NORTHBORO — Going into the fourth and last rotation on Saturday at Algonquin Regional, Masconomet was in peril of seeing its reign atop women gymnastics in Massachusetts come to an finish.
Fortunately for the Chieftains, they put collectively a last rotation for the reminiscence books.
Overcoming almost a full level deficit, Masco obtained a 9.700 from Greta Mowers and a 9.825 from Bella Misiura on the ultimate vaults of the competitors to catch and cross Danvers to win this system’s fourth consecutive state title.
“This one really was a shock,” Masco coach Alicia Gomes Miffitt mentioned. “We have such a strong vaulting team and they really set it up for us at the end.”
Danvers had put up a stellar vaulting effort within the third rotation, capped by a 9.675 from Kaylee Westcott, to overhaul Central Catholic for first place heading to the ultimate equipment.
Danvers completed first on bars and appeared to be in fine condition after a 9.6 from Camryn Donovan and a 9.575 by Westcott. But Masco was nonetheless vaulting and had an opportunity to maintain the crown.
Janey Young hit for a 9.200 to offer the Chieftains an opportunity. Mowers then hit her highest rating of the season earlier than Misiura was almost excellent to shut issues out.
All that was left to see was if Central might cease the coronation. And regardless of the efforts of Cami Rueda, who had the perfect rating of the day on three of the 4 occasions, it turned out to be Masco’s day.
“We just had to keep focusing on ourself and put everything we had into what we could control,” Mowers mentioned.
Central had the lead by the primary rotation after a 38.100 on vault, capped by Rueda’s 9.900. The Raiders saved the lead on the midpoint, however noticed their benefit shaved to .25 factors over Danvers after the Falcons put up the second greatest group rating on ground for the day.
The Chieftains had been some extent and a half again heading to the third rotation, the place they used the ground train to bounce again in rivalry as Misiura, Mowers, Mya Champlain and Young all scored 9.050 or higher. The Raiders, in the meantime, hit a patch of hassle on the beam to drop out of the lead.
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