Five in a row! BV dance team overcomes obstacles to land grand champ honors
By:
Jill Meier, Journal editor
Jill Meier/BV Journal
The Lady Lynx dance team earned high marks for their pom and jazz (below) routines at the Harrisburg Invite, where the team earned its fifth consecutive grand champion title. For more photos, visit brandonvalleyjournal.com.
With the ability to overcome obstacles – namely dancers missing from the floor due to close contact quarantines – the Lady Lynx once again rose to the top of Saturday’s Harrisburg Invitational.
This time, they did it behind their 369-tally, which elevated Brandon Valley to the top of the 11-team competition.
“They did really well,” is how BV coach Ashley Hoffman summed up the team’s fifth straight grand champion title.
With continual changes to BV’s roster, Hoffman said nearly all of her student-athletes returned to practice last Thursday.
“It was definitely a week of reworking and a quick turnaround time to get routines back to getting as many on the floor as possible,” she said.
Hoffman continues to talk with her team about the adversity they have faced in the 2020 season.
“We had practice before we left that morning, and I told the girls that I feel a lot of people don’t see the hardships we have seen this year. We have literally put out a new routine every competition,” she said. “I reminded my girls on Saturday that the public doesn’t see all their hard work going in, but we know and feel it. It’s definitely been an uphill battle this season, and I am so proud of them.”
The Lady Lynx out-performed runner-up Sioux Falls Washington in the jazz division. BV sparked the judges for a 372.5 score, while the Warriors were awarded 346 points for their jazz routine.
BV’s pom routine also out-performed second-place Dakota Valley by 23 points. The judges awarded the Lynx dancers a 365.5 to DV’s 342.5.
Washington won the hip hop division, which BV does not compete in.
BVDT takes a week off from competing as they prepare to host the BV Invite scheduled for a 5 p.m. start on Tuesday, Oct. 6.
Harrisburg Invitational
Dance Grand Champion: 1.) Brandon Valley 369; 2.) SF Washington 352; 3.) Harrisburg 339.25; 4.0 Dakota Valley 333; 5.) SF Roosevelt 332.75; 6.) SF Lincoln 323.50; 7.) Yankton 309.50; 8.) O‘Gorman 306.75; 9.) Brookings 269.50; 10.) Mitchell 265.25; 11.) Platte-Geddes 262.
Jazz: 1.) BV 372.5; 2.) SF Washington 346; 3.) Harrisburg 335; 4.) Dakota Valley 323.5; 5.) SF Lincoln 311.5; 6.) Yankton 304.
Pom: 1.) BV 365.5; 2.) Dakota Valley 342.5; 3.) SF Roosevelt 327.5; 4.) Yankton 315; 5.) O’G 309.5; 6.) Brookings 278.5; 7.) Mitchell 267.5; 8.) Platte-Geddes 265.
Hip Hop: 1.) SFW 358; 2.) Harrisburg 343.5; 3.) SFR 338; 4.) SFL 335.5; 5.) O’G 304; 6.) Mitchell 263; 7.) Brookings 260.5; 8.) Platte-Geddes 259.
