Pflieger faltered slightly in vaulting. Garrett, up before Pflieger on the HB, put all the pressure upon the Henderson junior with a well-done routine climaxed with a near-perfect double flayway to net an 8.85. Pflieger, needing an 8.65 to win the AA, performed well , but fell short by .15. Garrett won the HB and cinched his second straight State AA title. Third place went to senior Gary Vinciguerra from Rochester who might 路have made the AA contest even more exciting except for a 4.25 on PH. The vaulting was quite close and several ties had to be broken by averaging 4 scores. Jay Cooper of State College took second in this manner to lose a place forthe third time in State and sectional competition . In general, the level of competition showed an increase over past years. Each event had several quality routines and the East vs. West aspect of the meet was quite even . Underclassmen made signigicant contributions to the caliber of the meet with many place winners good bets to return next year. In addition to Garrett and Pflieger, outstanding performances were turned in by Vinciguerra in AA, R, and PB; junior Jim Hunsinger from Pennsbury who won his specialty, PH, by a full point with an 8.4; and junior John Pescatore from Council Rock on the R. In a breif meeting prior to the meet, there was unanimous approval for mevement towards a statewide compulsory requirement. It was felt that other states such as Illinois have benefitted great l y from increased coordination . Hopefully such organization will be forthcoming w ithin the exist ing scholastics sports governing body, the PIAA. Congratulations to all those involved in the success of this meet, especially to the Butler Area School District, Edward Hepe, Ath letics Director, and Paul Uram, Meet Director. AA: Lance Garrett (Monaca) 49.15; Kurt Pflieger (Henderson) 49.05; Gary Vinciguerra (Rochester) 43.50. FX: Pflieger 8.8; Bob Desidero (Penncrest) 8.4; Garrett 8.30. PH: Jim Hunsinger (Pennsbury) 8.40; Pflieger 7.45; Garrett 7.4. R: John Pescatore (Council Rock) 8.30; Tony Barranti (Peters Township) 8.25; Vinciguerra 8.2. V: Garrett 8.9; Jay Cooper (State College) 8.9; John Stahura (Butler) 8.8. PB: Pflieger 8.55; Larry Byerly (Butler) 8.40; Vinciguerra 8.15. HB: Garrett 8.85; Pflieger 8.50; Vinciguerra 8.15. Lance Garrett
WINNING ROUTINES FX: Kurt Pflieger (Henderson) Front somie step-out, front handspring, front somie, headspring to stand; prone fall, straddle cut, turn; RO, ff, arabian step-out; dive back handspring to split; stiff-stiff press; lunge turn; cartwheel, pike side, no hand roll , 11.! turn to back walkover ; RO, ff, full. PH: Jim Hunsinger (Pennsbury) Back moore, immediate side lift out, half circle, kehre in, 2 front scissors, left leg cut in front, 2 back scissors, circle , double moore, immediate side lift out, loop, Chaguinian. R: John Pescatore (Council Rock) Straight body pull to inverted hang, high inlocate, back uprise, handstand, lower straight arm-straight body to olympic cross, back kip to L; hollowback press handstand ; lower straight arm-straight body to cross , pu II through back lever, back uprise, pi ke back off. V: Lance Garrett (Monaca) Yamashita PB: Kurt Pflieger (Henderson) Glide kip, cut catch, cast to support, cut-catch, L, stiff-stiff press; stutz layaway, front uprise, swing pirouette, cast, back uprise cut, front uprise, pike front off. HB: Lance Garrett (Monaca) High start, 3/4 giant, Y2 turn , vault, underswing, Y2 turn , straight arm kip, giant, stalder, pirouette, 2 giants, double flyaway .
Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah
"execution of the routines was evidence of the tremendous growth of girls gymnastics in the state of Washington . Team: Inglemoor (I) 127.98; Sehome (S) 115.70; Bellevu e (B) 113.95; Shadle Park (SP) 98.68; AA: Laurie Bremer (SP) 31.50; Linda Chulos (Richlands) 28.80; Pat Korbein (I) 28.55. V: Bremer 15.65; Lisa McEuen (Auburn) 13.75; Sue Stamey (S) 13.55. UPB: Bremer 16.55 Lynn Thorlakson (B) 14.10; Chulos 13.70. BB: Bremer 15.40; Teri Zick (I) 14.60; Easter Fong (Renton) 13.45 FX: tie between Sandy Ragsdale (I) and Korbein 16.90. Bremer " 16.55. Tu: Ragsdale 15.40; McEuen 15 .20; Debbie Miller (B) 14.70. Tr: Gerty Fortmann (Lake Washington) 15.50; Laurie Christomos (Centralia) 15.05; Sue Robinson (Bothell) 14.40.
West Virginia Wisconsin PEPPERMINT INVITATIONAL January 15, 1972 Horlick HS Racine, WI Robert E. Auer, Coach The first Peppermint Invitational was held by Horlick High School of Racine, Wisconsin, to give a bigger and better exposure in the mid-Wisconsin area . Gymnasts represening 19 schools took part. Two of the outstanding competitors were Jeff LaFleur of Greenfield and Alex Vojvodich of Bay View who are both capable of 43+ scores in the AA event. Team: Greenfield (G) 116.0; Milwaukee Marshall (M) 109.0; Milw. Bay View (BV) 107.5; Racine Horlick (H) 87.0; Milw. Juneau (J) 83.5; Ken. Tremper (KT) 77.0; Milw. Pulaski (P) 64.0; Milw. Hami lton (MH) 63.5; Milw. Boys Tech. (BT) 63.0; Racine Park (RP) 63.0; Green Bay Preble (GBP) 60.0. V: LaFleur (G) 8.20; Taylor (1) 7.90; Vojvod ich (BV) 7.85. FX: LaFleur (G) 8.15; Kalkhoff (M) 7.65; Vojvodich 6.50. PH: VanWie (W) 6.90; Parneu (P) 6.65; Strowig (MH) 6.55. HB: LaFleur 7.80; Vojvodich 7.30; Locander (M) 7.00. PB : LaFleur 7.50; VanWie 7.30; Magruder (RP) 6.35 . R: Burker (MH) Maloney (Appleton East) 7.00, Vojvodich 6.95.
Vermont Virginia Washington WASHINGTON STATE HS GIRLS GYMNASTICS MEET February 25-26,1972 Lewis & Clark U., Spokane, Wash. Reported by Karen Patoile, Inglemoor High, Bothell Wash. Over 200 girls from 65 high schools participated in the meet qualifying from 8 regional meets. Compulsory exercises from the advanced USGF-DGWS co mpulsories were used. The top 25% of the girls in any region advanced to the State finals. Tumbling and trampoline are included in the team totals but not in the all around. The quality of routines performed was much improved over past years. The difficulty and
WINCONSIN STATE HS GYMNASTIC MEET March 11, 1972 " Waukesha HS Reports by Rick Vaca and Bob Hennecke Greenfield H.S. led by the LaFleur brothers Jeff and Tim, squeezed by Milwaukee Marshall to win the WIAA's 10th annual State Gymnastics Championship. Greenfield needed' at least a
17