Brainerd gymnasts remain perfect

ALEXANDRIA -- Katie Perpich won the balance beam and vault on her way to winning the all-around and leading the Brainerd Warriors to a 144.9-122.55 victory over the Alexandria Cardinals Thursday in Central Lakes Conference gymnastics.

Kathleen Lorenz won the uneven parallel bars and the floor exercise for the Brainerd sweep.

"Katie Perpich had a nice night," said Warrior coach Dave Maras. "A couple kids on our vault are starting to look good. We had a few mistakes, but that's to be expected after a break."

Perpich scored an 8.75 on the beam, a 9.35 on the floor and a 36.5 for the all-around. Lorenz was second on the all-around with a 36.25.

Brainerd 144.9, Alexandria 122.55

Uneven parallel bars -- 1-Kathleen Lorenz (B) 9.45, 2-Katie Perpich (B) 9.45, 3-Kara Rutman (B) 8.8

Balance beam -- 1-Perpich (B) 8.75, 3-Lorenz (B) 8.55

Floor exercise -- 1-Lorenz (B) 9.35, 2-Perpich (B) 9.1, 3-Amanda Johnson (B) 8.9

Vault -- 1-Perpich (B) 9.2, 2-Johnson (B) 9.15, 3-Lorenz (B) 8.9

All-around -- 1-Perpich (B) 36.5, 2-Lorenz (B) 36.25

Conference -- B 4-0. Overall -- B 5-0. Next meet -- Brainerd vs. Sartell 7 p.m. Thursday.