By John RittenhouseThe Luverne gymnastics team opened the 2005-06 season by competing in matches on consecutive days early this week.The Cardinals won their home opener against West Central Monday. Luverne lost a Southwest Conference match to Redwood Valley in Redwood Falls Tuesday.Luverne’s next match will be in Pipestone Dec. 22.RWV 127.175, Luverne 123.075The Cardinals couldn’t string together back-to-back wins when they traveled to Redwood Falls Tuesday.Less than 24 hours after winning their opener, LHS slipped to 1-1 for the season with a six-plus-point loss to RWV.Victoria Arends, who placed second on the beam with a 7.5 tally and placed third on the bars with a 7.5, won the vault title with her 9.075.Luverne controlled the vault competition as Brittany Mulder finished second with an 8.9, and Courtney Fodness, Brittany Boeve and Morgan Bosshart tied for third place with 8.75s.Fodness and RWV’s Kelsi Bielen turned in 7.55s to share top honors on the bars.RWV’s Casey Smith won the beam with a 7.9, Brittany Hagert the floor with a 9.0 and Becky Corbett took the all-around title with a 31.725.Vault: Arends, 9.075; Mulder, 8..9; Fodness, 8.75; Boeve, 8.75; Bosshart, 8.75.Bars: Fodness, 7.55; Arends, 7.5; Bosshart, 7.075; Mulder, 6.575; Boeve, 4.0.Beam: Arends, 7.5; Boeve, 7.0; Fodness, 6.8; Bosshart, 6.6; Mulder, 6.6.Floor: Fodness, 8.3; Mulder, 7.925; Bosshart, 7.775; Arends, 7.0; Boeve, 6.975.Luverne 129.05, WC 102.5The Cardinals opened the season by rolling to a convincing home win over West Central.Luverne athletes dominated the competition, securing 15 of 16 top-four finishes in the individual events.Arends and Fodness led the Cards to victory. Arends, who won the vault competition with a 9.0 effort, shared top honors with Fodness on the bars with a 7.9. Fodness locked up the all-around title with her 32.7.Bosshart and Mulder shared third place on the bars with 7.6 tallies. Bosshart, Mulder and Fodness tied for second place vault with 8.7 scores.Bosshart and Boeve shared top honors on the floor with 8.35 efforts. Fodness and Mulder finished third and fourth with respective 8.3 and 8.1 tallies.Boeve won the beam title with an 8.35. Fodness and Mulder placed second and third with 7.8 and 6.9 scores.Beam: Boeve, 8.35; Fodness, 7.8; Mulder, 6.9; Arends, 6.8; Bosshart, 6.2.Bars: Arends, 7.9; Fodness, 7.9; Bosshart, 7.6; Mulder, 7.6; Boeve, 6.75.Floor: Boeve, 8.35; Bosshart, 8.3; Fodness, 8.3; Mulder, 8.1; Arends, 7.85.Vault: Arends, 9.0; Fodness, 8.7; Bosshart, 8.7; Mulder, 8.7; Boeve, 8.3.