Cheerleaders Take State Competition On Saturday, February 5, the Pleasant Grove High School cheerleaders placed first in the 5A State Competition Compe-tition held at Bingham High School. Cheer competitions are judged in four areas: showmanship, show-manship, execution, difficulty and choreography. At region, which was held at Timpview High School, the cheerleaders placed a disappointing disap-pointing sixth place. This gave the squad the motivation to make changes and work harder than ever before to prepare for state. The girls practiced two hours every day endlessly pol ishing their routine. Team Captain Cap-tain Lacey Renslow said, "We had to basically redo the entire routine." With the team consisting consist-ing of mainly sophomores and juniors, the younger ones had to step it up to varsity level. After winning state, Renslow said, "True dedication really does pay off." - ". 6 " ""'., , - :il : ' " ' 'J -y i "- nv; v' r - V N . , - . J ))' Cheerleaders celebrate after winning first place at the 5 A State Competition held at Bingham High School.