The Haines Glacier Bears cheer and dance teams won the 2A region V tournament in Ketchikan last month.
Head coach Natalie Benassi said the squad was judged on cheerleading fundamentals including motion, jump, tumbling techniques, sideline cheers and dances and attentiveness to the game.
“We are also required to perform a two-minute halftime routine,”
Benassi said. “In the past, we would be adjudicated during a live game but this year it was a virtual competition. We had two specific…