Luverne senior Danielle Cook goes through her floor exercise routine during the Section 3A Gymnastics Championships staged in Luverne Saturday. Cook led the Cardinals by placing 17th on the floor and 11th on the vault during her final high school meet.
By John Rittenhouse
A record-setting performance by the Luverne-Hills-Beaver Creek gymnastics team wasn’t enough to extend the 2002-03 season Saturday.
The Cardinals drew the honor of hosting the 11-team Section 3A Gymnastics Championships in the Luverne High School gym.
Luverne performed well enough to register a school record tally as a team, but the Cardinals were unable to qualify anyone for the Minnesota State Class A Gymnastics Championships that will be staged in St. Paul Friday and Saturday.
The top team and top four individual finishers in all events advance to the state meet in section competition.
L-H-BC didn’t meet the criteria to send an individual to St. Paul, but the Cardinals did establish a school scoring record by finishing sixth in the field with 130.525 points.
L-H-BC’s effort as a team Saturday was .25 better than the 130.275 it recorded during a home meet against St. James.
With Kaitlin Haack leading the way, Worthington nipped Jackson County Central 141.75-140.3 to win the section team title.
Marshall (137.575), Windom-Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin-Red Rock Central (137.025), New Ulm (135.775), L-H-BC (130.525), Martin County West (129.775), Pipestone (123.275), Redwood Valley (123.2) and St. James (103.175) round out the field.
Haack had an outstanding day for Worthington, winning the all-around (37.95), bars (9.65) and vault (9.625) titles. Marshall’s Jessica Dolan was the floor (9.575) and beam (9.625) champion.
A pair of 11th-place performances highlighted the day for L-H-BC.
Senior Danielle Cook, who placed 18th all around with 32.775 points, finished 11th on the vault with a 9.0. Cook also led the Cardinals by placing 17th on the floor with an 8.5.
Junior Amanda Dooyema placed 11th for L-H-BC with an 8.65 effort on the bars.
Cardinal junior Callen Bosshart emerged as the team’s top all-around performer by scoring 32.925 points to place 17th.
Eighth-grader Brittany Mulder led the Cardinals on the beam by placing 17th with an 8.0.
Here is a look at how each L-H-BC athlete scored and placed in each individual event during the section meet.
Vault: Cook, 11th, 9.0; Bosshart, 13th, 8.95; Morgan Bosshart, 20th, 8.75; Mulder, 24th, 8.7; Brittany Boeve, 27th, 8.55.
Beam: Mulder, 17th, 8.0; C.Bosshart, 25th, 7.45; Dooyema, 29th, 7.35; Cook, 31st, 7.2; Boeve, 35th, 7.05.
Floor: Cook, 17th, 8.5; C.Bosshart, 19th, 8.4; Dooyema, 28th, 8.1; M.Bosshart, 36th, 7.7; Mulder, 46th, 7.25.
Bars: Dooyema, 11th, 8.65; C.Bosshart, 22nd, 8..125; Cook, 25th, 8.075; Mulder, 31st, 7.6; M.Bosshart, 44th, 6.35.
