Cardinals
have high hopes for a high showing

Friday,
March 10, 2006

By
Jason Rising

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Michigan Center High School enters this year's state finals
with one of its best competitive cheer teams ever.

The Cardinals qualified for the
state finals for the fourth consecutive year by finishing second in the
regional last Saturday.

They are hoping for a fourth-place
finish or better after taking ninth last season and fifth in 2004.

"This team is stronger than
the team that finished fifth," coach Jessica Trefry
said. "We have great leadership, and our skill level is a lot stronger.
This team has been through a lot this season and has stayed composed through
all of it."

Placing in the top four will be a
tough task as four of the top five teams in the final ranking in Class C-D
will be at the finals. That includes No. 3 Hudson, which has beaten the
Cardinals four times this season.

"We talk as a team about
beating Hudson,"
Trefry said. "We have a lot of respect for
them, but it is our goal to beat them. We're not far off."

Top-ranked Breckenridge will seek
its third consecutive state title.

No. 6 Michigan Center garnered
several honors at the regional. Trefry was named
coach of the year, while Kristin Pollard, Courtney Page, Sarah Pyle, Tamirra Wright and Lindsay Cole made the all-regional
team.