Skyline High School cheerleaders have already rooted on their football and girls soccer teams to state championships this year, now they have a title to call their own.

The Spartans claimed their second straight WIAA State Cheerleading Championship Saturday at the Everett Event’s Center — in only their third year of competing.

“I was really proud because they were even stronger than they were last year and threw basically the most elite skills you can throw in high school cheerleading,” head cheer coach Stephania Lemeshko.

The Spartan Green team won the Large/Super Large Division championship with 240 out of a possible 300 points. Kentwood finished second in the 12-team division with 238 points.

“It was pretty cool, especially since we won football two years in a row,” senior captain Melanie Robb said.

Skyline threw in new aspects to this year’s routine, including some of the hardest allowed in high school competition.

“The most elite set you can do, we did, which is a 360 stretch double,” senior captain Axie Dompier said. “That was cool being able to hit that.”

Recognition from classmates has been sparse in the days after claiming the championship, but the football and wrestling teams rewarded them with cookies and flowers, and other classmates throw out the occasional congratulations.

“It’s kind of a shame that cheerleaders don’t have cheerleaders, but we get the support from our parents and random people who see us in the newspapers and e-mails,” senior captain Brittney Johnson said.

Lemeshko said she sees respect coming with time. There are 34 members on this year’s cheer team, and according to the third-year coach interest continues to grow — along with the aspirations for 2010.

“We’re aiming to go to Nationals next year,” Lemeshko said. “You really need athletes to do what we’re able to do and I think the school’s starting to recognize that.”