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Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, December 12, 2013
State Champs again!
2013 - 2014
The Mount Ayr Community Sparks drill team captured the state championship with their novelty routine at the Iowa State Drill
Team Association Dance Championship held in Des Moines last week. The Sparks also placed third in the state with their pom
routine. Members of the Sparks include
(front) Allison Wallace;
(kneeling, L-R) Kirsten Dolecheck and Laura Davison;
(sitting, L-R) Haylea England and Hannah Glendenning;
(standing, L-R) Sadie Frost, coach Kris Quick, Ashton Quick, coach Kalian Smith and Megan Warin.
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Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Sparks capture third straight state trophy with novelty routine
The Sparks perform their pom routine at state competition.
Pictured are (front, L-R) Haylea England, Allison Wallace and Ashton Quick;
(second row, L-R) Kierston Dolecheck and Sadie Frost;
and (top) Laura Davison. ~ Photo by Kenn Krpan
The Mount Ayr Sparks drill team won the state championship in the novelty division in competition held recently at
the Iowa State Drill Team Dance Championships in Des Moines. This is the first time that they have competed in the
novelty division. "We had a circus theme," reported coach Kris Quick. "In the dance we had a circus tent and a
ringmaster stand. Ashton Quick was the ringmaster of the dance, Allison Wallace was the lion and Kirsten Dolecheck was
the lion tamer, Sadie Frost was the firewalker, Clowns were Megan Warin and Laura Davison, and Haylea England was the
tightrope walker." Amber Martin from Norwalk was the choreographer for this routine. "The girls enjoyed this
routine a lot and were so excited to have received first," said Quick. This makes the third state championship the
Sparks have won in the ast three years - two in pom and this one in novelty. Six judges from across the nation
judged the event.
Photographs courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News
Transcriptions by Sharon R. Becker, December of 2013
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