November l3, 2019
Page 33,
Cheer Dogs capture third straight title-
MP enters Saturday's state meet chasing third consecutive Top-5
finish?
By Richard Dumas
torsyth@mymcr.net
The Mary Persons competition cheer-
leading squad made it a threepeat on
Saturday at Houston County, winning
its third consecutive Region 2—AAAA
championship.
By finishing with a winning score of
90.5, their highest score of the 2019
season, the Cheer Dogs became the
first MP cheerleading squad in pro-
gram history to win three straight
region titles.
’ “It was one of our best performances,”
said MP head coach Kyle Ward. “It was
probably the most fun performance the
girls will have all year.” g
Ward said the small Houston County
gymnasium and electric fan response
made for a memorable occasion.
Among the MP supporters were school
superintendent Dr. Mike Hickman,
principal Dr. Jim Finch, athletic direc-
tor Robert Lindsey and football coach
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Brian Nelson.
Ward said the enthusiastic support
brought out the best in his squad, add~
ing: “Athletes perform much better
results when there’s a reason to.”
West Laurens took second place with
86 points while Perry came in third
place with 82 points. Ward said both
the Lady Raiders and Lady Panthers
had major miscues that his team didn’t
make, and MP ultimately came out on
top by beating its opponents in stunt
group and pyramid scoring.
He said of his opponents: “I felt bad
for them. I could tell they were disap-
pointed.”
Ward said he ordered region champi-
onship t-shirts in advance of Saturday’s
region title meet. He said he was ner-
vous about whether they would ever be
used, but said as a motivational tactic
he put one on during practice last
Friday to inspire his team to pull out a
third straight win.
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Ward said. “And that’s what we did. We
couldn’t make mistakes.”
MP’s 2019 championship team mem-
bers include: seniors Iaida Harvey
and Kayleigh Hill and underclass-
men Campbell Brown, Molly Cobb,
Kylee Everidge, Abigayle Fox, Kaylee
Gordon, Piper Haworth, Morgan
Hill, Riley Hill, Abney Langer, Sydney
Lewis, Madalynne Scott, Calliway
Selman, Ridley White and Mia Winget.
MP will now head to the AAAA
state meet in Columbus with hopes of
winning the program’s first-ever state
championship. The Cheer Dogs placed
fifth at state in 2017 before improving
to a program—best third place finish in
2018.
MP will compete at 9 am. on
Saturday at the Columbus Civic Center.
By virtue of its region title, MP is auto—
matically exempt into the finals and
will not have to compete in the sec—
tional competition on Friday. The top
nine finishers at the 23—team sectionals
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will join the seven region champions irr
the 16-team AAAA finals on Saturday.
The Cheer Dogs will be the fifth of the
16 AAAA squads to take the mat in
Saturday’s finals. '
Ward said he’s hoping the Cheer
Dogs will record their third straight
Top-6 finish at state, which would
allow MP to get called to the mat for
special recognition. He said defend-
ing champion Cartersville, Cedartown,
Central Carroll and Denmark, which
finished runner-up in 2018, are expect—
ed to be the top contenders at state.
Meanwhile, the Mary Persons IV
competition cheerleading squad,
coached by Rachael Scott, finished
either first or second at all four of its
competitions in 2019. The IV Cheer
Dogs took first place in their final
meet on Oct. 5 at McIntosh after fin-
ishing second in each of their first
three meets (Sept. at Dacula, Sept.
14 at Veterans and Sept. 28 at Houston
County).
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