One of the new district members, Liberty High School, was the same school that pasted BDHS on Friday night 65-0. The cheerleaders had front row seats to the slaughter and clearly felt that, while paybacks are a bitch, sometimes you have it coming. The Liberty Eagles went first and laid down what looked to me to be a more than competitive routine. Clearly our girls had their work cut out for them.
The Tigers went third, but I did not really get to see the routine because I was acting in my usual role as second-string unofficial team photographer. This meant that I enjoyed my usual view of the performance through the viewfinder on my Nikon. This doesn't allow for the best view of the event and I later learned that they had dropped a stunt. Dropping a stunt means that a girl was lifted into the air and fell down before planned. This is a big blow to the team's score and to add insult to injury, the routine's music was skipping throughout the performance. I was worried, for no other reason that I perceived this event to be their easiest competition yet this year. A quick look to the coach demeanor showed little worry on her part and she is normally a very good indicator of the final outcome.
She was right because when the Tigers' final score was tallied, their additional points for their level of difficulty overcame the drop and they placed first by a relatively comfortable margin. This was a close call for a team that has dominated the competition this year, but realizes that mistakes in the coming weeks will be be very costly as the level of competition rises.
| Position | Team | Score |
| 1st | Brentsville District Tigers | 238 |
| 2nd | Liberty Eagles | 228 |
| 3rd | Kettle Run Cougars | 202 |
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