By James Brown
Glasgow News 1
The Barren County cheer team punched its ticket to the state cheer competition.
They finished second in the Coed Division of competitive cheer in Region 2 over the weekend.
Russell County won the Coed Division with 81.10 points, while Barren County scored 79.80 points.
Broken down by scoring areas, Barren posted 25 points in cheer, 43.30 in building, and 12.50 in overall. That set a raw score of 80.80 before a one point deduction was included to set the final score of 79.80.
Russell County scored 24.70 in cheer, 44.80 in building and 12.60 in overall. They also had a one-point deduction.
Barren County also fielded a Game Day Small squad and finished fifth in that division.
Barren County won the Coed Division at region in 2025, and finished fifth in that division at state last season. In 2024, Barren finished second in the state Coed Division competition.
This year’s state competition is set for Dec. 11-12 at George Rogers Clark High School in Winchester.
