High School Sports

Sectional week is here for girls gymnasts

By George M. Wilcox

Starting Monday, dreams will be fulfilled and hearts will be broken among the state’s girls gymanasts. It’s sectional week, which means a different sectional every day in the great buildup to the state meet Feb. 19-20 at Palatine.

The Web site State Gymnastics Stats has the breakdown for every sectional. Who’s the favorite and who’s the also-ran.

By sectional, SGS has all the team and individual qualifiers. In this case, we list the top team and top all-arounder based on regional score. All sectionals are at 6:30 p.m.

Schaumburg Sectional, Feb. 8

Fremd (147.3)/ Erin Barrett, Schaumburg (34.825)

Stevenson Sectional, Feb. 9

Carmel (147.875)/ Jen Zeller, Carmel (36.225)

Hinsdale Central Sectional, Feb. 10

Lyons (148.05)/ Leah Tarabour, Hinsdale Central (35.05)

Glenbard West Sectional, Feb. 11

Glenbard West (146.675)/ Maddie Strick, Waubonsie/Metea Valley (34.625)

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