Warrior gymnasts win conference title

SAUK RAPIDS -- The Brainerd Warriors had two of the top three overall finishers Saturday on their way to the Central Lakes Conference gymnastics championship.

Katie Perpich was first on balance beam, second on vault and finished second in the all-around.

Teammate Kathleen Lorenz, who was third in the all-around, won the floor exercise.

It was the Warriors' third straight conference title, and their fourth championship in the last five years.

Little Fall's Shae Tabatt earned all-conference honors on balance beam and all-around.

Team scores -- 1. Brainerd 144.8, 2. St. Cloud Tech 144.75, 3. Willmar 141.975, 4. Sauk Rapids-Rice 136.625, 5. Sartell-St. Stephen 133.175, 6. Alexandria 127.95, 7. Little Falls 127.7, 8. St. Cloud Apollo 120.875.

Vault -- 1- Beth Zimmer (W) 9.525. 2- Katie Perpich (B) 9.5. 4- Maggie Freiday (B) 9.35. 7- Amanda Johnson (B) 9.275. 9- Annie Bahr (B) 9.225.

Uneven parallel bars -- 1- Meghan Jacobs (SCT) 9.35. 2- Kathleen Lorenz (B) 9.325. 6- Kara Rutman (B) 8.875. 8- Lauren Trapp (B) 8.75. 10-Perpich (B) 8.6.

Balance beam -- 1- Perpich (B) 9.375. 3- Shae Tabatt (LF) 9.1. 7- Lorenz (B) 8.75.

Floor exercise -- 1- Lorenz (B) 9.575. 3- Amanda Johnson (B) 9.5. 4-Perpich (B) 9.325.

All-around -- 1- Jacobs (STC) 36.875. 2- Perpich (B) 36.8. 3- Lorenz (B) 36.7. 8-Tabatt (LF) 34.

Next meet -- Grand Rapids at Brainerd 7 p.m. Thursday.