LHS gymnasts get final season win leading into section meet

Luverne gymnasts closed out the 2021-22 season with another win and their highest scores on two of the four events.
The Cardinals posted a team score of 130.525 against the Saints (100.275) with the highest scores of 30.7 on the uneven bars and 34.65 on the floor exercise through the nine-meet season.
Coach Phoebe Flom is proud of her team’s performance.
“We added some new skills in our final meet, so it helped our floor scores,” she said. “Vault was definitely not our best night. Overall, I thought the girls did a good job.”
They finished their season with a 7-2 record.
The LHS gymnasts commanded the meet against St. James Area, taking the vault (34.275 to 31.125), bars (30.7-19.125), beam (30.9-24.65) and floor (34.65-25.375).
Individually, the Cardinals received the top four scores in each event except in the all-around when St. James’ Anna Bogle took fourth place with a 28.45.
Luverne’s Ella Reisdorfer took first in all five events: all-around (34.85), vault (8.975), bars (8.1), beam (8.6) and floor (9.175). Sarah deCesare was second in the all-around (31.45), third on bars (7.5), third on beam (7.45) and third on floor (8.4). Amira Cowell was third in the all-around (31.45), third on vault (8.4) and fourth on beam (7.15). Addyson Mann finished second on beam (7.7) and fourth on floor (8.225). Kianna Winter finished fourth on the vault (8.35) and second on the floor (8.85). Tiana Lais placed second on the vault (8.55). Hailey Como was fourth on bars (7.125).
The Cardinals compete Saturday at the Section 3A tournament in Marshall.
Coach Flom is hopeful that some Luverne gymnasts qualify for the state meet and that the Cardinals finish the season strong as a team.
“We are focusing on putting together our best performance — which means cleaning up our routines,” she said. “We have gotten some constructive feedback from our judges. and we are working on the areas they recommend.
“I have a great team and they are giving it their all.”
The gymnasts compete against the two schools in which the Cardinals posted their only losses: Worthington and Jackson County Central.
Other teams at the section meet include Marshall, Pipestone, Redwood Valley and Windom, which Luverne posted dual wins against.
 
Individual scores:
All-around: Reisdorfer 34.85, deCesare 31.45, Cowell 31.35.
Vault: Reisdorfer 8.975, Lais 8.55, Cowell 8.4, Winter 8.35, deCesare 8.1.
Uneven bars: Reisdorfer 8.1, Cowell 7.975, deCesare 7.5, Como 7.125, Mann 6.875.
Balance beam: Reisdorfer 8.6, Mann 7.7, deCesare 7.45, Cowell 7.15, Kendra Thorson 6.15.
Floor exercise: Reisdorfer 9.175, Winter 8.85, deCesare 8.4, Mann 8.225, Cowell 7.825.