Despite the fact that Knightline didn’t do as well as they hoped at their competition on Dec. 4, there was still some positive outcome from the experience.

“We’re taking the loss more positive than negative,” Knightline dancer Maggie Jasper said. “It’s helping us realize we’re more of a performing team than a competitive.”

Knightline put in a lot of effort and preparation for this competition. They had 6:00 a.m. practices before school, practices after school, and critiques from Lauren Chaistain, the Lionline dancer who choreographed their hip-hop dance number.

“I think our practices were very successful,” coach Kelly Hewitt said. “They helped us improve our performance quite a bit.”

They competed with two dances and against ten different schools in both categories at the competition.  They had a hip-hop dance and a pom dance. The Hip-hop dance and a pom dance, choreographed by junior Captain, Katie Stepanek.

“I’m not disappointed in how we did in the performances,” Stepanek said. “But the outcome of the scores.

While the team didn’t place as they had hoped, they walked away from the competition     having learned from their mistakes. Since the team is starting to compromise with that thought, they held a meeting to discuss strategies to fix their situation and if they want to still participate in comepetions.

“It [the meeting] helped a lot,” Jasper said. “It finally allowed everyone to state their own opinion and it was good for the team to make a compromise.”

by Sara Jewson