It’s believed that the Fighting Irish achieved a school milestone as well with their second straight title. Keeping it was a real challenge, but I think my girls decided a long time ago that they were going to defend it.” I feel like defending a state championship was 25 times harder.
“Anytime you are the defending state champions there’s a target on your back, and the year before we were underdogs. “We knew Richmond and Comstock Park wanted to win and bring it back to their schools, but we knew we had the talent and we stayed focused on us,” said Campbell, whose team went undefeated throughout the season in Division 3. The Fighting Irish held off a challenge from Richmond, which tallied a score of 767.70 and placed among the top two for the fourth time in five years.Īrmada (761.90) was third, while perennial contender Comstock Park (759) suffered a fall in Round 3 and slipped to fourth. Notre Dame Prep led from start to finish, cementing back-to-back championships with the Final’s high scores in all three rounds and a 773.68 total. “It’s been a steady climb for us the last few years and we’re so proud of our kids.” “Our theme this year was ‘more than one’,” Fighting Irish coach Beth Campbell said. The Fighting Irish refused to be coined one-hit wonders.Ī year after capturing the program’s first MHSAA title, Notre Dame Prep repeated in Saturday’s Division 3 Competitive Cheer Final at The DeltaPlex.
GRAND RAPIDS – As the Pontiac Notre Dame Prep competitive cheer team exited the mat after their final round, several of the girls raised two fingers up and pointed toward their cheering section.
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