{"id":4735,"date":"2020-06-10T17:44:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T21:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=4735"},"modified":"2020-06-10T17:44:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T21:44:53","slug":"hard-work-pays-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=4735","title":{"rendered":"Hard Work Pays Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Paige Judson<\/strong><br \/>\nCompass Points<br \/>\nMona Shores HS<br \/>\n1st Place Division 4, Yearbook Verbal<br \/>\nSports Reporting<\/p>\n<p><b>JUDGING CRITERIA<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solid lead that draws reader into story<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaningful student quotes that enrich story and reflect effective interviewing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evidence of adequate research<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Story gives reader a clear picture of season highlights and outcome with relevant player comments<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adheres to rules of good journalism including: short paragraphs, effective transitions and use of active voice, freedom from editorial comment, careful editing and proofreading to eliminate mechanical errors, correct use of grammar<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\">Senior Olivia Curtice only knows one way to finish the competitive cheer season \u2013 at the state finals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">As the only four-year member on varsity, Curtice has been on teams that have finished in the top seven for the past four years, including third place this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cBeing at the state finals is my favorite part of the season,\u201d said Curtice, who helped lead Shores to seventh, third and fourth places in the previous three years. \u201cIt is just a great experience to have been a part of such a high-level competition for the last four years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">This time, the Sailors tied the school\u2019s highest finish with third place at the Div. 2 championships at the Delta Plex in Grand Rapids on March 2. Gibraltar Carlson won the title with 791.40 points while Shores finished with 777.92 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cIt was a great experience to be able to go a step up from last year,\u201d Curtice said. \u201cI loved that I was able to place third in my last state finals competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Prior to the state finals, the team placed first in 10 out of 12 regular season competitions, winning the City and conference titles. The Sailors also placed second at regionals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cWhile a state championship will always be our end goal, our ultimate goal for Saturday was to have our best performances of the season,\u201d head coach Amanda Heethuis said. \u201cWe were thrilled to hear our name called within the top three. It\u2019s a true testament to how strong these girls really are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Despite falling short of a state title, many of the girls know what they accomplished.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u201cIt is honestly a feeling that\u2019s really hard to explain,\u201d senior Taylor Keessen said. \u201cWe put in so much work during the season, and it is nice to see it pay off.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Paige Judson Compass Points Mona Shores HS 1st Place Division 4, Yearbook Verbal Sports Reporting JUDGING CRITERIA Solid lead that draws reader into story Meaningful student quotes that enrich story and reflect effective interviewing Evidence of adequate research Story gives reader a clear picture of season highlights and outcome with relevant player comments Adheres [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[102,3,11],"tags":[175,23],"class_list":["post-4735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","category-sportsreporting","category-yb","category-ybverbal","tag-2019-20","tag-division4","post_format-post-format-image","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/008249_104-105-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/008249_104-105-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Joel Beeker","author_link":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?author=9"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/008249_104-105-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6K0n6-1en","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}