester won each of the three
rounds, scoring 197 in the first round to go up by three points over Athens (194). The
Falcons collected 217.3 in Round II and capped the event by leading Round III
with 316 points.

Athens clinched second by collecting 207.7
points in the second round and 307 in the final round. Lake Orion,
which was fourth after the first round with 190 points, followed up that
performance with 196.8 points in the second round and 296.5 in the final
round.

Stoney Creek had
rounds of 190.5, 197.7 and 283, while Troy
recorded scores of 189.5, 192.5 and 271.5.

FARMINGTON WINS OAA-II

Farmington took first place
Saturday in the OAA Division II competition, topping five other schools for its first-ever league championship.

The Falcons, coached
by Mary Green, competed against teams from Berkley,
Royal Oak Unified, Ferndale, Farmington Harrison
and North Farmington.

It's the first time Farmington has won a
league title since it began competing as an MHSAA-sanctioned competitive
cheer team.

Originally published February 9, 2006