LHS Cheerleading Finishes Fifth At IHSA State Finals

LEMONT, IL — The Lemont cheerleading squad finished fifth place at the 2020 IHSA Medium Division Cheerleading state finals, which were contested at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington Feb. 7-8. Lemont has finished among the state’s top five 15 times in as many seasons since the IHSA State Series began in 2006.

The school said the team posted a final round score of 86.73. Antioch (93.33) won the IHSA Medium Division State Championship, with Oak Forest (93.29) and Columbia (91.43) earning state trophies and Hampshire (87.37) placing fourth. Lemont advanced to the second day of state finals competition by finishing fifth in the preliminary round with a score of 88.38.

Head coach Bree Grady’s team includes seniors Hailey Dennis, Kyra Feltz, Haley Nash, Claire O’Malley and Jenna Valenti; juniors Madison Dunbar, Hannah Nagel, Angelina Rita and Alyiah Ward; sophomores Abigail Cliff, Daleigh Johnson-Pawlak, Kaya Myrda, McKenna Phelan, Tess Sublette and Skylar Yabush; and freshmen Reese Dunbar, Abigail Nagel, Francesca Rita, Danielle Scumaci and Hunter Wilson.

Lemont’s cheerleading squad is one of only two athletic programs in school history to win an IHSA team state championship, having done so in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2018. The Indians also finished as state runners-up in 2007, 2008, 2013 and 2016, and brought home third-place trophies in 2006 and 2012.

Lemont has won 12 state trophies in 15 state finals appearances, and never has finished lower than fifth in state finals competition, the school said.