WATERTOWN — The Huron Tiger gymnastics team had one of its best nights of the season Monday during a triangular meet at the Watertown Civic Arena.
The Tigers amassed 137.950 points to finish second to Watertown in the four-team event. The Arrows finished with a winning total of 147.300 points. Aberdeen Central was third at 134.650.
“It feels good to have a night where all the girls excelled in their events,” Huron coach Julie King said. “We capped the night off with four no-fall beat routines — Kaitlyn King, Emily Lord, Kassie Decker and Erica Zell.
“I was very proud of the team tonight,” she said. “It feels great to walk out of the gym seeing their efforts.”
Myah Morris of Watertown recorded the top score in each of the four events en route to winning the all-around with a score of 38.500. She had a 9.800 on the vault, 9.300 on the bars, 9.750 on the beam and 9.650 in the floor exercise.
Brooke Bollinger of Watertown was second in the all-around at 36.200, followed by Huron’s Erica Zell, who turned in a personal-best effort with a 36.100.
Rounding out the top five in the all-around were Aspyn Lundquist of Aberdeen Central in fourth with a 34.950 and Kassie Decker of Huron with a 34.200.
Emily Lord and Sarah Christenson were eighth and 10th, respectively, for the Tigers in the all-around with scores of 33.850 and 33.000.
Huron had three of the top five finishers on the beam. Zell led the way with a 9.450 to finish second, while Decker turned in a 9.200 to finish tied for third and Lord was fifth with a 9.150.
Decker and Lord had personal-best scores on the beam for the Tigers, along with King, who had an 8.750 to finish eighth. Decker’s score also secured a spot in the state meet for the individual competition on the beam.
Christenson recorded a personal-best score of 9.000 to finish fourth for Huron on the vault, while Zell finished tied for fifth with an 8.900. Decker was tied for seventh at 8.800.
Zell turned in the top score for the Tigers on the bars with an 8.250 to finish seventh. Lord used an 8.100 to share the ninth spot.
In the floor exercise, Zell was fourth at 9.500, while Decker finished tied for eighth at 8.950.
Watertown also won the junior varsity competition with a score of 130.55. Huron was second at 107.400, followed by Aberdeen Central at 103.400.

Jamee Kattner had a no-fall routine on the beam for Huron to finish third with a 7.950. Nightin Day also recorded a no-fall routine for the Tigers.
Leah Pyle finished eighth on the beam and floor exercise for Huron with scores of 7.150 and 7.600, respectively.
The Huron JV will return to action Saturday at an invitational in Mitchell, while the varsity will be off until the Eastern South Dakota Conference Meet on Feb. 3 in Aberdeen.

Watertown Triangular
Jan. 22
at Civic Arena

Varsity
Team scores: 1, Watertown 147.300; 2, Huron 137.950; 3, Aberdeen Central 134.650; 4, Warner 32.100.
Vault: 1, Myah Morris, Watertown, 9.800; 2, Brooke Bollinger, Watertown, 9.300; 3, Erica Hageman, Watertown, 9.100; 4, Sarah Christenson, Huron, 33.000; 5, (tie) Erica Zell, Huron, 8-900; Abbi Cummings, Watertown, 8.900; 7, (tie) Kassie Decker, Huron, 8.800; 16, (tie) Emily Lord, Huron, 33.850; Jamee Kattner, Huron, 8.100.
Bars: 1, Myah Morris, Watertown, 9.300; 2, Abigail Lenssen, Watertown, 8.950; 3, Brooke Bollinger, Watertown, 8.700; 4, Trinity Hodorff, Watertown, 8.650; 5, Haven Kulesa, Watertown, 8.600; 7, Erica Zell, Huron, 8.250; 9, (tie) Emily Lord, Huron, 8.100; 13, Sarah Christenson, Huron, 7.350; 14, Kassie Decker, Huron, 7.250; 19, Leah Pyle, Huron, 6.300.
Beam: 1, Myah Morris, Watertown, 9.750; 2, Erica Zell, Huron, 9.450; 3, (tie) Kassie Decker, Huron, 9.200; Brenna Herting, Watertown, 9.200; 5, Emily Lord, Huron, 9.150; 8, Kaitlyn King, Huron, 8.750; 13, (tie) Sarah Christenson, Huron, 8.050; 20, Hailey Haber, Huron, 6.950.
Floor exercise: 1, Myah Morris, Watertown, 9.650; 2, (tie) Brooke Bollinger, Watertown, 9.550; Aspyn Lundquist, Aberdeen Central, 9.550; 4, Erica Zell, Huron, 9.500; 5, Londyn Sycks, Watertown, 9.400; 8, (tie) Kassie Decker, Huron, 8.950; 14, (tie) Sarah Christenson, Huron, 8.600; Kaitlyn King, Huron, 8.600; 16, (tie) Emily Lord, Huron, 8.500; 19, Brittni Nelson, Huron, 8.200.
All-Around: 1, Myah Morris, Watertown, 38.500; 2, Brooke Bollinger, Watertown, 36.200; 3, Erica Zell, Huron, 36.100; 4, Aspyn Lundquist, Aberdeen Central, 34.950; 5, Kassie Decker, Huron, 34.200; 8, Emily Lord, Huron, 33.850; 10, Sarah Christenson, Huron, 33.000.
Junior Varsity results from Monday’s meet can be found in the Sports Stats section.

