Haugen wins two events, Smith one for Tigers

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARSHFIELD — Macey Smith won the vault, and Emma Haugen won both the uneven bars and floor exercise to help the Marshfield gymnastics team to a narrow 129.2-128.25 victory over Antigo in its home and Great Northern Conference regular-season finale on Tuesday night at Marshfield High School.

Smith won the vault with a score of 8.65, and Haugen took first in the uneven bars (9.1) and floor (9.05) for the Tigers.

Haugen was second behind Smith in the vault with a score of 8.6 to finish second in the all-around with a 32.6, 0.15 of a point behind Antigo’s Emma Jensen.

Isabelle Jensen finished second in the balance beam (8.4), Melanie Hafenbredl tied for second in the uneven bars (7.8), and Smith and Ally Bakke tied for second in the floor (8.6) for Marshfield.

“Besides Isabelle on beam tonight, we struggled a lot on beam,” Marshfield coach Allie Dryer said. “This will be our primary focus going into our last meets of the season (conference championships and sectionals). Even with our challenges on beam, the girls had an excellent finish to the night scoring our highest floor score this season.”

The Tigers are now off until the Great Northern Conference Meet at Mosinee on Feb. 18.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Varsity

Marshfield 129.2, Antigo 128.25

Winners and Marshfield finishers

All-around: 1. Emma Jensen (ANT) 32.75; 2. Emma Haugen (MAR) 32.6; 3. Isabelle Jensen (MAR) 32.425; 4. Macey Smith (MAR) 31.65; 5. Melanie Hafenbredl (MAR) 31.6.

Vault: 1. Smith (MAR) 8.65; 2. Haugen (MAR) 8.6; 5. Makenna Gramza (MAR) 8.25; 6. Hafenbredl (MAR) 8.2; 9. Jensen (MAR) 7.9.

Balance beam: 1. Kim Swan (ANT) 8.65; 2. Jensen (MAR) 8.4; 7. Ciera Neufeld (MAR) 7.05; 8. Hafenbredl (MAR) 7.0; 9. Haugen (MAR) 6.85; 10. Smith (MAR) 6.775.

Uneven bars: 1. Haugen (MAR) 9.1; 2. (tie) Hafenbredl (MAR) 7.8; 5. Jensen (MAR) 7.825; 6. Smith (MAR) 7.625; 10. Ally Bakke (MAR) 7.1.

Floor exercise: 1. Haugen (MAR) 9.05; 2. Smith (AMR) and Bakke (MAR) 8.6; 4. Hafenbredl (MAR) 8.5; 6. Jensen (MAR) 8.3.

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JV

Marshfield 118.85, Antigo 93.45

Winners and Marshfield finishers

All-around: 1. Bailey Schmitt (MAR) 29.525; 2. Audrey Horvath (MAR) 29.175.

Balance beam: 1. Julia Michalek (MAR) 7.5; 2. Horvath (MAR) and Makenna Gramza (MAR) 7.3; 4. Ally Bakke (MAR) 7.0; 6. Schmitt (MAR) 6.7.

Vault: 1. Horvath (MAR), Maggie Winter (ANT) and Bakke (MAR) 7.8; 4. Ciera Neufeld (MAR) 7.7; 8. Schmitt (MAR) 7.4; 9. Amara Arndt (MAR) 7.1.

Floor exercise: 1. Schmitt (MAR) 8.275; 2. Neufeld (MAR) 8.0; 3. Gramza (MAR) 7.8; 4. Horvath (MAR) 7.0; 8. Maureen Cassidy (MAR) 4.45.

Uneven bars: 1. Schmitt (MAR) 7.15; 2. Horvath (MAR) 7.075; 3. Neufeld (MAR) 7.05; 4. Gramza (MAR) 6.7; 7. Michalek (MAR) 4.4.