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The
Darke County gymnastics team recently competed in the Dayton City
Tournament.
When the day was complete, Greenville's Paige Kellar was
first in the All Around competition,
scoring 36.075 but Ansonia's
Samantha Shook may have stolen the show, coming in second
in the All
Around with a score of 34.975. CNO photos by Darrin Shook
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Gymnasts gear up for district
Keller and Shook shine
By George Starks
GREENVILLE- Greenville’s Paige Keller and Ansonia’s Samantha Shook took
first and second overall in the All Around competition recently in the
Dayton City Gymnastics Tournament.
Keller scored an 8.80 on the bars and 9.50 in the vault, both good
enough for first place finishes.
In addition, Keller was second on the beam and ninth with her floor
routine.
Combined, this scored her a 36.075 and first in the All Around.
“I thought Paige had a great meet,” said Jackie Brisco, coach of the
Darke County team. “I thought it was very good preparation for her. I
feel like she feels confident in herself and her abilities and she
knows what it takes to have a good meet. I am very pleased with Paige.
She just had a beautiful day.”
With Keller taking top honors in three of the five categories, it may
have been Shook that stole the show.
Over the course of the last month, Shook has been forced to wear a boot
on her foot, keeping her from practice and competitions.
Shook scored a 9.125 on the beam, ahead of Keller for her only win of
the day. In addition, the Tiger sophomore was third in the floor
exercise, fifth in the bars and 10th on the vault, landing her in
second in the All Around with a total score of 34.975, 1.1 points
behind Keller.
“What she did came as a big surprise,” said Brisco. “She has been
fighting a foot injury since about a week after our home meet. She
actually hurt her foot at that meet (held at the local YMCA). We didn’t
think it was all that bad but it ended up, it was really bruised and
was in a boot for a month. This was her first meet in about four weeks
of competition. We were looking at this meet as a get back into the
swing of things type of a meet. Go out and see what you need to work on
and we can go from there type of thing. We knew her foot was still
sore. These routines require a lot of pounding on that sore foot and we
never expected her to go out and perform the way she did. We were very
surprised.”
Franklin Monroe’s Madison Myers scored a 30.900 for her All Around
score. In the bars, she had a 7.550, a 7.000 on the beam, an 8.000 on
the vault with her best score of the day coming on the floor with an
8.350.
Greenville’s Tessa Schatz was unable to compete due to illness.
“This was kind of like a conference meet,” said Brisco “If you qualify
in the top six places in each event in the district and the All Around,
then you qualify for state. I think this was a good warm-up for the
districts. It was good preparation.”
The Darke County gymnasts will be competing in the Southwest District
Championship this Saturday, Feb. 23rd, at Lakota East High School.
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