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Photo Gallery: Apple Valley Dance Team Kicks Its Way to State
The Apple Valley High School AVaire dance team qualified for the state dance team meet with a second-place finish in the 14-team Section 1AAA meet Saturday.
Apple Valley got its kick right in a big way Saturday, qualiying for the state dance team meet with a second place finish in the Section 1AAA dance team tournament at Bloomington Kennedy High School.
The AVaire dancers wowed the crowd, and the judges, with their performance of "Let's Do It" in the always-competitive section high kick division.
"Oh my gosh I'm so excited, we're thrilled," said Apple Valley head coach Katie Amundson. "Our performance today was definitely our peak so far this season. The girls really came together and showed their spark in front of the crowd which is what we needed to do. We improved on our presentation and they did it tonight.
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"Now we have another week to practice and come back again next Saturday ready to kick some butt," Amundson added. "We're super excited."
Eastview High School's dance team won both the high kick and jazz competitions in the 14-team section meet.
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Faribault was third in the high kick event.
Lakeville North was second and Burnsville third in the jazz category.
The 2011 MSHHL State Tournament will be held Friday and Saturday in the Target Center in Minneapolis. The jazz half of the meet is on Friday. The high kick tournament starts Saturday.
