The thinnest of margins separated Detroit Lakes and Perham gymnastics on Tuesday night in the first of two dual meets between the top-10 teams this season.
The Lakers pulled out a 140.7-140.6 on Tuesday night as both teams hit their highest totals of the season. Gabby Whitworth turned in the highest all-around score at 37.0 for Detroit Lakes. Jerzie Horner wasn’t far behind at 35.6 in fourth. Whitworth won the floor routine with a 9.5 and tied for first on the bars with :Perham's Aryanna Myers at 8.75.
Avery McAllister led Perham with an all-around score of 36.3. She won the vault and beam events en route to a second-place all-around total. Brittany Lorentz (35.65) and Myers (34.65) finished third and fifth, respectively.
Prior to Tuesday’s dual meet, Perham came in as the eighth-ranked Class A team, while Detroit Lakes was ninth. The two teams will meet one more time in a dual on Jan. 14 before the postseason. The Section 8A tournament is hosted by Detroit Lakes this year.
DETROIT LAKES 140.7, PERHAM 140.6
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TOP 10 DETROIT LAKES FINISHERS- VAULT- 2nd- Jerzie Horner 9.5, 3rd- Gabby Whitworth 9.45, 5th- Hope Hamm 8.6, 10th- Mallory Fischer 8.5; BARS- 2nd- Whitworth 8.75, 3rd- Horner 8.55, 5th- Elsie Ratz 8.3, 9th- Ava Morrison 7.85, 10th- Jordan Ehnert 7.8; BEAM- 3rd- Whitworth 9.25, 4th- Jordan Ehnert 8.85, 5th- Ratz 8.75, 9th- Horner 8.35, 10th Kaija Aschewitz 7.35; FLOOR- 1st- Whitworth 9.55, 4th- Horner 9.2, 6th- Ratz 8.65, 7th- Morrison 8.6, 9th Mamie Hunter 7.9
TOP 10 PERHAM FINISHERS- VAULT- 1st- Avery McAllister 9.7, 4th- Cialyn Greisen 9, 6th- Brittany Lorentz 8.55, 7th- Aryanna Myers 8.5, 10th Gracie Morris 8.2; BARS- 1st- Myers 8.75, 4th- Lorentz 8.45, 6th- Greisen 8.2, 9th- McAllister 7.55, 10th- Ellse Reuter; BEAM- 1st- McAllister 9.55, 2nd- Lorentz 9.3, 6th- Myers 8.6, 7th- Steph Bernstetter 6.6, 8th- Gracie Morris- 8.55; FLOOR- 2nd- McAllister 9.5, 3rd- Lorentz 9.35, 5th- Myers 8.8, 8th- Greisen 8.2, 10- Morris 7.85
