Gymnastics

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

The Prior Lake gymnastics team took second in the four-team Chaska Holiday Invitational on Dec. 19. The Lakers had a team score of 130.35.

Chaska won the crown with a score of 131.75, while Watertown-Mayer was third (125.75) and St. Peter was fourth (116.00).

Prior Lake ninth-grader Sydney Notermann cap-tured the all-around title with a score of 34.55.

The Lakers will return to action on Saturday, Jan. 3 in the New Prague Invitational starting at 11 a.m.

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

Eden Prairie scored 141.7 points in a dual gymnastics meet Tuesday at Chaska.

Molly Senske scored 36.425 points to win the all-around, with Eagle teammate Lexi Smith in second place with 36.125.

Smith finished first in the bars and beam, and led the floor exercise with a score of 9.45.

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

The Prior Lake gymnastics team won its second straight dual meet on Dec. 11, narrowly defeating Breck.

The Lakers had a team score of 129.55, while Breck's was 129.075.

Prior Lake will return to action on Saturday, Dec. 13 when its the host at its own invitational at Twin Oaks Middle School starting at noon. Teams in the field include Minneapolis South, Simley and Waseca.

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

Chaska got its gymnastics season going Tuesday at Breck.

The Hawks scored 123.95 points, to the host team’s 126.9.

Chaska’s Samantha Carlson scored 32.45 points in the all-around, with 8.25 scores on both the vault and bars. She added an 8.2 on the floor exercise to highlight her evening.

Cady Nielsen finished with 32.15 points in the all-around for the Hawks, scoring 8.4 on the vault and 8.2 on the floor exercise.

Traditionally, the Eden Prairie High School gymnastics team has leaned on caution in its early season meets.

Tuesday was no exception as Eden Prairie saved some of its more difficult skills for later as they cruised to a 133.925-131.95 victory over Apple Valley.

Eden Prairie returns to action next Tuesday with an away meet at Chaska.

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

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The Chaska gymnastics team held a mock meet on Tuesday to prepare for the season-opening meet at Breck on Friday.

There were some triumphs, as gymnasts familiar and new to the team completed some low-pressure events. There were a few tears as the aches and pains of the sport cropped up.

All is to be expected, but Chaska gymnastics coach Chris Lacy has a simple mantra for her team this year.

Don’t get hurt.

Of course, Lacy is concerned for the health and wellbeing of her gymnasts. But the Hawks’ lineup is just not yet deep enough to sustain any.