Tri County was making its first appearance in the Division 3 competitive cheer state finals. The Vikings were actually fifth after Round 1 but fell to seventh after Round 2 and eighth in the eight-team field after Round 3.
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep was first with 764.04 while Comstock Park was second at 759.68, Grosse Ile third at 749.68, Richmond fourth at 735.46, Armada fifth at 728.02, Otsego sixth at 718.62 and Paw Paw seventh at 717.90.
Southgate Anderson took Division I honors in competitive cheer with 785.96, followed by Grandville at 783.54, Macomb Dakota at 778.54, Lake Orion at 777.79 and East Kentwood at 777.24, Hartland at 776.82, Troy Athens at 775.38 and Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at 774.20.
DeWitt settled for fifth place out of eight teams in the Division 2 meet.
Cheerleaders for coach Candace Heskitt’s team were Haley Baade, Kelsey Black, Sarah Bland, Grace Colarossi, Lauren Crooks, Payton Daggy, Caroline Deak, Alexis Embs, Lexi Garza, Brittney Gordon, Marissa Gordon, Kallin Greenhoe, Allison Gyurich, Melissa Harvey, Lauren Hasse, Hannah Heinritz, Jennalyn Jubeck, Meghan Lidgard, MacKenzie Lovellette, Hannah Rokosz, Threse Simon, Nicole Stump, Katlyn Sweeney, Brittany Vilella, Abigail Wassom, Ashley Wilkinson, Nicole Yabs and Elizabeth Zunker.
Breckenridge, which won the Division 4 competitive cheer title in 2007, was fifth this season and had the following team members:
Harley Conklin, Lena Crowell, Alexandria Gillis, Miranda Smith, Justine Brabaw, Dakota Colthorp, Kaitlyn Corson, Melony Federspiel, Paige Guthrie, Alicia Gutierrez, Katie Mortensen and Lindsey Reichard.
Merrill’s competitive cheer team had its best performance at a state meet at the Deltaplex in Grand Rapids on Saturday, March 1, and the reward for the Vandals was the Division 4 state runner-up trophy.
Michigan Center for the fourth straight season won the meet. But for the first time in three seasons, Pewamo-Westphalia was not runner up. P-W did not qualify this time for the state meet and Merrill took advantage during competition at the Deltaplex in Grand Rapids
Michigan Center was first at 745.12 while Merrill was a close second at 743.12. Hudson was third at 734.52, Vandercook Lake fourth at 730.928, Breckenridge fifth at 725.96, Houghton Lake sixth, Manistique seventh and Munising eighth.
Big Rapids hockey season ended on Saturday with a 7-1 loss to Flint Powers Catholic in Division 3 regional final action.
Flint Powers Catholic advances to the quarterfinals this week.
Clare won another district title in girls basketball with a 57-37 win over Big Rapids Friday in Class B action. Big Rapids trailed 16-3 after the first quarter and Clare was up 23-18 at halftime and 43-24 after the third quarter. It was 14-13, in Clare’s favor in the fourth. Lindsay Winter hit two triples to open the game for Clare and had 33 points for the winners.
Big Rapids’ season ended at 8-13 overall with a 57-37 girls basketball loss to Clare in Class B action Friday night. Big Rapids trailed 16-3 after the first quarter and Clare was up 23-18 at halftime and 43-24 after the third quarter. It was 14-13, in Clare’s favor in the fourth. Ashley Seth scored 11 points for Big Rapids.
Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart defeated Big Rapids Crossroads 46-34 in a Class D district title showdown on Friday at McBain.
Sacred Heart trailed 8-6 after the first quarter but was ahead 16-12 at halftime and 33-23 after the third period. Miranda Carlson led Crossroads with 13 points.
Chippewa Hills boys basketball team fell 58-47 to Newaygo on Friday Central State Activities Association action. It was the final game of the regular season for the Warriors, 6-13. Tyler Williams had 10 points for Chippewa Hills.
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