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Eastview Dances To Third Straight State High Kick Title

Lightning Dance Team wins third consecutive state high kick championship, and seventh overall kick crown, in the state high school league dance team finals Saturday

Eastview High School of Apple Valley danced to its third consecutive Class AAA High Kick title Saturday in the Minnesota State High School League dance team finals in the Target Center in Minneapolis.

The Lightning performed a piece called “Bolero” to win the high kick title. It was the seventh high kick title, and eighth overall, for Eastview, which previously won the high kick title in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012.

Brainerd was second in the high kick competition, followed by Burnsville, Wayzata, St. Cloud Tech and Maple Grove.

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Rachel Rudolph and Melanie Wagner of Eastview were named to the high kick all-tournament team.

In Friday’s jazz finals, Maple Grove won the Class AAA title, followed by defending state champion Wayzata and Eastview.

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Eastview’s Ellen Kenney and Mikayla Larson were named to the jazz all-tournament team.

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