By John RittenhouseThe Luverne gymnastics team competed against Jackson County Central, a school with a rich gymnastics tradition, and some other top-notch teams during a pair of outings late last week.The Cardinals stayed within three points of JCC when they hosted the Huskies for a meet Thursday. Luverne finished eighth at the annual Sweetheart Invitational in Jackson Saturday.Luverne will compete in Windom tonight before hosting St. Peter Saturday.JCC inviteThe Cardinals placed eighth in a 10-team field during Saturday’s competition in Jackson.Luverne compiled 125.675 points at the event, topping Marshall (122.575) and Vermillion (121.45) in the final standings.New Prague (142.125), Mound-Westonka (139.225), Breck (139.2), Big Lake (137.225), Worthington (123.05), JCC (131.575) and Martin County West (126.425) led the field.Luverne athletes were unable to crack the top four positions in individual competition.Breck’s Marin McCarthy won the all-around (37.775), bars (9.7) and floor (9.7) championships. M-W’s Kristin Prins won the vault with a 9.3. NP’s Heidi Kick took top honors on the beam with a 9.4.Callen Bosshart turned in Luverne’s top scores in the all-around (32.4), vault (8.7), floor (8.55) and beam (7.55) competitions. Amanda Dooyema led the Cards with a 7.8 on the bars.Individual resultsVault: C.Bosshart 8.7, Brittany Mulder 8.25, Morgan Bosshart 8.2, Brittany Boeve 8.1, Victoria Arends 7.95.Bars: Dooyema 7.8, Mulder 7.7, C.Bosshart 7.6, Courtney Fodness 7.35, M.Bosshart 6.75.Floor: C.Bosshart 8.55, Mulder 8.35, Dooyema 8.15, M.Bosshart 7.65, Boeve 7.25.Beam: C.Bosshart 7.55, Boeve 7.525, Fodness 7.3, Dooyema 6.9, Mulder 5.9.JCC 135.125,Luverne 132.15Luverne’s third record-setting performance of the season wasn’t enough to stop the Huskies Thursday in Luverne.The Cardinals established a new school scoring record by compiling 132.15 points, but they fell three points short of JCC when the team scores were tallied.JCC’s Kylla Bargfrede led the Huskies to victory by winning the all-around (35.925), floor (9.3), beam (8.575) and bars (8.9) championships. She also shared the vault title (9.15) with Luverne’s Callen Bosshart and JCC’s Danielle Honnette.Bosshart, who placed second all-around with33.95 points, placed second on the bars (8.65), third on the beam (7.5) and tied for fourth place on the floor (8.65) with teammate Brittany Mulder.Mulder was third all-around (32.25) and fourth on the bars (8.0).Luverne’s Amanda Dooyema placed second on the beam (8.1) and third on the bars (8.55). Cardinals’ Brittany Boeve and Morgan Bosshart tied for second place on the vault with JCC’s Brenna Munoz with 8.85 efforts.Individual resultsBars: C.Bosshart 8.65, Dooyema 8.55, Mulder 8.0, M.Bosshart 7.6, Courtney Fodness 6.7.Beam: Dooyema 8.1, C.Bosshart 7.5, Boeve 7.25, Mulder 7.0, Fodness 6.5.Floor: Mulder 8.65, C.Bosshart 8.65, Boeve 8.4, Dooyema 8.3, Victoria Arends 7.3.Vault: C.Bosshart 9.15, Boeve 8.85, M.Bosshart 8.85, Arends 8.65, Mulder 8.6.
