Warhawk cheerleaders narrowly miss out on trophy at state competition

The West Fork cheerleading squad turned in a sixth place performance at the Iowa Cheerleading Championships Saturday, just missing the top five and a chance to bring home some hardware.

            “I think the girls were a little disappointed. To know they were really close to being in the top five was kind of a bummer for them,” said head coach Amanda Dannen. “But they did good.”

            Eighteen teams comprised the Class 2A bracket with West Fork at the event, which was held at the state fair grounds in Des Moines. Though the girls might have been disappointed by their sixth place overall finish, the day wasn’t without its highlights. West Fork’s five-person stunt team won fifth place honors in the stunting contest against a list of great competition.

            “That was the first time we did that, and they did very well,” Dannen said.

            The stunt team – comprised of Taylor Logan, Lea Johnson, Jacee Arbegast, Siera Jeffrey and Allison Novothey – was given one minute to do their routine with music. Dannen said the group had to do as many elite stunts as they could in that amount of time to the best of their ability. The girls were judged on their dance and motion, jumping and tumbling, and stunting and partnership.

Read the full article in the Nov. 7 edition of the papers.