’Cats place seventh at Breckenridge

March 02, 2006

The Houghton
Lake varsity cheerleading team
placed seventh out of 12 teams at Breckenridge
High School Saturday.
Their score of 630.6 was one of their best this year and their last in
regular season competition.

“The girls had to go against some of the top teams in the
state in both Class A and Class B,” Bobcat Coach Amy Fornusek said. “I thought they did a great
job.”

Houghton Lake scored 180 points in Round 1 and were in sixth place, 4.5 points ahead of Lapeer West. By
the end of Round 2, however, the ’Cats dropped to seventh place, 354.6
to Lapeer West’s 366. Their Round 3 score of 276 was 34 points off
their high Round 3 mark of 310.

“Our scores were the fourth highest we received this year,” Fornusek said. “To be able to get scores like that
against teams that have won state championships before was impressive.”

The difference between first place Chesaning and second place Chippewa Hills
was a mere 3.4 points. (Chippewa Hills is ranked first in Class B Competitive
Cheer by Michigan High School Athletic Association coaches and officials,
while Chesaning is ranked second.)

Third place went to Dewitt (which garnered an honorable mention in Class B
rankings) and fourth place went to Mt.
Pleasant (which
received an honorable mention in the Class A rankings). Fifth through 12
places went to Lake Orion, Lapeer West, Houghton
Lake, Central Montcalm, Tri-County,
Shepherd, Hemlock and Bridgeport,
respectively.

The JV Bobcats competed at Ovid-Elsie in junior varsity competition, earning
a 544. First place went to O-E.

“We performed better than we have all season,” JV Coach Celeste Kubiak said. “It was a great end to the
season.”

Fornusek said this week of practice her girls will
focus on cleaning up their rounds and making a few changes to Round 3. They
will compete with the Roscommon Bucks at Regionals Saturday at Chippewa Hills High School,
Remus.