Gymnastics: Cardinals soar past Sartell
WILLMAR — What’s new with the Willmar Cardinal gymnasts?
The youthful lineup made its home debut Thursday night in the brightly lit Kennedy gym.
The team scored a victory over the Sartell Sabres by a score of 136.525 to 130.625. This came after a road loss to start the season at Sauk Rapids where the Cards tallied 134.95.
Performances were solid and there was just one fall on vault. Though young this team has plenty of experience.
Stephanie Thompson was first all-around (35.050) and in three of the four individual events.
Cassandra Johnson, the team’s lone senior, finished first in floor (9.225). The rest of last night’s scorers were either 9th or 10th graders.
“We tried some new routines so there were a lot of mistakes,” said coach Larry Selchow. “Stephanie and Cassie led the team and Maddie (Lindblad) had her best vault.”
Vault got Willmar off to a good start scoring 36.2. Thompson rated at 9.3 and Johnson and Lindblad both 9.0.
Typically, Willmar scored low in bar though the 30.775 score shaded the Sabres.
Thompson had Willmar’s only fall on the beam but her difficulty was still enough to win with an 8.85. She stuck a couple of somersaults to the crowds delight.
Johnson finished meet with a flourish with a winning total of 9.225 on the floor exercise.
Willmar hosts Litchfield on Tuesday.
Willmar 136.525, Sartell 130.675
ALL-AROUND — (1)Stephanie Thompson, Wil, 35.050 (2) Cassie Johnson, Wil, 34.225 (3) Jenisa Cash, Sar, 33.025 (4) Haley Mottinger, Wil, 33.0 (5) Alexis Miley, Wil, 32.750 (6) Eden Garman, Sar, 30.925
VAULT — (1) Thompson 9.3 (2) Maddie Lindblad 9.0; Johnson 9.0 (4) Cash 8.9 (5) Mottinger 8.9 (8) Miley 8.55
BARS — (1) Thompson 8.075 (2) Grace Peterson 7.9 (3) Jenisa Cash, Sar, 7.875 (4) Samantha Goeser, Wil, 7.825 (5) Johnson 7.6 (8) Miley 7.275 (9) Mottinger 7.125
BEAM — (1) Thompson 8.85 (2) Lindblad 8.45 (3) Johnson 8.4 (4) Anna Neeser, Sar, 8.4 (5) Mottinger 8.125 (6) Alexis Goeser, Wil, 8.1
FLOOR — (1) Johnson 9.225 (2) Cash 8.9 (3) Mottinger 8.85 (4) tie, Miley 8.825; Thompson 8.825 (6) Lindblad 8.65
Wright County
Delano 134.625, NLS 119.125
Mya Rohman was fourth on the floor and fifth on the beam to finish fifth in the all-around standings with a 30.575 for New London-Spicer. Also finishing in the top five in an event for the Wildcats was Lauren Dietz in a tie for third and Hannah Kingman in fifth on the vault.
ALL-AROUND — (1) Anna Wischmann, D, 34.85 … (5) Mya Rohman, N, 30.575
VAULT — (1) Wischmann, D, 9.3 … (T3) Lauren Dietz, N, 8.375 (5) Hannah Kingman, N, 8.35
BARS — (1) Andria Shrode, D, 7.9
BEAM — (1) Wischmann, D, 8.95 … (5) Rohman, N, 7.3
FLOOR — (1) Schrode, D, 9.375 … (4) Rohman, 8.525
Result Tuesday
Non-Conference
Benson/KMS 122.125, Redwood Valley 117.625
An incorrect final score was published in Thursday’s edition. Benson/KMS won the dual with Megan Osterbauer and Caitlin Flower finishing second and third, respectively, in all-around.
ALL-AROUND — (1) Abby Schmidt, R, 33.725 (2) Megan Osterbauer, B, 31.375 (3) Caitlin Flower, B, 30.175
VAULT — (1) Ashley Bunting, R, 9.3 (2) Schmidt, R, 8.975 (3) Osterbauer, B, 8.7
BARS — (1) Schmidt, R, 7.85 (2) Bunting, R, 7.450 (3) MiKaylie Hagen, B, 7.25
BEAM — (1) Bunting, R, 8.425 (2) Schmidt, R, 8.4 (3) Caitlin Flower, B, 7.875
FLOOR — (1) Schmidt, R, 8.5 (2) Osterbauer, B, 8.025 (3) Sophie Ascheman, B, 7.975
