Competitive Cheer: Flat Rock wins District; Airport, Bedford advance

Niles Kruger, The Monroe News
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Flat Rock's competitive cheerleading team celebrates the Division 3 District championship it won at home Friday night.
Flat Rock's competitive cheerleading team celebrates the Division 3 District championship it won at home Friday night.

FLAT ROCK – Flat Rock got to host a Division 3 Competitive Cheerleading District Friday night and put on a great show for the home fans.

The Rams set two school records in bringing home the District championship.

“I am so incredibly proud of this team and their hard work and perseverance,” Flat Rock coach Katelynne Zipfel said. “It takes a village and our village bleeds green and gold. We have so much support from past coaches, alumni, and parents. We are so blessed to have our Ram family.”

The Rams set school records with a Round 3 score of 316.9 and an overall score of 771.5.

Airport took second with 768.18, Grosse Ile was third with 764.66 and Onsted fourth with 735.88.

Those three teams will join Flat Rock in Regional at Novi Saturday.

Jefferson just missed the Regionals in fifth place with 713.28. Ida was eighth with 670.44 and Dundee 10th with 637.36.

It was the fourth District title in school history for Flat Rock. The Rams also won in 2016, 2019, and 2020. The 2016 championship also was captured at home.

Mules back at Regional

WYANDOTTE – Bedford is going back to the Regional for the second straight year under Emily Cadaret.

The second-year coach guided the Mules to a score of 750.46. That was good for fourth place in the Division 1 District at Wyandotte Roosevelt.

“Last year we went for the first time in 13 years,” Cadaret said. “We did really well. These girls really want to do well. They have been together for many years. They are friends outside of practice. We have eight seniors and they are really close.”

Also moving on to the Regional at Saturday at Troy Athens will be Roosevelt (782.44), Woodhaven (777.22) and Livonia Stevenson (764.74).

Monroe placed eighth with 672.32.

Whiteford places 10th

ADRIAN – Whiteford hit a score of 556.1 to finish 10th in the Division 4 District at Adrian Madison Friday.

Hudson (756.66), Adrian Madison (731.52), Whitmore Lake (656.4) and Madison Heights Bishop Foley (634.52) took the top four spots to advance to next week’s Regionals.

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