Wausau Pilot & Review
LA CROSSE – The D.C. Everest High School dance team won its second-straight title in the Pom competition at the WACPC State Dance Championship on Saturday at the La Crosse Center.
The team competed in the Division 1 Pom & Division 1 Jazz categories, along with having two seniors, Liberty Christianson and Janessa Moua, compete in the Division 1 All-State Solo Competition.
This was the first time for D.C. Everest to win state in Pom two years in a row. Moua also made it onto the D1 All-State Team. She is the first D.C. Everest team member to make it onto the All-State team during all four years of her career. The team’s three seniors, Tyanna Low, Moua and Christianson placed third out of about 80 other submissions in their Senior Trio.
D.C. Everest also took sixth place out of 11 teams in the Division 1 Jazz category.
The team was escorted from Cedar Creek Mall to the high school on Sunday by area village fire departments, and the celebration concluded with team members and coaches, fans and family at the Greenheck Fieldhouse.
In addition to the three seniors, the D.C. Everest dance team consists of juniors Ana Simpson and Claire Juneau, sophomores Madalyn Bates, Kaylynn Gernand, Chloe Berndt, Nya Calhoun, Claire Johnson, Ava Luedtke and Aliyah Moua, and freshmen Elaina Kamke, Kailee Casperson, Lily Luedtke, Madison Gilray, Olivia Smith, Reese Ugoretz, Zoey Linzmaier and Klare Lyon.
The team is coached by Renee Buchholz, Alexandria Villiard and Hannah Laska.
