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Lake Forest Gymnasts Open Season With Dual Win

Carlson, McKeon lead the way.

GYMNASTICS

Date: Nov. 30

The Final Score:  Libertyville 136.45

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Scouts’ Star Performer: Katherine McKeon and Kylie Carlson placed 1-2 in the all-around with scores of 36.50 and 36.25, respectively. Carlson captured the floor exercise (9.5) and finished in a three-way tie for first on the uneven parallel bars with McKeon (9.1). McKeon also secured second places in the vault (9.45) and uneven parallel bars, and a third in floor exercise (9.25).

Other Notable Scout Performances: Brittany Moccia hit a 9.5 to win the vault and took second in the floor exercise (9.3). Katie Meier scored a 9.2 to capture the balance beam. Carly Schmidt added a pair of thirds in vault to tie Carlson (9.35) and on uneven bars (8.4).

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Who’s Next: Lake Forest participates in Saturday's (Dec. 3) Rolling Meadows Invitational, which has moved to Hersey High School. The meet starts at 11 a.m.

The Bottom Line: The Scouts snared the top two spots in all but one event to dominate Libertyville.


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