Luverne junior Callen Bosshart helped the Cardinal gymnastics team beat Pipestone Area in a Southwest Conference meet staged in Luverne Tuesday. Bosshart won the all-around, bars, vault and floor titles during the contest.
By John Rittenhouse
The Luverne-Hills-Beaver Creek gymnastics squad opened Southwest Conference competition by splitting a pair of home matches.
Marshall bested the Cardinals by 7.5 points Thursday, but L-H-BC bounced back to best Pipestone Area by 11.75 points Tuesday.
The 2-1 Cards compete in Redwood Falls Friday before hosting Worthington Tuesday.
Pipestone 110.75
Host L-H-BC dominated the Arrows during Tuesday’s meet at the Luverne Armory.
Cardinal athletes won all four individual events and the overall title while toppling Pipestone by 11.75 points.
Callen Bosshart, the overall champion with 32.65 points, led L-H-BC to victory by winning three individual crowns. Bosshart took top honors on the bars (7.9), floor (8.5) and vault (8.95).
Bosshart also placed second on the beam with a 7.55, an event which was won by L-H-BC’s Amanda Dooyema with a 7.8. Dooyema placed second on the bars with a 7.7.
Danielle Cook had a good night for the Cards which featured placing second on the vault (8.85) and floor (7.95) and third on the bars (7.1).
Brittany Mulder, who finished second all around with 28.65 points, placed fourth on the beam (6.9) and bars (6.6).
Cardinal Brittany Mulder placed fourth on the vault with a 6.9.
Individual scores
Bars: Bosshart, 7.9; Dooyema, 7.7; Cook, 7.1; Mulder, 6.6; Victoria Arends, 4.2.
Beam: Dooyema, 7.8; Bosshart, 7.55; Mulder, 6.9; Boeve, 5.85.
Floor: Bosshart, 8.25; Cook, 7.95; Dooyema, 7.5; Mulder, 6.8; Boeve, 6.55.
Vault: Bosshart, 8.95; Cook, 8.85; Boeve, 8.45; Mulder, 8.35; Arends, 8.0.
Marshall 126.15,
L-H-BC 119.15
The Cardinals dropped their first match of the season Thursday when they hosted the Tigers for a dual meet.
Bosshart had a great night individually for L-H-BC, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Cards from taking a 7.5-point setback.
Bosshart, who was third all around with 32.9 points, tied with Marshall’s Jessica Dolan for first place on the beam with identical 8.25 tallies. Bosshart also finished second on the vault with an 8.9, and was third on the bars and floor with respective 7.5 and 8.25 tallies.
L-H-BC’s Cook picked up a place by finishing third on the vault with an 8.7.
Marshall’s Greta Blom won the all-around (34.55), vault (9.1) and bar (8.8) competitions. Along with sharing the title with Bosshart on the beam, Dolan won the floor with a 9.0.
Individual scores
Bars: Bosshart, 7.5; Cook, 7.25, Amanda Dooyema, 7.25; Brittany Mulder, 6.1; Victoria Arends, 4.55.
Beam: Bosshart, 8.25; Mulder, 6.3; Dooyema, 5.9; Brittany Boeve, 5.5.
Floor: Bosshart, 8.25; Dooyema, 7.95; Cook, 7.4; Mulder, 7.4; Boeve, 7.2.
Vault: Bosshart, 8.9; Cook, 8.7; Boeve, 8.35; Mulder, 8.15; Arends, 7.65.