With high hopes of placing at their State competition this year, Knightline has developed new routines for the competition which takes place Feb. 27 at Lee Summit West High School. Because the team did not place at State last year, this only adds to the girls determination to place this year.

“I think our team will do very well,” sophomore Sarah Cole said. “I think we have good routines and I look forward to placing this year.”

Last year Knightline took a hiphop and a jazz routine to compete with at State. This year they will be taking a brand new jazz routine and a kick routine. The kick routine placed third at the Lindbergh competition that Knightline attended in December.

“I am really confident with our kick routine because we already performed with it before,” sophomore Amanda Carlson said. “I think we’ll do really good as long as we try our very hardest.”

In this year’s kick routine, the girls will dress in skirts and wear bright makeup as they dance and move like dolls to the song, “Dollhouse,” by Priscilla Renea.

“I like kick because it’s so unique,” coach Kelly Pierce said, “And our jazz is such a high energy dance.”

Knightline is putting forth a lot of effort to improve their technique before the ever nearing State competition. Leading up to it, Knightline will attend practices twice daily instead of their normal practices every Tuesday and Thursday.

“We practice a lot and have dress rehearsals,” Cole said. “Rehearsals are difficult and they are exhausting.”

Despite the hard work ahead of them, Knightline knows that State is the last time to showcase their skills this year and they are prepared to do their best.

“State is like our final performance together,” Pierce said. “It really shows how the girls have improved throughout the year.”