Lake City Skiers Take Seventh in National Competition
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ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Warsaw-based Lake City Skiers placed seventh over the weekend at the 12th Indmar Marine Engines Division 2 Show Ski National Championships in Rock Island, Ill.
Hosted by the Backwater Gamblers Show Ski Team, the tournament featured seven teams competing for the Division 2 show ski national title, according to the USA Water Ski official website, www.usawaterski.org
Winning the competition was The Arch Rivals Show Ski Team from Lake St. Louis, Missouri.
In competitive show skiing, each club has one hour to present a theatrical performance on water skis. Judges score the acts by awarding points based on originality, presentation and execution. Elaborate costumes and staging intermix with music and fast action on the water as an announcer leads the audience through the show.
The Arch Rivals, who also won the Division 2 national team title in 2008, won top awards for pick-up boat crew, swivel and high individual club act in tallying 1,492.4 points points.
The Chetek Hydroflites (Chetek, Wis.) earned top-scoring awards for dock and equipment crew, towboat driving, sound crew, pyramid, ballet and strap doubles to finish second with 1,458.9 points.
The Silver Lake Ski Club (Fenton, Mich.) finished third with 1,370.52 points.
The Division 2 Show Ski National Championships also featured athletes competing individually in adagio doubles, swivel and multi-jumping acts.
Madison Buehrle (Lake St. Louis, Mo.) won swivel, scoring 13.90 points; Morgan Hofmann (Port Byron, Ill.) and A.J. Ross (Willow Springs, Ill.) won doubles with 12.17 points, and the Silver Lake Ski Club (Fenton, Mich.) won team jumping, tallying 56.33 points.
In the various categories, Lake City Skiers placed sixth in dock and equipment personnel; fifth in pick-up boat crews; sixth in tow boat driving; sixth in showmanship and sound crew; and seventh in overall show.
LCS’s grand total of points was 1,039.53. Arch Rivals won with 1,492.4.
For high individual club act, Lake City Skiers placed seventh, as well as seventh for pyramid.
The team placed third out of four teams for swivel; sixth for ballet; third out of five teams for jump; and seventh for barefoot.
