South Haven News

By Sydnie Rae

These girls are the South Haven’s Junior High Outlaw cheerleaders. This team is led by Coach Chelsea Metzinger. These girls have worked very hard and are a group as close as family! They cheer with all their heart. One interesting thing about these girls is that they do more than just cheer. These girls put leader in cheerleader and they work on being the ideal role models regularly. They often do community service to show that they are more than just cheerleaders. They are leaders.

Trista Metzinger

Trista Metzinger is an eighth grade student at South Haven Junior High School. She is 14 years old. Trista enjoys sports such as softball, track, and cheer. For the eighth grade promotion, she has been working very hard to be this year’s valedictorian. Fun fact about Trista is that she hates driving but really loves reading.

Kylie Tompkins

Kylie Tompkins is a seventh grade student at South Haven Junior High School. She is 12 years old. Kylie participated in cheer, volleyball, track, and basketball! She loved to hunt with her dad. In track and field her events are long jump, 4x100m, 4x200m, and 400m. She has got a lot of metals for only doing the sport for one year.

Natalie Betzen

Natalie Betzen is a sixth grade student at South Haven. She is 11 years old. She participates in volleyball, cheer, basketball, and track. She is very involved in 4H and she got purple in fashion at the State Fair. Natalie went to the state science fair and third overall!

Natalie Colwell

Natalie Colwell is a sixth grade student at South Haven Junior High. She is 12 years old. She enjoys sports such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, and cheer. She is a volleyball setter and she also attended the state science Fair. A fun fact about Natalie is that she has three siblings and a dog named Dolly.

Josie Ferguson

Josie Ferguson is a 12 years old and a sixth grade student at South Haven Junior High School. She plays volleyball, basketball, and cheer. Her favorite subject in school is science. Ferguson has three siblings and two nephews. Ferguson says that her role model is her mom.

Josie Metzinger

Josie Metzinger is 11 years old and a sixth grade student at South Haven Junior High. Metzinger participated in a lot of sports which include cheer, tennis, track, archery, and sitting volleyball. Sports are some of her favorite things to do but she also loved to bake and of all the things to bake brownies are her favorite. One more thing that Metzinger enjoys is playing board games.

Madison Reed

Madison Reed is a sixth grade student at Wellington Christian Academy. Reed participates in sports at South Haven. She is 11 years old. Madison is a very adventurous and spontaneous girl. She loves bugs and cats. She plays a love of sports which include basketball, softball, cheer, and volleyball. Madison got second in a softball championship and she also went to a WSU volleyball camp.

Lyla Wiiest

Lyla Wiiest is 11 years old and a sixth grade student at South Haven Junior High School. She loves sports which include basketball, cheer, volleyball, and softball. In basketball she is a post and in softball she is a pitcher. Lyla got 1st place in a softball championship. She has two siblings and a dog named Stella.