La Cueva, Rio Rancho and Bernalillo all carried home blue-colored trophies Saturday on the second and final day of the State Spirit Championships at the Pit.
The Bears overcame a stunt fall to win Class 5A cheer. The Rams took first in 5A co-ed cheer, as did Bernalillo in the Class 1A-4A co-ed division.
There was a fall in La Cueva’s cheer with music routine, but the Bears overcame that to beat runner-up Cleveland by three points (181.33-178.27)
“But,” Bears coach Daniele Knee said, “I will say, everything they did leading up to that, and everything they did after that, they hit with 100% certainty.”…