MFHS Cheerleaders land in UIL Top 20
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The MFHS Competition Cheer Team takes time out for a photo opportunity at the Fort Worth Water Gardens during their trip to compete in the UIL Spirit State Competition, held Jan. 10-12.
The Marble Falls High School (MFHS) Competition Cheer Team landed in the Top 20 in the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Spirit State Competition Jan. 10-12 at the Fort Worth Convention Center.
The 30-member team included freshman through senior cheerleaders.
“Out of 112 teams competing in the 5-A Division, only the top 20 teams advanced to the finals,” said MFHS Cheerleading Coach Lauren Berkman. “Our cheerleaders were so excited to make the finals and then finish 18th in the State.”
Cheer teams were required to prepare and perform three separate routines to compete in three divisions—Band Dance, Fight Song and Crowd Leading.
“It’s such a uniting factor, spending so many hours together working for a common goal,” said Senior Cheerleader Brittany Miller. “The common attitude to want good things for each other makes this experience so special.”
the team included Rachel Briggs, Sarah Cauble, Payton Clough, Casey Cobb, Natalie Cox, Reece Dodgen, Hope, Dunavant, Madison Fields, Allison Goytia, Anna Herrington, Ellie Herrington, Madeline Holder, Camryn Jenkins, Kaiya Jordan, Sheyenne Knox, Ashley LeCates, Maddie Maples, Brittany Miller, Emily Offutt, Megan Offutt, Presley Peril, Michelle Rubio, Jade Seelig, Hannah Sizenbach, Kali Hompson, Nikki Turquia, Kelsey Walker, Abbie Weber, Karoline Westerman, Taylor Wright, and Alternates Ava Dimit and Chantal Rubio.
San Antonio Alamo Heights took the top spot in the 5-A Division competition with 93.05 points in a Top 5 score range down to 81.6 for Dallas Wilson High.
The Marble Falls achievement is all the more impressive when considering, at 75.75 points, they were a fraction less than six points off that number five score.
The Lampasas team was ranked 5th in 4-A Division competition. Lago Vista was 6th in the 3-A Division. Mason was 4th and San Saba, 7th, in 2-A Division.
