Hard work pays off for CHS Drill Team at Bountiful Invitational

By Sun Advocate

CHS girls take home several top place finishes in team and solo competitions
With all of the hard work they’ve put into the season, the Carbon High School Drill Team saw that preparation pay off with a strong performance at the Bountiful Invitational over the weekend.
Head Coach Nicole Bennett said the team placed in top spot in several team and solo competitions at the meet.
For the team competition, Carbon High took first place in the Pom-Pom routine, second place in Hip Hop, Lyrical, Dance and Military, and also took home a third place finish in the Kick.
In solo competitions, several members of the CHS team placed. In solo Lyrical, Mikelle Monson placed third, Riley Winn took fourth and Ashley Richens finished in fifth. In the Jazz solo routine, Celeste Smith took first place, Reanna McQuinsten placed second and Brenna Bogdin placed in fifth. In the Contemporary routine, Kaibree Horsley took first and Gracie Steele finished in third place.
Bennett said the girls have put in a lot of effort to achieve results like this.
“They did great in Bountiful,” Bennett said. “It was a great way to help get us prepared for our Region competition in North Sanpete on Jan. 31.”
The officers are outstanding young woman who are talented and leaders in the community. Captain Celeste Smith is also Miss Carbon County and the Drill Mistress, Kaibree Horsley, is a Dance Sterling Scholar. Ashley Richens, Destanie Gardner and Aubree Robinette are the other senior officers and have all been involved in countless hours volunteering and teaching the young girls of the community, Bennett said.
Drill Team is a year long sport that begins right after tryouts in April. The team practices all summer performing in Parades and community events. They are active in football season performing at pep rallies and at halftimes and even have some girls playing Volleyball.
When winter comes around, the team finally begins their season, spending countless hours practicing anywhere they can. Competing on the weekends, they also perform for both boys and girls basketball halftimes, then staying and cheering in the student section. They do all of this while maintaining an average team GPA of over 3.6.