The REPORTER
The Noblesville gymnastics team competed at the Bloomington South Invitational on Monday.
The Millers finished in second place with a team score of 92.00 points. Valorey Bittles finished third in the all-around with a score of 30.775, with Kylie Lotridge placing fourth by scoring 30.70. Emmerson Leckrone totaled a 29.45.
In the individual events, Bittles took third in the uneven bars (7.35), with Lotridge placing sixth (6.975). Lotridge was third in the vault (8.75), while Leckrone took fourth (8.70). Lotridge finished fourth in the floor exercise (8.20), Leckrone was fifth (8.175) and Bittles took sixth (8.075).
Other vault scores were Ethan Rivers 8.15 and Lydia Blackwell 8.00. Alina Skryabnev scored 7.45 on floor, with Rivers posting a 5.15 and Blackwell scoring a 5.05. Alayna Lotridge scored a 6.90 on bars, with Leckrone scoring 5.825. On the balance beam, scores were Bittles 6.80, Kylie Lotridge 6.775, Leckrone 6.75, Skryabnev 4.55 and Rivers 4.475.
Lilly Martin won the junior varsity floor event with a 5.275, followed by Chloe Harris in second place (4.35). Ethan Rivers took third in the JV bars (3.175).
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Noblesville competed in the Franklin Central Invitational last Saturday, placing sixth as a team with a score of 92.525.
Lotridge finished seventh in the vault with an 8.725. She had the Millers’ top all-around score with a 31.55, followed by Bittles with 30.275 and Leckrone with 30.00. All three had strong vault scores, with Leckrone posting an 8.55 and Bittles scoring an 8.225.
Floor scores were as follows: Leckrone 7.90, Lotridge 7.90, Bittles 7.85. On balance beam, Lotridge scored 7.20, Bittles 6.625 and Leckrone 6.50. On bars, Lotridge scored 7.725, Bittles 7.575 and Leckrone 7.00.
Rivers posted a 7.25 on beam, Alina Skryabnev scored 7.20 on floor and Alayna Lotridge scored 6.75 on bars.
Fishers opened its gymnastics season at Franklin Central. Stephanie Mack totaled a score of 28.775, including a ninth-place finish in the vault with an 8.60. Other scores were 7.95 on floor, 7.15 on balance beam and 5.075 on bars.
Senior Sherline Lopez scored a 5.275 on floor and a 5.175 on beam.