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Last Year’s State Finals

Portage Captures First Gymnastics Title since 1975

Behind senior Mackenzie Barcelli’s all-around title, top-ranked The 41st Annual
Portage earned the team title in the 41st Annual IHSAA Gymnastics IHSAA State Finals
State Finals at Worthen Arena in Muncie. March 16, 2013
Worthen Arena, Ball State University,
It was the school’s second state title in the sport, first since 1975 Muncie, IN
and eighth overall in school history. The Indians last won state Team Results
championships in 1999-00 in boys cross country and 3A softball. 1. Portage ........................................... 112.600
Karen Barcelli, Mackenzie’s mother, was the Portage coach. 2. Valparaiso ...................................... 112.100
3. Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger ......... 110.975
4. Columbus North .............................109.875
Mackenzie became her school’s first all-around state champion 5. Columbus East ...............................107.660
by capturing the floor exercise with a score of 9.675 and second 6. Logansport .....................................105.750
place finishes in the bars (9.650) and balance beam (9.350). Her 7. New Palestine ................................104.625
efforts along with her teammates helped the Indians outdistance 8. Homestead .....................................102.850
conference rival Valparaiso, 112.60 to 112.10. Portage had finished
second to Valpo at both the sectional and regional tournaments All-Around
the previous two weekends but made it count when it mattered 1. Mackenzie Barcelli, Portage ..............38.325
today. Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, the defending state champion, 2. Alex Nickel, Angola ............................38.150
finished third with 110.975 points. 3. Morgan Algozine, Valparaiso .............37.925
4. Kelley Platt, Logansport .....................37.200
T5. Katy Linvill, Bishop Dwenger ...........37.150
Senior Morgan Algozine finished her Valparaiso career with two T5. Kylee Maxwell, Morgan Township ...37.150
more individual state championships to bring her total to six, tied for
fourth most in state history. She won the uneven bars (9.70) for the Vault
second time in three years and repeated in the vault (9.875). 1. Morgan Algozine, Valparaiso ...............9.875
2. Danielle Solis, Portage ........................9.850
Owen Valley freshman Anna Watkin began her prep career by T3. Emily Clancy, Columbus East ...........9.800
winning the balance beam with a score of 9.575. She is the first T3. Chasity Wampler, Richmond .............9.800
gymnast from her school to win a state title. 5. Kylee Maxwell, Morgan Township .......9.725

Uneven Parallel Bars
1. Morgan Algozine, Valparaiso ...............9.700
2. Mackenzie Barcelli, Portage ................9.650
3. Alex Nickel, Angola ..............................9.625
4. Lia Milroy, Valparaiso ...........................9.600
5. Madison Kurtz, Portage .......................9.500
Balance Beam
1. Anna Watkin, Owen Valley ...................9.575
T2. Kelley Platt, Logansport ....................9.350
T2. Kenzi Hoffman, New Palestine ..........9.350
T2. Mackenzie Barcelli, Portage ..............9.350
5. Sydney Huber, Connersville ................9.275

Floor Exercise
1. Mackenzie Barcelli, Portage ................9.675
2. Alex Nickel, Angola ..............................9.625
3. Danielle Solis, Portage ........................9.600
4. Kaitlyn Coffee, Bishop Dwenger ..........9.550
5. Hannah Best, Crown Point ..................9.450

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