The Winner Spirit Gems won superior awards at the American Heartland National Cheer contest this weekend in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Winner had two groups performing. The junior group is known as Shimmer and the senior group is Pink.
The routines included cheer, tumbling and stunting.
The girls performed both Saturday and Sunday. Twenty-five percent of the score is awarded on Saturday with 75 percent for the Sunday routine.
Both of the team did their personal best said Melanie Bachmann of the Spirit Gems. “We are super proud of the girls. They worked hard on a difficult routine. The girls have been working hard to develop their skills,” said Bachmann.
There are 10 girls who perform both on the junior team and the senior team.
Winner was one of four teams from South Dakota competing in the national contest. The other South Dakota teams were from Mitchell, Brookings and Sioux Falls.
The Winner girls went to Council Bluffs on Friday and where they had a change to practice.
The Spirit Gems will be busy in March. They will host their own Bling Fling on March 5 in the Winner Armory and the next weekend will perform in Brookings.
Bachmann said the girls have really been working hard and it shows in their performance.
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