Bobcats cheer to sixth at competitive Regionals

March 09, 2006

Houghton Lake
wrapped up the 2005-06 competitive cheerleading season Saturday in sixth
place at Chippewa
Hills High
School, Remus, where 1.5 points was the
difference between first and second place. With a score of 602.5, the Bobcats
placed behind first-place Chesaning (726.5) and second-place Chippewa Hills
(725). Third through fifth went to Ovid-Elsie, DeWitt and St. Johns, respectively.

“The girls ended the season with a great performance at
Regionals,” Bobcat Coach Amy Fornusek said.
“It was one of the best performances they’ve done this
year.”

The Bobcats earned 164.5 points in Round 1 and 169.5 in the second round, for
a sixth-place subtotal of 334. In Round 3 the ’Cats earned 268.5
points.

“We made a few changes to our third round and they stuck every
stunt,” Fornusek said. “Several of the
girls are also dealing with injuries, but you could not tell by watching them.
I could not have asked for a better team to work with this season. They have
been wonderful!”

While the Roscommon Bucks ended their Regional meet in last place, they ended
on a high note. Their total of 428.6 was 4.9 points higher than their recent
Cheer on the Lake
Invitational score of
423.7.

The Bucks earned a penalty in Round 1 and scored 114.5. At the end of the
second round, they had accumulated 234.1 points and were in 11th place, ahead
of Bridgeport
and Hemlock.

The Class B teams competing in Region 9 ended their season in the following
order: Chesaning (726.5), Chippewa Hills (725), Ovid-Elsie (693.7), DeWitt
(683.4), St. Johns (626.6), Houghton Lake
(602.5), Central Montcalm (563.2), Portland
(561.5), Tri-County (541.1), Shepherd (516.8), Hemlock (456.6), Bridgeport (445.4) and
Roscommon (428.6).

Chesaning and Chippewa Hills will now move on to the state competitive cheer
finals, set for March 11 at the DeltaPlex, Grand Rapids.