MITCHELL – Deuel’s Rachel Blue won the all-around to help lead the Cardinals to the Jill McCormick Invite team title on Friday in Mitchell, while the Bobcats placed second.
Deuel totaled 139.525 points while Brookings finished with 137.475, as Rachel Gannon placed third in the all-around with 34.725 points. Blue notched 36.725 points as Huron’s Erica Zell was second with 35.524.
Sophie Johnson of Estelline/Hendricks placed fourth in the all-around with a 34.475 as the Redhawks finished fourth with 132.525 points.
Aberdeen Central’s Brooke Malsom won the vault with a 9.275, followed by Zell with a 9.125. Brookings’ Sydney Grendler placed fourth with an 8.975 as the Redhawks’ Johnson finished fifth (8.925).
Blue won the bars (9.400) while the Bobcats’ Lily Siemonsma took third (8.650) and Cydne Munson tied Zell for fourth with an 8.550.
Blue also took honors on the beam with a 9.425 as Maci Law of Brookings tied for sixth with an 8.800.
The Bobcats’ Rachel Gannon edged Johnson – 9.375-9.275 – for first on the floor, while Law tied for sixth with an 8.950.
Brookings travels to Hendricks on Monday to face the Redhawks in a dual that begins at 6:30 p.m.
Jill McCormick Invite
Friday in Mitchell
Team Scores – 1. Deuel 139.525, 2. Brookings 137.475; 3. Mitchell JV 136.550; 4. Hendricks/Estelline 132.525; 6. Madison 131.250; 7. Aberdeen Central 129.600; 8. Parkston-Ethan-Hanson 127.125; 9. Huron 124.875; 10. Harrisburg 117.350.
All-Around – 1. Rachel Blue, Deuel, 36.725; 2. Erica Zell, Huron, 35.525; 3. Rachel Gannon, 34.725; 4. Sophie Johnson, Hendricks/Estelline, 34.475.
Vault – 1. Brooke Malson, Aberdeen Central, 9.275; 2. Erica Zell, Huron; 3. Morgan Kwasniewski, Deuel, 9.050; 4. Sydney Grendler, Brookings, 8.975.
Bars – 1. Rachel Blue, Deuel, 9.400; 2. Paige Simon, Deuel, 9.200; 3. Lily Siemonsma, Brookings, 8.650; 4. Erica Zell, Huron, 8.550.
Floor – 1. Rachel Gannon, Brookings, 9.375; 2. Sophie Johnson, Hendricks/Estelline, 9.275; 3. Morgan Kwasniewski, Deuel, 9.250; 4. Brooke Malson, Aberdeen Central, 9.100.
