February 11, 2016 at 11:46 a.m.

Dodge-Point gymnasts on top


Lauren May won one individual event plus All Around with Tori Palzkill claiming another top spot as the Dodgeville-Mineral Point gymnasts beat Platteville/Belmont/Lan-caster 129.1-125-8 in a key meet Monday night in the SWC.
They also took care of Prairie du Chien 129.1-91.9 to complete the sweep in the triangular and stay unbeaten in conference.
May won the vault at 8.75 and the All Around at 34.05. She also was second on bars at 8.1 and beam at 8.4 while third on floor at 8.8.
Palzkill hit 8.3 to capture bars and was second on vault at 8.55 and floor with 8.9 and was third in All Around at 32.9.
Dodge-Point's Alyssa Belling was fourth in All Around at 32.725.
Other Dodge-Point scores were: vault-Belling 5th 8.25, Marissa Parkin 6th 7.95, Sasha Paiva 7th 7.9; bars-Belling 3rd 8.0, Paiva 9th 6.35, Katlyn Yingst 10th 6.2; beam-Belling 4th 8.225, Claire Polinag 8th 6.85, Paiva 10th 6.8; floor-Belling 4th 8.25, Polinag 6th 8.175, Yingst 9th 7.625.
"Tonight was a tough conference dual meet against Platteville/ Belmont/Lancaster. They are al-ways a strong team and we knew that we would have our hands full," Said Dodge-Point coach Julia Oellerich.
"This was our first home meet of the season and of course with the first home meet comes the first home meet jitters. But we were able to get our emotions in check and pull ourselves together to finish strong and pull out a win.
"The gym was the fullest I've ever seen it. It's great to see all of the community support for this team," she added.
In talking about some individuals, Oellerich pointed out, "Lauren had a great beam routine. She stuck her back tuck and finished her routine strong. Tori's floor routine was solid. Even though she couldn't quite pull off the 9 she was hoping for, she still put on a great show. Alyssa has been working so hard to get an 8 on bars and she finally got it tonight. And Claire has a similar story. She has wanted nothing more than to get an 8 on floor this year, and after several close calls, she was thrilled to see the judges flash a 8.175."
"Congrats girls. Keep up the great work and keep smiling," she concluded.
JV individual scores by event were: vault-Yingst 1st 7.9, Sara Polinag 2nd 7.7, Ana Peterson-Waldvogel 3rd 7.6, Claire Polinag 4th 7.3, Jorah Jacobson 5th 7.2; bars-Peterson-Waldvogel 1st 5.7, Claire Polinag 3rd 5.6, Sara Polinag 5th 4.6, Parkin 7th 3.9, Lily McDonald 8th 3.4; beam-Sara Polinag 1st 6.9, McDonald 2nd 6.8, Ava Mettlach 5th 5.6, Hannah Mettlach 6th 5.5, Jacobson 7th 5.2; floor-Paiva 1st 7.4, Peterson-Waldvogel 2nd 7.1, Parkin 4th 6.7, Sara Polinag 5th 5.4, McDonald 6th 5.3; All Around-Sara Polinag 1st 24.6.
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