NIACC selects 2017-18 dance team

MASON CITY - The 2017-18 NIACC Trojan Dance team will consist of 12 members in its second season.

Tryouts were held on Saturday.

Members of next year's team will be Avery Allen (Mason City), Sandra Bontemps (Charles City), Ashlyn Buseman (Belmond-Klemme), Madisyn Harper (West Fork), Sam Harper (West Fork), Serenity Laue (Sparta, Wis.), Cecilia Novotney (Waterloo Columbus), Kaitlyn Olson (Sparta, Wis.), Sami Schupanitz (Mason City), Kaitlyn Stroup (Clear Lake), Alyssa Thoreson (Forest City) and Elyssa Wilson (Newman Catholic).

Sam Harper, Schupanitz and Wilson were members of the 2016-17 NIACC Dance Team.

In its first year of competition, the NIACC Dance Team received three Division I ratings in its three routines at the Iowa Dance State Championships in December.

NIACC tied for third with Southwestern in the community college division in its Pom routine and was fourth in the Hip Hop and Jazz competitions.