Loudoun Valley gymnast Josephine Trombadore performs on the uneven bars.—Times-Mirror Photo/Rick Wasser

Potomac Falls gymnast Abbey Tsao performs on the vault.—Times-Mirror Photo/Rick Wasser

Loudoun County gymnast Victoria Miner performs on the uneven bars.—Times-Mirror Photo/Rick Wasser

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Saturday, Jan. 21

Aloha Classic

LC report: The Lady Raiders finished an impressive 3rd place 107.05 behind AAA foes Freedom (1st 109.175) and Stafford (2nd 107.45). Scoring was based on the best three scores out of the teams’ four entries.

The Raiders were led by senior Jess Drews, who finished 2nd on beam (9.45), 5th on floor (9.525), 6th in the all around (36.325 - season high) and 8th on bars (8.575).

Freshman Victoria Miner finished 3rd on vault (9.175), 7th in the all around (35.675 - season high), 8th on bars (8.575). Miner set a school record on vault. The previous record was held by Katy Bauer (2007-08) and Jess Sheehan (2008-09) 9.15.

Sophomore Hannah Powell finished 6th on bars (8.675) and 9th in the all around (35.05) Sophomore Annie Asai had season highs on vault and floor. Junior Leigh Philbrick had a season high on bars.

-Team
1. Freedom (109.175)
2. Stafford (107.45)
3. Loudoun County (107.05)
4. Colonial Forge (104.95)
5. Osbourn Park (103.275)
6. North Stafford (102.225)

-All-Around
1. Arianna Robinson (F) 38.075
6. Jessica Drews (LC) 36.325
7. Victoria Miner (LC) 35.675

-Uneven Bars
2. Arianna Robinson (F) 9.525
6. Hannah Powell (LC) 8.675
7. Alli Gibbs (F) 8.625
T8. Jessica Drews (LC) 8.575
T8. Victoria Miner (LC) 8.575

-Balance Beam
2. Jessica Drews (LC) 9.425
T4. Arianna Robinson (F) 9.125
8. Lexi Chaet (F) 8.925

-Floor Exercise
1. Shannon Landry (F) 9.725
T3. Arianna Robinson (F) 9.65
6. Jessica Drews (LC) 9.525
7. Alli Gibbs (F) 9.425

-Vault
1. Arianna Robinson (F) 9.775
3. Victoria Miner (LC) 9.175

Wednesday, Jan. 11

Quad meet at Tuscarora

LC report: The Raiders scored their highest score of the season, posting a 135.1 defeating Tuscarora by almost 10 points. The team was led by senior Jess Drews, who set a new school record by posting a 9.7. Her previous record of 9.6 was set on Jan. 12, 2011. Jess was 1st in the all around, on vault, bars, beam and floor.

Sophomore Hannah Powell had her highest score of the season in the all around while placing 2nd. Hannah also was 1st on bars, 2nd on beam, floor and 4th on vault. Congratulations to Annie Asai who qualified for regionals on vault and to Amanda Spencer who qualified on Floor. 

Junior Leigh Philbrick competed on bars for the first time this season as she is recovering from an early season injury. Freshman Victoria Miner placed 3rd in the all around, on beam, floor, and 7th on vault. Contributing to the team score were Kathleen Huie, Bridget Gambogi and Karys Gettier.

The Raiders will take a break for exams next week and will return to action in The Aloha Classic at Patriot HS in Gainesville.

-Team Standings
Loudoun County - 36.20
Tuscarora - 33.35
Briar Woods - 33.90
Heritage - 11.30

-All-Around
Jessica Drews (Loudoun County) 36.20
Hannah Powell (Loudoun County) 35.35
Victoria Miner (Loudoun County) 34.60
Kaylie Etheridge (Tuscarora) 33.20
Shannon Keye (Tuscarora) 32.75
Megan Fogelson (Tuscarora) 30.20

-Beam
Hannah Powell (Loudoun County) 8.90
Jessica Drews (Loudoun County) 8.90
Victoria Miner (Loudoun County) 8.60
Darja Winkel (Briar Woods) 8.50
Brooke Wivagg (Briar Woods) 8.10
Kaylie Etheridge (Tuscarora) 8.00

-Floor
Jessica Drews (Loudoun County) 9.70
Hannah Powell (Loudoun County) 9.40
Victoria Miner (Loudoun County) 9.10
Marina Kiseleva (Briar Woods) 9.00
Kaylie Etheridge (Tuscarora) 8.70
Shannon Keye (Tuscarora) 8.40

-Bars
Jessica Drews (Loudoun County) 8.70
Victoria Miner (Loudoun County) 8.55
Hannah Powell (Loudoun County) 8.55
Marina Kiseleva (Briar Woods) 8.25
Darja Winkel (Briar Woods) 8.15
Shannon Keye (Tuscarora) 8.05

-Vault
Jessica Drews (Loudoun County) 8.90
Megan Fogelson (Tuscarora) 8.60
Kaylie Etheridge (Tuscarora) 8.60
Shannon Keye (Tuscarora) 8.50
Hannah Powell (Loudoun County) 8.50
Annie Asai (Loudoun County) 8.40

Tuesday, Dec. 20

-Miner, Raiders tops in tri-meet

LC report: The Lady Raiders continued their winning way at Potomac Falls High School. The team finished 1st among the 3 teams (Briar Woods, Potomac Falls) and is now 8-0 on the season.

