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Belvidere North still leading competitor in cheerleading
On Saturday, Jan. 7, Belvidere High School hosted the Belvidere Bucs Winter Cheer Classic, where about 25 high schools from northern Illinois competed in the preliminary round standings to move toward winning the Winter Cheer Classic.
In the large team junior varsity preliminary round standings, Belvidere North brought their A-game and won first place over Joliet West High School (second), Lakes High School (third), and Harlem High School (fourth).
Belvidere North took the top placement in the large junior varsity preliminary with a huge score of 79.28 points. They only received .25 points off in deductions and one point off in legalities.
They blew the competition away with second place finisher, Joliet West, finishing with an overall score of 71.87 points, an almost eight point gap between the two leaders.
Belvidere North wasn’t the only Boone County team to place in the preliminary rounds of the Winter Cheer Classic.
In the small varsity preliminary round standings, North Boone High School took home third place just behind Byron High School (first), and Rockford Lutheran High School (second). North Boone placed with an overall score of 66.45 points after receiving .75 points in deductions and five points off in legalities. This only put North Boone about six points off Byron’s final score. Byron finished with an overall score of 72.64 points.
In the co-ed preliminary round standings, Belvidere North came out as a top competitor again, but this time falling into the second place slot, just under first place finisher, Buffalo Grove High School.
Deductions and legalities cost Belvidere North the win. Belvidere North’s raw score was 86.64, which beat Buffalo Grove’s raw score of 85.47.
However, Buffalo Grove only received .75 points in deductions, placing them at an overall total score of 84.72.
Belvidere North, on the other hand, received two points in deductions and five points in legalities, making them fall into the second place slot at 79.64 points for a total score.
Belvidere North still trumped their cross-town rivals, the Belvidere Bucs, who placed 6th in the co-ed preliminary round standings. The Bucs finished with a raw score of 78.47. After three points were deducted, they finished with an overall score of 75.47 points.
But, Belvidere North wasn’t done yet. They brought another win back with the championship preliminary round standings. They finished in first place with a raw and total score of 88.87 points. They had a perfect performance, with no deductions or legalities penalizing their score.
Belvidere North’s co-ed team defeated Antioch High School’s medium varsity team, Providence Catholic High School’s large varsity team, and Byron High School’s small varsity team in this last preliminary round of competition.
Once again, Belvidere North Competitive Cheer Head Coaches Tammy Rentschler and Lacee Slaven proved their guidance over the cheer squads are sure to make Belvidere North stiff competition for the other cheer teams.
After this local competition, the Belvidere North High School cheerleaders went on to win their 6th consecutive state title.
