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HS Gymnastics: Decatur girls fall just short of top two ranking

By Gerardo Bolong

Feb 06, 2012

DES MOINES--Competing without its top all-arounder, Allison Sherwin, the Decatur girls gymnastics team fell just short in its bid for a top two team ranking from the South Puget Sound League 3A/2A sub-district championships that would send it to West Central District.

Scoring 157.475 points, the Gators just missed second place Auburn-Mountainview's 160.525. Enumclaw ran away with the top spot to the West Central District meet at 172 725 on Saturday, Feb. 4.

All members on the two qualifying teams plus three additional all-around competitors and top seven additional individual event qualifiers earned spots to the district meet to be held Feb. 11 at Mount Rainier High School.

"Almost everybody made it to district, even though the team didn't," said Decatur head coach Patty Braun. "Our top all-arounder was missing, so what more can you do?"

Anna Paradee led the Gator gymnasts in the special qualifier category as the all-around No. 1 with a third place 34.2 score. The best scoring event for her was a 9.2 sixth place on the floor exercise.

A vault of 9.125 netted her a second place as her to finish.

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Sports

Sports Roundup for 2-3-12

By Tim Clinton, Sports Editor

Feb 03, 2012

Monday, Jan. 30
Boys basketball
Federal Way 53, Emerald Ridge 39
Federal Way was on the winning side in this past Monday's snow makeup game.

Tuesday, Jan. 31
Boys basketball
Federal Way 61, Graham-Kapowsin 32
Federal Way also posted a convincing victory in its regularly scheduled game Tuesday.
TJ 57, Aub.-Riverside 45
Auburn-Riverside fell victim to the Thomas Jefferson Raiders this past Tuesday.
Beamer 71, Rogers 48
Todd Beamer routed Rogers this past Tuesday, 71-48.
Girls basketball
Aub.-Riverside 53, TJ 38
Auburn-Riverside got the best of Thomas Jefferson this last Tuesday.
Federal Way 58, Graham-Kapowsin 43
Federal Way won Tuesday's tussle by a 58-43 score.
Rogers 56, Beamer 47
Rogers outlasted the Titans Tuesday, 56-47.
Lakes 56, Decatur 21
Decatur lost its SPSL Class 3A game to the Lancers last Tuesday.
CFC 31, Evergreen Lutheran 21
Christian Faith Center of Federal Way beat Evergreen Lutheran from the Woodmont area of Federal Way in a low-scoring game Tuesday.

Wednesday, Feb. 1
Girls basketball
Kentwood 52, TJ 40

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Sports

HS Basketball: Gators stay on top

By Gerardo Bolong

Jan 30, 2012

Third quarter dynamite devastated the opposition and led the SPSL 3A league leading Decatur Gators to a 55-37 boys' basketball verdict against the visiting Bonney Lake Panthers.

Decatur won its seventh game in a row to raise its overall record to 11-4 while developing a 5-0 league standard. Bonney Lake fell to 6-9 and 1-4.

"We're really coming together as a team," said Decatur head coach Kevin Olson. "Our defense in the third quarter was really good. We challenged ourselves in December to raise our level and step up. The win against Lakes was huge. We need to continue taking care of business and don't look by anybody."

Leading 29-25 with 6:31 remaining in the third quarter, the Gators began gobbling up the Gator Dome court. Being patient with its ball movement, Decatur picked apart the Panther defense for good drives inside that led to close range baskets.

As the defense extended its territory to full court domination, the Gators literally ran away with the result with an up tempo pace against a foe that had problems scoring points, protecting the ball and guarding the boards.

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