Gym: The 41st annual gymnastics tournament lineup
January 5, 2013
By E. Shawn Aylsworth of Hoosier AuthorityThe lineup for the 41st Annual IHSAA State Gymnastics Tournament has been finalized. Here’s a look at all the postseason sites and when the teams will be in action, courtesy of ihsaa.org:
SECTIONALS
Date: Friday, March 1; Saturday, March 2
Advancement: The top six placewinners in each event as well as the top six placewinners in the all-around competition advance to the regional tournament. Additionally, all gymnasts receiving the score of the sixth-place gymnast at the previous state finals meet advance to the regional tournament (the cut-off scores: Bars 9.475, Beam 9.425, Vault 9.550, Floor Exercise 9.425, All-Around 37.300). The three teams compiling the highest number of points at each sectional shall advance as a complete team to the regional tournament, and individual ties for advancement of the last position in the tournament series shall stand.
1. Chesterton (13)
Boone Grove, Chesterton, Crown Point, Hobart, Lake Central, LaPorte, Lowell, Merrillville, Michigan City, Morgan Township, Portage, Valparaiso, Washington Township
2. Columbus East (8)
Bloomington North, Bloomington South, Columbus East, Columbus North, Jeffersonville, Martinsville, Owen Valley, Seymour
3. Connersville (7)
Cambridge City Lincoln, Centerville, Connersville, Hagerstown, New Castle, Richmond, Rushville
4. Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran (11)
Carroll (Fort Wayne), Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Fort Wayne Dwenger, Fort Wayne Luers, Fort Wayne North, Fort Wayne Northrop, Fort Wayne Snider, Fort Wayne South, Fort Wayne Wayne, Heritage, Homestead
5. Lafayette Jefferson (9)
Crawfordsville, Harrison (West Lafayette), Lafayette Jefferson, Logansport, North Montgomery, Northwestern, Peru, Southmont, Western
6. Muncie Central (8)
Cowan, Huntington North, Jay County, Marion, Muncie Central, Muncie South, Southwood, Turkey Run
7. New Palestine (10)
Franklin Central, Greenwood, Indianapolis Cathedral, Indianapolis Tindley, Morristown, New Palestine, Noblesville, Perry Meridian, Roncalli, Shelbyville
8. Wawasee (11)
Angola, DeKalb, East Noble, Elkhart Central, Hamilton, Lakeland, Plymouth, Tippecanoe Valley, Warsaw, Wawasee, West Noble
REGIONALS
Date: Friday, March 8
Advancement: The top six placewinners in each event as well as the top six placewinners in the all-around competition advance to the state finals. Additionally, all gymnasts receiving the score of the sixth-place gymnast at the previous state finals meet advance to the 2011 state finals (the cut-off scores: Bars 9.475, Beam 9.425, Vault 9.550, Floor Exercise 9.425, All-Around 37.300). The two teams compiling the highest number of points at each regional shall advance as a complete team to the state finals, and individual ties for advancement of the last position in the tournament series shall stand.
1. Columbus East (2)
Feeder Sectionals: Columbus East, Connersville
2. Huntington North (2)
Feeder Sectionals: Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Muncie Central
3. Lafayette Jefferson (2)
Feeder Sectionals: Lafayette Jefferson, New Palestine
4. Valparaiso (2)
Feeder Sectionals: Chesterton, Wawasee
STATE FINALS
Date: Saturday, March 16
Time: Opening ceremonies at 12:30 p.m. ET; competition at 1 p.m.
Admission: $9
Site: Worthen Arena, Ball State University, 1699 West Bethel Avenue, Muncie