Gymnasts up conference record to 4-2

Team scores continue to increase for the Luverne gymnasts as the Cardinals begin to close out their 2021-22 season.
LHS surpassed conference rival Windom Monday in a 131.675 to 127.9 team win.
The Cardinals fell in a close match against Jackson County Central Jan. 11, while still increasing their team score from previous meets. The Huskies scored 134.65 to the Cardinals’ 131.35.
“We had lots of feedback from the judges of things to work on,” said coach Phoebe Flom. “We have girls still working on new skills we would like to get into routines and, of course, staying on the beam.”
Next up for Luverne is Marshall in a home meet tonight, Jan. 27.
The Cardinals will round out the season Feb. 4 in an away dual against St. James Area.
 
Luverne 131.675,
Windom 127.9
Luverne upped their season record to 4-2 in the Big South Conference with a win over the Windom Eagles Monday night in Windom with a score of 131.675 to 127.9.
The visiting Cardinals claimed the top cumulative scores in the vault (35.85), uneven bars (30.1), balance beam (31.775) and the floor exercise (33.95).
Individually Ella Reisdorfer took the all-around competition at the meet with a score of 35.225. She had the top scores in the vault (9.225), uneven bars (8.425) and floor exercise (9.1). Windom’s Brooklyn Paulson received the top balance beam score of 8.675.
Finishing in the top four in one or more of the meet events for Luverne were Sarah deCesare, who placed second on the vault (9.025), tied for third on the beam (7.975), and was fourth in the all-around (31.9). Kianna Winter placed fourth on the vault (8.85) and fourth on the floor (8.275). Amira Cowell finished second on the uneven bars (7.725), third on the floor exercise (8.375), and third in the all-around (33.775).
 
Individual scores
All-around: Reisdorfer 35.225, Cowell 32.475, deCesare 31.9
Vault: Reisdorfer 9.225, deCesare 9.025, Winter 8.85, Cowell 8.75, Tiana Lais 8.65
Uneven bars: Reisdorfer 8.425, Cowell 7.725, Addyson Mann 7.125, Kendra Thorson 6.825, deCesare 6.7
Balance beam: Reisdorfer 8.475, Cowell 7.625, deCesare 7.975, Mann 7.7, Winter 6.2
Floor exercise: Reisdorfer 9.1, Cowell 8.375, Winter 8.275, deCesare 8.2, Mann 8.05
 
JCC 134.650,
Luverne 131.350
After two event rotations at the meet with Jackson County Central in Jackson, Luverne was less than one point away from the lead.
Luverne posted the highest score on the vault with a score of 35.7 to 35.1. JCC then edged the lead from Luverne on the uneven bars (30.65 to 29.975).
The Huskies grew the point advantage when the teams moved to the final two events of the balance beam (33.375 to 31.675) and the floor exercise, with Jackson scoring 35.525 to Luverne’s 34.0 to finish the meet.
Coach Phoebe Flom said she feels confident that her gymnasts’ scores are improving.
“This was a great meet,” said Coach Flom. “The difference is judging.”
Individually, Luverne’s Ella Reisdorfer received the highest scores in the all-around (35.125), vault (9.1), uneven bars (7.9) and floor exercise (9.125). Reisdorfer tied with JCC’s Payten Benda for the top beam score with 9.0.
Cardinals scoring with Reisdorfer in the top five individually included Amira Cowell, who finished fourth in the all-around (33.525), third on the vault (8.9), tied for third in uneven bars with JCC’s Makayla Hotzler (7.675), third on beam (8.3) and fifth on floor exercise (8.65), Sarah deCesare finished fifth in the all-around (31.475), second on vault (8.95), and tied for fifth with JCC’s Payten Benda on the uneven bars (7.55).
JCC junior varsity won the dual 127.850 to 112.1.
 
Individual scores
All-around: Reisdorfer 35.125, Cowell 33.525, deCesare 31.475.
Vault: Reisdorfer 9.1, deCesare 8.950, Cowell 8.9, Kianna Winter 8.75, Tiana Lais 8.575.
Uneven bars: Reisdorfer 7.9, Cowell 7.675, deCesare 7.55, Addyson Mann 6.8, Kendra Thorson 6.7.
Balance beam: Reisdorfer 9.0, Cowell 8.3, Mann 7.375, deCesare 7.0, Winter 6.975.
Floor exercise: Reisdorfer 9.125, Cowell 8.650, Winter 8.25, deCesare 7.975, Mann 7.8.