Sturgis cheers to third place at conference
STURGIS — Sturgis High School hosted the Wolverine Conference Championships for competitive cheer on Wednesday. There was cheering (obviously) and plenty of excitement from both the participants and fans in attendance.
Paw Paw ended up cheering its way to a conference championship and a first-place finish. The Lady Red Wolves, Plainwell and Sturgis each eclipsed the 700-point plateau for the evening, but Paw Paw was the one which ran away with the victory. They scored 311.1 points in the third and final round, the most by any school on the day.
Paw Paw's total point tally was 760.6 for the evening. Paw Paw claimed second place overall with a 303.9 in the third round and a 750.54 total score. Sturgis' third round score was 303.10 and finished with a total score of 717.68 for the event.
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Edwardsburg placed fourth overall (641.96) and Three Rivers (635.62) came in fifth place. Otsego (617.3) placed sixth and Vicksburg (595.3) came in seventh. For junior varsity purposes, Plainwell was first at 587.3, Sturgis placed second at 584.1 and Three Rivers came in third with 530.1 total points.
Sturgis' JV team actually scored the most points (248.4) in the third and final round for the JV event, but was not able to overcome Plainwell's early lead.
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Wednesday's conference championships also counted into the final tally for standings. Paw Paw, with the win, secured 14 additional points toward the final standings.
The Red Wolves finished first with 34 points for the season. Plainwell (31) was second and Sturgis (25) came in third. Edwardsburg (20) finished fourth followed by Three Rivers (12), Otsego (11) and Vicksburg (7).
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Competitive cheer districts take place in a couple of weeks, in mid-February.
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This article originally appeared on Sturgis Journal: Paw Paw, Plainwell lead the way in conference finals
