NORTHBORO – Winning state championships is nothing new for the Bridgewater-Raynham/West Bridgewater ladies’ gymnastics crew. Taking house a gold trophy from the South sectionals? Well, that’s one thing that this system hadn’t completed earlier than … till Saturday.
After getting off to a gradual begin on the uneven bars, the Trojans discovered their groove within the stability beam and ground train as they recorded nines throughout the board, giving them sufficient wiggle room to get round some errors within the vault. All informed, it resulted in a crew rating of 142.95 factors, adequate to greatest Groton-Dunstable, Barnstable and Medway.
“I was really happy that we started on the bars because we knew how low the scoring was,” B-R/WB coach Steven Cudworth stated. “I was just glad to get it out of the way and move on to the events where we could rack up the points.”
Needing a giant transfer to get itself within the dialog for the crew title, the Trojans owned the stability beam within the second rotation and used it to make an enormous leap. Four successive scores of 9.200 or higher from Lily Moreira, Sage Balsamo, Katie Russo and Cecelia Meoli jumped them into second place, forward of Barnstable.
“I think that had to be the best set of beam routines that we’ve had in years, even when we’ve won the state title,” Cudworth stated. “Everyone stepped up and did a fantastic job.”
Groton-Dunstable got here out of the blocks on hearth within the opening rotation as they posted a 36.275 to take the lead forward of Medway and Barnstable. But as many gymnasts discovered on Saturday, the uneven bars proved to be a hefty problem.
G-D struggled on the bars within the second rotation, opening the door for a jumble of the standings after they fell to tenth. Medway walked by means of that open door, led by Greta Wolfgang’s 9.475 effort on the vault, to take the crew lead on the midway level.
Unfortunately, Medway fell sufferer to the fickle equipment that was the uneven bars on this snowy Saturday as their hopes of taking the title successfully ended after they struggled by means of the third rotation and dropped exterior the highest eight.
The Trojans, in the meantime, discovered the ground train very a lot to their liking. Sage Balsamo kicked off the equipment with an 8.600. After an 8.875 from Amanda Lally, the ball actually received rolling.
Mia Balsamo, Moreira, Meoli and Russo all scored between 9.050 and 9.325 to present their crew a virtually two-point lead heading to the ultimate equipment.
It proved to be something however clean for the leaders within the vault as small errors introduced down their first 5 scores earlier than Russo got here by means of with a 9.300 on the ultimate vault of the competitors to lastly insure first place.
The battle for the ultimate three spots within the state finals subsequent week proved to be a good battle proper to the tip. Medway was exterior the highest eight heading to its ultimate occasion however a knockout efficiency on the beam helped them leap into the ultimate crew qualifying place.
Barnstable put up a 31.375 rating on the bars, probably the greatest performances of the competitors, and almost had been in a position to leap G-D for second place. But within the ultimate efficiency of the meet, Nina Scaramucci scored a 9.400 on the ground train to clinch second for her squad.
“We made it a little closer than we had to at the end but I’m so proud of the girls,” Cudworth stated.
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