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Gym team breaks SWC silence Monday

By John RittenhouseThe Luverne gymnastics team picked up its first Southwest Conference win of the season when it edged Pipestone Monday in Luverne.The Cardinals lost a home league match to Jackson County Central Thursday.Luverne, 11-6 overall, competes in Windom Friday.Luverne 131.375, Pipestone 129.975Victoria Arends and Morgan Bosshart captured individual titles to lead the Cardinals to a 1.4-point home victory over the Arrows Monday.Arends, who tied for third place on the floor with teammate Courtney Fodness (8.4 scores), won the bars and vault championships with respective 8.4 and 9.175 efforts.Bosshart tallied an 8.75 to win the floor title during the meet.Along with sharing third place with Arends on the floor, Fodness finished fourth on the beam with a 7.8.Brittany Mulder placed second on the floor (8.475) and tied for third place on the vault (8.9).Pipestone’s Lindsay Wolff, the all-around champion with 34.375 points, took top honors on the beam with an 8.8.Individual resultsBars: Arends, 8.4; Fodness, 8.05; Mulder, 7.925; Bosshart, 7.6; Krista Van Dyk, 7.5.Beam: Fodness, 7.8; Van Dyk, 7.5; Mulder, 7.475; Arends, 7.1; Brittany Sandager, 6.7.Floor: Bosshart, 8.75; Mulder, 8.475; Fodness, 8.4; Arends, 8.4; Jackie Broomfield, 7.225.Vault: Arends, 9.175; Mulder, 8.9; Bosshart, 8.885; Fodness, 8.6; LaRae Kor, 8.1.JCC 140.425, Luverne 132.725The Cardinals dropped their third consecutive conference match when they entertained the Huskies Thursday.JCC’s Kylla Bargfrede stole the show while leading the Huskies to a seven-plus point victory over LHS.Bargfrede won the bars (8.65), beam (9.325), floor (9.1), vault (9.275) and all-around (36.35) titles.Luverne’s Arends finished third on the bars and vault with respective 8.35 and 9.15 efforts. She placed fourth all-around with a 33.525 score.Mulder and Bosshart placed third and fourth on the floor with 8.85 and 8.8 tallies. Fodness finished third all-around with a score of 33.525.Individual resultsBars: Arends, 8.35; Fodness, 8.25; Mulder, 8.05; Bosshart, 7.75; Krista Van Dyk, 5.35.Beam: Fodness, 8.35; Arends, 8.25; Mulder, 7.35; Brittany Sandager, 6.8; Bosshart, 5.15.Floor: Mulder, 8.85; Bosshart, 8.8; Fodness, 8.425; Arends, 7.775; Jackie Broomfield, 7.3.Vault: Arends, 9.15; Mulder, 8.95; Bosshart, 8.85; Fodness, 8.775; LaRae Kor, 8.2.

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