Lewiston, Ellsworth, Lisbon/St. Dom’s repeat as state cheerleading champs
Dexter finishes fourth in Class C
By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff
AUGUSTA — Lewiston, Ellsworth and Lisbon/St. Dom’s repeated as state cheerleading champions at the Augusta Civic Center on Saturday, Feb. 8.
It was Ellsworth’s third straight Class B championship and Lewiston’s second consecutive Class A crown and third in four years.
It was the fourth Class C title in a row for Lisbon, with St. Dom’s of Auburn being part of its cooperative team for the last three.
DEXTER CHEER — Front, from left, Adriana Sibert, Andrea Gilman, Kenzie Kimball, Izzie Roberts, Kenzie Curtis, and Riley Curtis. Back, Alyssa Rivas, Madison LaGross, Shelby Sinclair, Bree Robbins, and Abagail Trafton.
Ellsworth registered a score of 88.3 points, Gray-New Gloucester finished second with 82.7 points and Hermon completed the top three with 78.2 points.
Rounding out the top 10 were Medomak Valley of Waldoboro (75.8), Gardiner/Hall-Dale (69.5), Winslow (69), Lawrence of Fairfield (68.7), Poland (66.1), Mount Desert Island (63.1), and Waterville/Messaslonskee of Oakland (59.9).
Completing the field were Old Town (59.3), Leavitt of Turner (58.6), Oceanside of Rockland (58.4), Morse of Bath/Wiscasset/Mt. Ararat of Topsham (49.3), Mt. Blue of Farmington (47.1), and Erskine Academy of South China (44.2).
In Class A, Lewiston tallied a score of 92.6 to edge Oxford Hills of South Paris by 1.6 points. Bangor was third with 84.4 points and completing the top 10 were Scarborough (83.2), Thornton Academy of Saco (78.2), Bonny Eagle of Buxton (78.1), Hampden Academy (75.2), Noble of North Berwick (74.8), Gorham (74.75), and Kennebunk (66.75).
The other participants were Brewer (65.35), Skowhegan (63.5), Windham (59.4), Massabesic of Waterboro (56.15), and Edward Little of Auburn (50.2).
It was Lewiston’s ninth state title in 15 years.
In Class C, Lisbon/St.Dom’s posted a score of 80.5 points, 7.4 points better than runner-up Bucksport.
It was Lisbon’s seventh state championship in 11 years.
Houlton/Greater Houlton Christian Academy came in third with 72.75 points and Dexter was right behind in fourth place with 72.25 points. Completing the top five was Central of Corinth (69.2).
Orono was sixth with 69 points followed by Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln (61.5), Central Aroostook of Mars Hill (59.3), Mountain Valley of Rumford (54.4), Calais (51.9), Sacopee Valley of South Hiram (48.55), Bangor Christian/Penobscot Christian (48.4), Woodland (46.2), Monmouth Academy (45.6), Foxcroft Academy of Dover-Foxcroft (35.8), and Penobscot Valley of Howland (34.3).