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Gymnasts win season open by slim margin

By
Mavis Fodness

In an extremely close contest, the Luverne gymnastics team opened the 2021-22 season Dec. 2 in Blue Earth with a narrow win 128.725-128.700 over the Blue Earth Area Buccaneers.
Luverne kept slim leads over BEA in three of the four events.
In the opening rotation, Luverne led in the uneven bars (29.550-29.075), followed by the vault (34.225-34.025) and floor exercise (33.90-33.25). BEA won the beam event (32.350-31.05).
“The girls were very nervous and that transfers to falls on the beam, mistakes on the floor,” Flom said. “It’s nice to get the first meet out of the way.”
Individually, Luverne’s Ella Reisdorfer took the all-around competition with a score of 34.625. She took the top score in the uneven bars (8.0) and balance beam (9.0). BEA’s Addison Armstrong won the floor exercise (9.05) and vault (8.825).
In the junior varsity competition, Luverne won over BEA 108.550-58.1.
Luverne’s next meet is Tuesday night, Dec. 7, in a home matchup against Worthington, who won the section meet last year.
“I feel like we were physically prepared, but we need to be mentally prepared for Tuesday,” Flom added. “It will be nice to be on our own turf.”
 
Luverne individual scores
Vault: Kianna Winter 8.7, Ella Reisdorfer 8.625, Tianna Lais 8.5, Amira Cowell 8.4 and Sara deCesare 8.275.
Uneven bars: Reisdorfer 8.0, Cowell 7.450, deCesare 7.4, Hailey Como 6.7 and Kendra Thorson 6.450.
Balance beam: Reisdorfer 9.0, Cowell 8.050, deCesare 7.0, Addyson Mann 6.925 and Kendra Benson 6.025.
Floor exercise: Reisdorfer 9.0, Winter 8.350, deCesare 8.3, Cowell 8.250 and Mann 7.55.
All-around: Reisdorfer 34.625, Cowell 32.150 and deCesare 31.050.

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