REGION CHAMPS!

The Region VII Drill Team Competition was held on Thursday, January 22 at Springville High. Four teams competed for the coveted Region title. The Paysetters were the defending champions. Payson has won region two times before. The first time, we actually didn't receive the region trophy until after the fact, when they determined that the results had been tabulated wrong! So, we missed out on the big "moment". You know, jumping up and down, hugging your teammates, and just celebrating, etc. Instead, we received the region trophy three weeks later at halftime of a basketball game. We received it from the team who had been announced as the winner! I still remember that night of region when they announced the region winner--we had received a 1st in military, a 1st in prop and then 2nd in dance, so we thought for sure we were in the top spot. Then they announce Region overall winner is American Fork. What? They had taken 1st in dance only? How in the world does that happen? A glitch in the tabulation program, that's how.

Anyway, here is the team before the results are announced--

Here we are with all of the 1st place plaques and the region trophy! Also, one of my girls won the drill down and another won 2nd in the drill down. Three girls were also named to the All-Region Team.

Here I am with my Assistant Coach, Marci. She is great to work with!

The plaques and trophy.

The team really did well! I was so impressed with their performances. No one expected this small little team to do anything this year. We had lost five members to Salem Hills, and we basically kept everyone who had tried out. Some of the girls had had zero dance training. There were times during the year that Marci and I had our doubts. But, we didn't give up!

It was so much fun celebrating! We played "We are the Champions!" in our dressing room as we were cleaning up. Then, on the way home, one of the girls called a relative that is on the Utah County Sheriff and we arranged for a police escort into Payson. It was so much fun! You can go to my assistant coach Marci's blog for more pictures and details. One thing this team found out for sure, "Nothing's out of reach!"