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Allen Park took its turn Saturday with the upper hand in one of Michigan’s best – and most intense – high school rivalries. The Jaguars got the better of Downriver League and regional competitive cheer rival Gibraltar Carlson during the morning’...

What’s become an annual season-long tussle the last few seasons between Downriver League rivals Allen Park and Gibraltar Carlson is headed for another conclusion Saturday morning at the Grand Rapids Delta Plex. They’ve once again traded top performances, Ca...

Nothing can slow down the Gibraltar Carlson competitive cheer dynasty. The Marauders – who had won 10 MHSAA titles, including seven of the past eight in Division 2 – came into this season with a first-year coach and just three seniors. No worries, as the yo...

Gibraltar Carlson and Allen Park have combined to win the last 11 Division 2 competitive cheer championships and also earn five of the runner-up places during that time. The Downriver League rivals will be favorites again at Saturday’s Division 2 Finals at the Gr...

Austin Boone doesn't know too much about losing during the winter sports season. Wrestling for Lowell, it's easy to understand why.

Last season, the Gibraltar Carlson competitive cheer team felt the pain of watching an unprecedented streak come to an end, by the smallest of margins, at the MHSAA Division 2 Final. The Marauders redeemed themselves a year later, and reclaimed the title that eluded th...

A total of 23 reigning champions will return to this weekend’s MHSAA Individual Finals, and all 56 who will be crowned will be celebrated by their schools and communities.  But as is often true on this biggest stage, the crowd’s focus will turn nearly ...

It’s easy to name some of the powers that have dominated Michigan competitive cheer over the years – and most of them will return to the MHSAA Finals this weekend in Grand Rapids. But two of this year's title favorites are among 21 seeking to win a champion...

This season’s MHSAA Baseball and Softball Finals will be played in two weeks, June 15-17 at Michigan State University. As we begin to turn our attention to that grand finale for the school year, MHSAA historian Ron Pesch takes on a recollection of the diamond cha...

Warren Lincoln senior Jelani Embree is an explosive and powerful force on the wrestling mat, showing off his superb athleticism. He showed he is also very smart on the mat, too.

The final round of a competitive cheer meet has the ability to sway emotions one way or another. On Saturday, Round 3 proved to be the deciding factor in the end of an incredible MHSAA record-breaking run and the extreme jubilation of a team finally getting over the h...

Saturday’s Division 2 Competitive Cheer Final will have a nice mix of familiar and new – even as the favorite is one of the most dominant powerhouses in the history of the sport. Gibraltar Carlson has won six straight championships, and Allen Park is expect...

Many of Division 2’s contenders this weekend hope it’s an MHSAA Finals filled with second chances. Six of 10 favorites highlighted in this preview were runners-up a year ago, two losing by a mere point in their championship matches.

The Gibraltar Carlson competitive cheer team entered Saturday with the opportunity to make MHSAA history.  The pressures involved with the astounding feat didn’t faze the Marauders at all.

Gibraltar Carlson can add an MHSAA record Saturday to its already-incredible competitive cheer history. With a sixth straight Division 2 championship, the Marauders would stand alone with the most consecutive MHSAA titles, regardless of class or division. They currentl...

The return of only two seniors and the addition of a new coach made some wonder if the Gibraltar Carlson competitive cheer team could keep its string of consecutive MHSAA Division 2 titles intact.  The Marauders put those questions to rest by delivering another s...

No MHSAA Final in any sport has produced as consistent a series of finishes as the Division 2 Competitive Cheer Final over the last four seasons. Gibraltar Carlson on Saturday is chasing a fifth straight title. Dearborn Divine Child has finished runner-up the last four...

Gibraltar Carlson senior Sarah Tritt was sporting three shiny MHSAA championship rings on her left hand following Saturday’s competitive cheer Division 2 Final. She soon will be adding another one to the collection.

All four 2013 MHSAA competitive cheer champions also won their respective divisions in 2012. All four of those champions are back for the Finals this weekend at the Grand Rapids DeltaPlex. But all four likely will face their toughest competition of the last three seas...

Gibraltar Carlson senior Annie Hajec was in an unfamiliar place Saturday afternoon during the MHSAA Division 2 Final at the DeltaPlex. Instead of helping her team compete for another championship, the four-year varsity performer was on crutches with her left ankle band...