Gymnastics: Mottinger, Cardinals topple Fergus Falls
WILLMAR — Haley Mottinger won vault (9.3), bars (8.3) and floor exercise (9.25) on Thursday at the Kennedy gym as the Willmar Cardinals outscored Fergus Falls 136.725-124.55 in a Central Lakes Conference dual.
Mottinger was eclipsed in all-around by teammate Stephanie Thompson 34.675-34.500
Willmar improved to 4-4 overall. The Otters are 1-6 in dual meets.
Willmar 136.725, Fergus Falls 124.55
ALL-AROUND — (1) Stephanie Thompson, W, 34.675 (2) Haley Mottinger, W, 34.5 (3) Cassie Johnson, W, 34.350 (4) Chandler Frigaard, FF, 33.025 (5) Camryn Appert, FF, 31.750
VAULT — (1) Mottinger 9.3 (2) Thompson 9.25 (3) Johnson, 9.15 (4) Maddie Lindblad, W, 8.95 (5) Samantha Goeser, W, 8.85
BARS — (1) Mottinger, 8.2 (2) Johnson 8.05 (3) Goeser, 7.975 (4) Serenaati Melcher, W, 7.75 (5) Thompson 7.75
BEAM — (1) Frigaard 8.75 (2) Thompson 8.575 (3) Lindblad 8.025 (4) Johnson 7.95 (5) Mottinger 7.85 (6) Nicole Marshall, W, 7.6
FLOOR — (1) Mottinger 9.25 (2) Johnson 9.2 (3) Thompson 9.1 (4) Frigaard 8.45 (5) Appert 8.25
Wright County
Annandale 133.9, NL-Spicer 132.75
NLS’ Rachael TerWisscha won the vault and Mya Rohman was third all-around with a 33.95.
ALL-AROUND — (1) Brooke Brower, A, 34.325 (2) Madison Kasper, A, 34.2 (3) Mya Rohman, N, 33.95
VAULT — (1) Rachael TerWisscha, N, 9.1 (2) Kelly Mendel, A, 9.05 (3) (tie) Brower, A, and Kasper, A, 8.95 (5) Arica Clancy, N, 8.8
BARS — (1) Brower, A, 8.6 (2) Mendel, A, 8.35 (3) Rohman, N, 8.25
BEAM — (1) Brower, A, 8.525 (2) TerWisscha, N, 8.5 (3) Kasper, A, 8.4 (4) Rohman, N, 8.3
FLOOR — (1) Kasper, A, 8.95 (2) Rohman, N, 8.9 (3) Clancy, N, 8.7 (4) Hannah Kingman, N, 8.6 (5) TerWisscha, N, 8.5
West Central
Melrose 148.10, Benson/KMS 121.275
Lydia Butkowski’s 37.8 all-around score ignited Class A champion Melrose’s blistering score. Megan Osterbauer posted the Braves’ highest finish with a fifth-place score of 7.7 on bars.
ALL-AROUND — (1) Lydia Butkowski, M, 37.8 … (6) Caitlin Flower, B, 30.25
VAULT — (1) Butkowski, M, 9.45 … (6) Megan Osterbauer, B, 8.525
BARS — (1) Jailyn Brinkman, M, 9.6 … (5) Osterbauer, B, 7.7
BEAM — (1) Butkowski, M, 9.6 … (6) Flower, B, 8.15
FLOOR — (1) Butkowski, M, 9.5 … (6) Flower, B, 7.85
