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Bluebag Media
T-V takes three
out of six team cheer trophies
GREENVILLE – Tri-Village walked away from the 25th Annual Great Darke
County Fair Cheerleading Competition Aug. 21 with three first place
wins, plus a first place tie with Mississinawa Valley. The three wins
were Pee Wee Cheer, Junior High Cheer and Large Varsity Cheer. The tie
was Varsity Dance.
Mississinawa Valley took a first in Junior High Dance, while other
first place wins went to UC Stateliners (Pee Wee Dance), Crystal
Creech, National Trail (Junior High Individual) and Kelly Moore,
Bradford (High School Individual). Moore was also named Competition
Grand Champion.
One interested observer was Melinda Thompson, kindergarten teacher at
Ansonia Elementary School. The Greenville High School graduate has
attended the cheer competition every year since it started. A former
cheerleader herself, she noted some of the things she would be looking
for if she was a judge…
“If you change the music you need to stay in sync,” she said. “It needs
to flow.” One of the participants did a standing back flip. “Back
tuck,” she said. “You just stand there and do a back tuck. Tumbling is
big now in cheer competition,” she said. Another thing Thompson said
she looks for is spacing; how the group forms up, keeps its formation.
Does she have a divided loyalty between Greenville and Ansonia? She
shook her head. “I root for them all,” she said.
According to competition Coordinator Jill Nieport participation was
down a little because the fair was later this year. “A lot of
out-of-county schools are already in session,” she said. Thirteen
schools participated. Nine were from Darke County (including all seven
school districts); out-of-county schools were National Trail, Ft.
Recovery, Covington and Piqua. New to the competition were Darke County
Elite and UC Stateliners...
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