Niwot Cheer competes at state

The Niwot High School cheer squad wrapped a successful competition season with a top-20 finish at this year’s Class 4A state spirit championships, held Dec. 7-8 at the Denver Coliseum.

The Cougars took 16th overall in the 30-team field, finishing just ahead of Frederick. For the second straight year, Niwot had 0.0 deductions from their final score, a testament to their focus on minimizing eve...