February 2020 ROAR

The RMS Competitive Cheer Team celebrate their first-place finish at the Hudsonville Invitational. (Not in order): Elise Henkel, Jordan
White, Ashley Speck, Ellie Wilcox, Jetta Dengler, Kirsten McDonald, Lelaina Schneider, Madison Pyle, Andrea John, Ashton Web, Ava
Boyd, Ava Lovell, Delainie Ausland, Jordan Withers, Katelyn Himmelspach, Madalynn Fulton, Mikayla Tomasunas, Sidney Gardner,
Madison Goss, Sophia Best, Joselyn Stouffer, and Amelia DeYoung. ~ Contributed Photo
Cheer Team Soars in Competition
JEANNIE GREGORY
ROAR Editor
Head coach Bobbie Demorest’s middle school cheer team
has had a big year. The team, consisting of a combination of
athletes from both Rockford middle schools, claimed a number
of competitions this season. The biggest was claiming the
crown at the OK Red Conference Meet in Caledonia, where
they tallied a 394.72 to eclipse second-place Cedar Springs who
had earned a 378.46.
The team features 22 talented athletes, including four that
Demorest pulled up from the seventh-grade team. Besides
the conference meet, the Rams earned first-place finishes at
the Coopersville, Rockford and Spring Lake Invitationals. The
team placed second at Allendale and the East Rockford Middle
School Invitationals, placing behind rival Cedar Springs. That
made the Conference Championship all the sweeter for the
Rams. They closed their season with another championship at
the Hudsonville Invitational.
Demorest is proud of her team’s accomplishments, and
points to strong leadership as part of the reason the Rams
were so successful and performed as a cohesive unit.
“All of the girls are great leaders, but I really feel like Elise
Henkel and Jordan White have stepped up this year and
helped the seventh graders to grow and feel like a true part of
the team.”
Demorest was ably assisted by Torri Mills and the team was
expertly managed by Charlotte Gross. She will now see how
the foundation these athletes learned this season will help
them in the future.
“This group made great strides this season coming together
and working as a team,” she shares. “They are all very hard
working and we are excited to watch them excel as they move
up to the high school level.”
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