BLOOMINGTON - The Roxana High School cheerleading team finished sixth in the small school competition and Edwardsville came in eighth in the large school division, while East Alton-Wood River in the small school division and Granite City in the co-ed division both failed to qualify in the preliminary round at the IHSA competitive cheerleading state finals held over the weekend at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington.
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Carterville won the small school division on Saturday, scoring 89.87 points to win the state championship, edging Farmington, who had a score of 89.31 points. Elgin St. Edward came in third with a score of 89.07, fourth place went to Greenville at 88.53 points, Poplar Grove North Boone was fifth with a score of 87.24, the Shells came in sixth with a score of 84.97 points, placing seventh was Somonauk, who had a score of 84.43, Dwight was eighth at 83.39, Normal University came in ninth with a score of 82.34 and Elmhurst Timothy Christian was 10th with a score of 79.56 points.
In Friday's preliminaries, the Shells advanced by finishing in eighth place with a score of 83.44 points, with the top ten advancing to the finals. The Oilers came in 21st in the preliminaries with a score of 76.85 points, while Greenviille was first in the preliminaries with a score of 91.03 points, and Breese Mater Dei Catholic was 15th at 81.37 points.
The Roxana cheerleaders were greeted with a warm welcome from the community when they arrived home from the competition.
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