Achievers

The Spirit of Tyler All-Star Cheer and Dance Teams completed the 2007-08 season March 1 at the Cheer Power Small Gym Championship in Belton.

The Senior Coed Hip-Hop Team won the grand champion and best choreography award. The senior team and the Mini Hip-Hop Team won first place. The Senior Team, Elite Team and the Large Coed Team Squad won a showmanship award, and the Mini Cheer Team placed second.

Spirit of Tyler also won the crowd participation award.

Earlier in the season, the squads attended the United Cheer Competition in Kilgore, where the teams earned first-place wins. Individual winners were Courtney Byrd, best female jumps; Scotty Brown, best male tumble pass and best dance couple; Meagan Williams, best dancer; Jessica Brown, best dance couple, Courtney Harris, best female tumble pass; Kaston Kinade, best male jumps.

At the Cheer Power regionals, all Spirit of Tyler dance and cheer squads placed first. The senior hip-hop team took home the grand championship, while the Mini Cheer Team participated as a show team.

In February, the teams attended the Cheer Power National Championship in San Antonio and the SOS Championships in Frisco. At nationals, the Large Coed Team placed first and the senior team placed third.

At the SOS competition, all dance teams placed first, along with the large coed, senior and Elite cheer squad that also had the high score of the day. The mini team placed third.

Spirit of Tyler was awarded $500 and Program Champion for high scores. That money will be used for the senior scholarship in the upcoming season, which began this week.

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