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Kossuth High School – 3A Game Day Cheer State Champions
Kossuth cheer earns 3A game day state title many have ever done, especially not many from Alcorn County. The team traveled to Orlando, When people think of the most Florida, where they competed at a award-winning athletic programs national competition with 35 other in the Alcorn county, their mind teams from across the United States. may immediately shift to baseball, There, the girls placed sixth overall, basketball or football. cementing their names in the However, at Kossuth High School, record books of the well-decorated there’s another program that has program. consistently stacked up on accolades Turner spoke about what the trip – Kossuth Cheer. meant to the girls and everything it Head coach Baylee Turner has tak- took to get there. en her squads to multiple state titles, “It was huge for the girls,” said including this past season, when Turner, “Kossuth’s never been to nathe team won first place overall in tionals. We had state (competitions) the 3A game day division. That is in December, and then we had until not all, though. This past season the February 11-12 (2022) to prepare.” team was able to do something not Turner went on to explain that By TANNER MARLAR
For Crossroads Magazine
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throughout their preparation, they had to deal with several absences due to members of the team playing other sports, such as captain and Lady Aggie basketball player Kaitlyn Bonds. The team soldiered forward, though, due in large part to the leadership of the other captains and team members. “Our seniors did a great job,” Turner explained, “We had Alanna Mitchell, Kaitlyn Bonds as our captains and then
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