Harrison High Takes Pom Title

pom pon coach Stacy Sheaffer had no voice left after Saturday's state competition. What she and her team did have was a state title.

The 32nd annual state event drew 59 teams who competed throughout the day at Eastern Michigan State University, in eight categories. Harrison placed first in Class A Division II, with 417.5 points.

"The girls really focused hard over the last two weeks and it showed at every practice. When we would give someone a correction, the girl would fix it right away," Sheaffer said via e-mail.

She said the girls prepared by watching tapes from last year of the teams they wanted to look like. "We had a ton of long practices over the last three weeks, and it just all came together for us," she added.

Classes are based on the size of the school. , Harrison, and are all in Class A. In regional competition, schools qualify to be in either Class A (sometimes called Class A Division 1) or Class A Division 2. Farmington and Mercy qualified for Class A this year, while North Farmington and Harrison both qualified for Class A Division 2. Scoring more than 80 points at regionals puts a team in Class A; teams scoring below that mark are in Division 2.

Farmington's varsity squad placed 6th in Class A with 448 points out of 510 possible, and Farmington junior varsity (JV) placed 5th with 406 points. North Farmington placed 5th in Class A Divison II with 391 points, and North Farmington JV took 3rd their division II competition, with 351.5 points. Mercy's Varsity squad, competing in Class A, placed 9th, with 429 points.