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Luverne gymnasts back in action after holiday break

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Mavis Fodness

The Luverne gymnastics team took its 3-1 record on the road Saturday to the Martin County Area Invitational in Fairmont.
The Cardinals took third place with a score of 131.025 in a five-team competition, where Luverne finished 2.275 out of first place.
Luverne went into the weekend competition after winning their third dual meet of the season over Redwood Valley on Jan. 6.
Coach Phoebe Flom is preparing the team for section competition (slated for Feb. 12 in Marshall) by adding harder elements into the gymnasts’ routines.
Freshman Ella Reisdorfer has made significant improvements since the Cardinals opened the season Dec. 2
She completed two giants during her uneven bar routine against RWV with mixed results. While Reisdorfer completed the maneuver, her form wasn’t to the point where the judges would reward her with higher scores.
“She will need to continue to work on adding the harder skills the judges want to see,” Flom said. “Overcoming some of the fear is something they all need to work on.
“We had a tough meet at home, but I have been really impressed with some of the junior varsity girls. The changes we have added to all the routines are paying off.”
Next up for Luverne is an away meet against Jackson County Central Jan. 18.
 
MCA Invitational
Jackson County Central won the five-team MCA Invitational with a score of 133.45.
Waseca was second (133.025), Luverne, third (131.175), Blue Earth Area, fourth (129.425) and MCA (127.025) rounded out the five competing teams.
The invitational featured eight competitors from each team competing in each of the four events. The top four scores from each team comprised the team totals. The top 12 individuals in each event were recognized.
As a team, Luverne won the vault with a score of 35.875.
The Cardinals finished third on the bars (30.675), third on the beam (31.15) and fifth on the floor exercise (33.475).
Waseca won the bars and beam events (31.3 and 32.6 respectively) and JCC won the floor (35.175).
Individually, Luverne’s Ella Reisdorfer placed first in two events and took the all-around title with a score of 34.525.
She won the vault (9.05) and uneven bars (8.475) and finished third on the beam (8.35) and seventh on the floor (8.65).
Peyton Benda of JCC won the beam (8.75) and Addison Armstrong of BEA won the floor (9.05).
Finishing in the top 12 for Luverne were Kianna Winter placing second on the vault (9.025) and 12th on the beam (7.65), Sarah deCesare finishing in sixth-place on the bars (7.725) and tied for 11th on the floor (8.5), Amira Cowell ninth on the bars (7.475) and tenth on beam (7.875), and Hailey Como tied for fifth with teammate Tiana Lais on the vault (8.9).
 
Individual stats
Vault: Reisdorfer 9.05, Winter 9.025, Mann 8.875, Cowell 8.35, deCesare 8.3, Como 8.9, Lais 8.9, Kendra Thorson 8.4,
Bars: Reisdorfer 8.475, deCesare 7.725, Cowell 7.475, Como 7.0, Mann 6.65, Winter 6.1, Thorson 6.6, Reagan Gangestad 6.3.
Beam: Reisdorfer 8.35, Cowell 7.8, Winter 7.65, Como 7.35, deCesare 7.05, Mann 6.7, Thorson 6.55, Lais 6.5.
Floor: Reisdorfer 8.65, deCesare 8.5, Mann 8.45, Cowell 7.875, Winter 7.7, Gangestad 7.7, Como 7.55, Gabbie Nath-Huls 7.3.
All-round: Reisdorfer 34.525, deCesare 31.575, Cowell 31.5, Como 30.8, Mann 30.675, Winter 30.475.
 
Luverne 127.1,
RWV 125.6
Luverne returned a healthy team to competition Jan. 6 after a three-week layoff over the holiday break. Freshmen Amira Cowell and Hailey Como returned to the varsity lineup after sitting out the team’s last meet on Dec. 16.
The freshmen helped the Luverne Cardinals to another win, this time in a close dual at home over the Redwood Valley Cardinals, 127.1 to 125.6.
Luverne won the vault (35.8 to RWV’s 34.125) and the floor exercise (33.225 to 32.10) on their 1.5-point victory. RWV took the uneven bars (30.15 to 29.675) and the balance beam (29.225 to 28.4).
Individually, Luverne won three of the four events.
Freshman Ella Reisdorfer posted the highest scores in three events, the beam (8.5), floor exercise (8.875), and vault (9.25) and captured the all-around title with a score of 34.8.
RWV’s Avery Wilson won the uneven bars with a score of 8.6.
Luverne earned top four finishes from Cowell in the bars (7.65, third), floor (8.55, third), vault (9.15, second) and all-around (32.125, third).
Kianna Winter placed fourth on the floor with an 8.2 and tied for third with teammate Tiana Lais with an 8.7 on the vault.
Sarah deCesare was fourth in the all-around, 29.55.
Luverne’s junior varsity team won over RWV 108.5 to 102.15.
 
Individual stats
Vault: Reisdorfer 9.25, Cowell 9.15, Winter 8.7, Lais 8.7, deCesare 8.625.
Uneven bars: Reisdorfer 8.1, Cowell 7.65, deCesare 7.525, Como 6.4, Addyson Mann 6.15.
Balance beam: Reisdorfer 8.5, Cowell 6.775, Winter 6.625, Mann 6.5, deCesare 6.0.
Floor exercise: Reisdorfer 8.875, Cowell, 8.55, Winter 8.2, Mann 7.6, deCesare 7.4.
All around: Reisdorfer 34.8, Cowell 32.125, deCesare 29.55.

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