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Arcanum, Ansonia take home top
team trophies
By
Bob Robinson
GREENVILLE
– Arcanum’s varsity squad took home
the Large Varsity Cheer trophy at the Great Darke County Fair 23rd
Annual
Cheerleading Competition Aug. 16. Ansonia’s Junior High squad took home
the
Junior High Cheer trophy, while Mississinawa Valley took home the Large
Varsity
Dance trophy.
“This
was really tough,” said the judges for
the event. Carrie Brown, Haley Roach and Morgan Landy, all University
of Dayton
Cheerleaders, said they had to confer a few times before making their
decisions. Two of the judges are from Indiana, the other from northern
Ohio.
“There
were a lot of quality teams; we were
under a lot of pressure to choose the best of the performances.”
The
competition fielded eight events, from Pee
Wee Dance to the varsity cheer. Darke County teams took home the
majority of
the honors.
Large
Varsity Cheer winners: Arcanum,
Greenville second and Ansonia third. Junior High Cheer: Ansonia
followed by
Tri-Village and Arcanum. Large Varsity Dance: Mississinawa Valley
followed by
Bradford, with a tie for third between Franklin Monroe and Covington.
Junior
High Dance: Mississinawa Valley followed by National Trail.
Individual
competition winners: Leah Wilburn
followed by Lexi Shinn, both of Ansonia, Junior High competition; and
Taylor
Ward, Greenville, followed by Kelly Moore, Bradford, in the high school
individual competition.
In
the Pee Wee competitions, Tri-Village Youth
Reserve took first in Pee Wee Dance, followed National Trail. Pee Wee
Cheer
winners were: Tri-Village Youth Varsity, followed by Greenville Youth
and
National Trail Youth Cheer.
Mississinawa
Valley won the Spirit Award.
Contestants
are judged in the following
categories: Choreography: Creativity, Difficulty and Formations
&
Transitions; Group Execution: Synchronization & Timing and
Spacing;
Technique: Body Placement & Control, Strength in Movement and
Technique;
and Overall Effect: Eye Contact and Showmanship, and Crowd Appeal.
Published
courtesy of The Early Bird
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