Junior Varsity
Team scores: 1, Watertown 130.550; 2, Huron 107.400; 3, Aberdeen Central 103.400.
Vault: 1, (tie) Olivia Stanley, Watertown, 8.500; Haven Kulesa, Watertown, 8.500; Caroline Benson, Watertown, 8.500; 4, Elizabeth, Lake, Watertown, 8.350; 5, Ashley Stanley, Watertown, 8.300; 9, (tie) Jaci Bankston, Huron, 7.850; McKenzie Paulson, Huron, 7.850; 11, Adison Gross, Huron, 7.700; 12, Cailey Coss, Huron, 7.600; 15, Nightin Gay Day, Huron, 7.200; 16, Sylvia Kattner, Huron, 7.100; 17, Leah Pyle, Huron, 7.000; 20, Nancy Perez-Lopez, Huron, 6.700.
Bars: 1, Elizabeth Lake, Watertown, 8.150; 2, Jarika Fossum, Watertown, 7.850; 3, Caroline Benson, Watertown, 7.550; 4, Olivia Stanley, Watertown, 7.400; 5, (tie) Ashley Stanley, Watertown, 7.050; Courtney Schneider, Watertown, 7.050; 10, (tie) Jaci Bankston, Huron, 5.000; Cailey Coss, Huron, 5.000; 12, (tie) Adison Gross, Huron, 4.900; 14, Plo Yen, Huron, 4.000; 16, Nightin Gay Day, Huron, 3.800; 18, Lakynn Haak, Huron, 3.100; 20, McKenzie Paulson, Huron, 2.650.
Beam: 1, Ashley Stanley, Watertown, 8.350; 2, Courtney Schneider, Watertown, 8.200; 3, Jamee Kattner, Huron, 7.950; 4, Haven Kulesa, Watertown, 7.800; 5, Elizabeth Lake, Watertown, 7.600; 8, Leah Pyle, Huron, 7.150; 9, (tie) Jaci Bankston, Huron, 7.100; McKenzie Paulson, Huron, 7.100; 15, Sylvia Kattner, Huron, 6.700; 17, Cailey Coss, Huron, 6.400; 18, Nightin Gay Day, Huron, 6.150; 21, Nancy Perez-Lopez, Huron, 4.250.
Floor exercise: 1, Elizabeth Lake, Watertown, 8.650; 2, Dawson Briggs, Watertown, 8.500; 3, Olivia Stanley, Watertown, 8.350; 4, Rachel Brunner, Watertown, 8.300; 5, Trinity Hodorff, Watertown, 8.200; 8, Leah Pyle, Huron, 7.600; 11, Jamee Kattner, Huron, 7.300; 12, Cailey Coss, Huron, 6.750; 13, McKenzie Paulson, Huron, 6.550; 14, Nightin Gay Day, Huron, 6.500; 15, Sylvia Kattner, Huron, 6.350; 16, (tie) Jaci Bankston, Huron, 6.250; 19, Nancy Perez-Lopez, Huron, 5.950.
All-Around: 1, Elizabeth Lake, Watertown, 32.750; 2, Ashley Stanley, Watertown, 31.700; 3, Jarika Fossum, Watertown, 31.100; 4, Shaylee Grode, Aberdeen Central, 27.450; 5, Jaci Bankston, Huron, 26.200; 6, Cailey Coss, Huron, 25.750; 9, McKenzie Paulson, Huron, 24.150; 10, Nightin Gay Day, Huron, 23.650.  

ROGER MERRIAM OF THE WATERTOWN PUBLIC OPINION
Huron’s Erica Zell competes on the vault during a quadrangular meet in Watertown on Monday.

Next, Huron’s Kaitlyn King performs her beam routine during the Monday’s triangular.