GREAT BEND, Kan.- Head cheerleading coach Shae Napier has put in many extra hours revitalizing Pratt's program, and in her second season, the Beavers are champions.

At the Region VI Cheer and Dance Competition, Pratt faced off against two other KJCCC schools (Seward County and Independence). The Beavers in-competition routine was enough to crown the group not only Region VI All-Girl champions, but Gameday champions as well. 

"This is the first time in school history that Pratt has gone to the Region VI Conference Cheer Championship and won not ONE, but TWO championships," Napier said. "I could not be more proud of this group and I could go on and on about the countless amount of hours that this team put into this routine and all the literal blood, sweat and tears that have held this team together. This group will hold a special place in my heart and in the school's history as the first cheer team for PCC to bring home not one, but two Region VI Championship titles."

Under the direction of Napier, the Beavers placed first in the All-Girl portion of the competition, executing the stunt and cheer routine the group had practiced and performed in the months leading up to the event.

The Gameday category, a simluation of how "School Spirit Programs work together to showcase their ability to promote school spirit and excitement in support of their school and its athletic teams", was open for all three teams. In the end, Pratt's performances through a band chant, crowd cheer, and school fight song was rewarded by the judges. 

"Personally, I was nervous," said freshman cheerleader Alexia Torres. "But then I started to think to myself, 'we've been through all these practices together and we've had everything go wrong in these practices' and that just reduced my nerves a little bit.  That was the best performance. You could literally feel everything and the crowd and the cheering and it was just an amazing experience."

Fellow cheerleader Lexi Marshall echoed a similar sentiment. 

"Our Region VI experience was one not to be forgotten," Marshall said. "It will be one we will remember for the rest of our lives because it was the start of something. It was a chance for us to progress and show the conference just how far we have come in such a short span of time. To be able to go to this competition and take home two championship titles just shows how much work Coach Napier has put into this program and into us and how our team will only continue to progress as the season goes on."