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State Finals Participants

Participating Schools Team State Finalists
School.........................................................................Head Coach School................................................. Regional Score
Carroll (FW) .............................................Rosemary Scheele Chesterton 112.800
Chesterton ......................................................Dawn Matthys Columbus East 108.625
Columbus East ............................................Nancy Kirshman Columbus North 110.250
Columbus North ........................................... Sandy Freshour Crown Point 111.525
Connersville ....................................................Joann Borders Elkhart Central 106.375
Crown Point ............................................................Ami Pysh FW Bishop Dwenger 113.200
DeKalb ....................................................Mallory Quaintance Homestead 108.425
Elkhart Central .................................................Kathy Krauter Owen Valley 109.425
Franklin Central ....................................................Kim Dykes Valparaiso 113.950
FW Bishop Dwenger ................................................Rose Nix
FW Concordia Lutheran .............................. Dawn Patterson Indiana H.S. Gymnastics Coaches
FW Northrop .......................................................... Kim Coak Final Poll
Homestead ......................................................Jodi Hardwick Rk. School
Valparaiso
1.
Logansport .....................................................Dannan Griffith 2. Columbus North
Merrillville ........................................................Diane Roberts 3. Crown Point
Morgan Township ............................................Nicole Barrett 4. Chesterton
New Castle ...........................................................Tina Wood 5. FW Bishop Dwenger
New Prairie .........................................................Taylor Holm 6. Columbus East
Owen Valley .............................................. Cathleen McPhee 7. Owen Valley
Roncalli ............................................................ Laura Gridley 8. Merrillville
Portage
9.
Valparaiso .............................................................Lorie Cook 10. Elkhart Central
11. Logansport
T12. Michigan City
Seymour
14. Carroll (FW)
15. Homestead

Outstanding Official

Emily Blue of past 15 years, and has officiated the IHSAA Gymnastics
Indianapolis is the recipient State Finals seven times. She was also an IHSAA State
of the 2016 Interscholastic Champion in Gymnastics with Columbus East during the
Athletic Official Award for 1990 season.
excellence in the sport Emily was selected for this honor by a committee
of gymnastics. Emily will representing the officials associations. In Indiana there
be honored in a special are 26 associations made up of men and women who
ceremony at today’s state give up much of their personal time to assist in providing
finals tournament. wholesome, worthwhile, and healthy activities for the
Each year, the student athletes in our state. Statewide, there are more
Indiana High School than 8,000 officials licensed by the IHSAA in 11 sports.
Athletic Association, in A 1995 graduate of Indiana University, Emily also
cooperation with the Na- received her PhD in Physiology from IU’s School of Medi-
tional Federation of Interscholastic Officials Association, cine in 2010. Not only is she a Biomedical Researcher
recognizes and honors an outstanding official in each of at IU, but she also volunteers for the university’s Simon
11 sports during the school year. Cancer Center Komen Tissue Bank. Emily is married to
Emily has been a licensed gymnastics official for the John Blue and has two sons: Ryan (14) and Cameron (8).

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