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Greenville freshman takes top
individual honors
By Bob Robinson
GREENVILLE
– Taylor Ward, an incoming freshman
at Greenville High School this year, took top honors at the 23rd Annual
Great
Darke County Fair Cheerleading Competition on Aug. 16.
“I’m
happy and excited,” she said, all smiles
as she was holding her trophy.
Taylor
started working on her routine in June.
She did the standard cheer and chant but made up some of the dance
portions.
“I
practiced every day at home,” she said. “I
started gymnastics and tumbling when I was six or seven.”
Her
coach, Carol Paul, added her mom used to
cheer. “She makes sure Taylor works out daily.”
“You
called it right,” Paul noted. There were
several excellent performances in the individual competition; this one
seemed
to stand out a little more, something extra about it. “She’s going to
be a
special kid,” Paul added.
Taylor
will be cheering both football and
basketball on Junior Varsity, as well as running track in the spring.
Students
were happy to talk about their
performances… once they caught their breath. In all cases it took a few
minutes.
Arcanum
senior Aubrey Kreusch had been working
on her routine for about a month. She spent considerable time working
with her
team before she realized it was time to begin working on her own
performance.
“We
made up our routine this year,” she said,
adding “my girls come first. Then I thought, uh oh, I’d better get
working on
my own.”
Aubrey
cheers football, basketball and
competition. She also does dance and tumbling at the “Y.”
Shania
Baker, a Franklin Monroe sophomore, had
been working on her routine throughout the summer, starting as soon as
school
was out.
“I’ve
been working with the junior high team
whenever they practiced,” she said. The last couple of weeks have been
pretty
much every day.
“I’ve
been doing this since I was five,” she said, but was “doing it on my
own until
junior high.”
She
cheers for basketball and competition, and
plays volleyball.
Taylor
took the trophy out of a field of 11
competitors. Kelly Moore of Bradford earned the second place ribbon.
In
addition to Kelly, Aubrey and Shania, also
competing were Peyton Kreitzers, Samantha Ewing, Bri Garber, Serena
Stastny,
Kelly Fourman, Cydney Adams and Hope Jankowski.
Published
courtesy of the Early Bird
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