Leading the way for the Raiders was senior Jess Drews placing 1st on vault and beam. Sophomore Hannah Powell was 3rd in the all-around, 1st on floor and bars and 2nd on vault. Freshman Victoria Miner was 1st in the all-around, 1st on floor.

Qualifying to the regional meet on floor was sophomore Karys Gettier. Contributing to the team scores were Bridget Gambogi on beam, bars and floor; Kathleen Huie on vault, bars and floor; Anne Asai on beam and vault; Amanda Spencer on floor.

Personal best’s were achieved by Kathleen Huie on vault and floor; Bridget Gambogi on beam and floor; Karys Gettier on bars, beam and floor.

Congratulations to the team. We will next compete after winter break at Woodgrove on Jan. 5.

Team Standings
Loudoun County 126.68
Briar Woods 117.3
Potomac Falls 102.05

All-Around
Victoria Miner (LC) 34.65
Abbey Tsao (PF) 34.6
Hannah Powell (LC) 33.63
Daria Winkel (BW) 33.4
Anastasia Volokhova (BW) 23.35
Dorothy Yan (BW) 22.9

Huebner, Wolverines first in quad meet

Led by Amanda Huebner and Olivia Becker placing one-two in the all-around, the Woodgrove Wolverines edged Tuscarora, host Loudoun Valley and Park View in a four-team gymnastics meet.

Team Scores
Woodgrove - 124
Tuscarora - 121.3
Loudoun Valley - 116.5
Park View - 86.7

All-Around
Amanda Huebner (W) 35.3
Olivia Becker (W) 33.0
Shannon Keye (T) 32.85
Kaylie Etheridge (T) 32.45
Josephine Trombadore (LV) 30.0

Vault
Kaylie Etheridge (T) 8.7
Megan Fogelson (T) 8.5
Amanda Huebner (W) 8.4
Olivia Becker (W) 8.2
Katherine Ayala (W) 8.1
Stephanie Cox (PV) 8.1
Josephine Trombadore (LV) 8.1

Bars
Amanda Huebner (W) 9.0
Olivia Becker (W) 8.25
Shannon Keye (T) 8.1
Kaylie Etheridge (T) 7.15
Bria Lloyd (LV) 6.75
Josephine Trombadore (LV) 6.05

Beam
Megan Skillman (LV) 8.5
Amanda Huebner (W) 8.3
Katherine Ayala (W) 8.2
Shannon Keye (T) 8.2
Kaylie Etheridge (T) 8.2
Leah Beck (W) 8.1

Floor
Amanda Huebner (W) 9.6
Olivia Becker (W) 8.55
Shannon Keye (T) 8.55
Bria Lloyd (LV) 8.45
Kaylie Etheridge (T) 8.4
Josephine Trombadore (LV) 8.1

Saturday, Dec. 17

-Loudoun County wins Purple Division

LC report: The Raiders won the Purple Division of the Battelfied “Battle against Cancer” meet. The team was led by freshman Victoria Miner who placed 1st in the all around, floor, bars; placing 4th on vault and 2nd on beam.

Senior Jessica Drews placed 1st on beam and vault; placing 2nd in the all around, floor and 3rd on bars. Sophomore Annie Asai placed 4th on floor, 7th on beam and 8th on vault

Sophomore Karys Gettier placed 10th on bars. Sophomore Amanda Spencer placed 9th on floor. Also contributing were sophomores Bridget Gambogi on beam and Kathleen Huie on bars and vault.

Wednesday, Dec. 14

-Raiders tops in six-team meet

Loudoun County High School gymnasts occupied three of the top five spots in the all-around to lead the Raiders to the team title in a six-team meet Dec. 14 at Heritage High School in Leesburg. The Raiders were competing in their first meet of the season.

Senior Jessica Drews won two individual events on her way to placing first in the all-around with 35.975 points. Freshman Victoria Miner and sophomore Hannah Powell also produced top five all-around finishes for the Raiders.

Tuscarora placed second as a team, followed by Woodgrove in third, Briar Woods placed fourth, Loudoun Valley finished fifth and Heritage with its lone gymnast was sixth.

Team
Loudoun County (132.675)
Tuscarora (121.850) 
Woodgrove (120.20) 
Briar Woods (117.650) 
Loudoun Valley (112.425)
Heritage (12.60)

All-Around
Jessica Drews (Loudoun County) 35.975
Amanda Huebner (Woodgrove) 35.575
Victoria Miner (Loudoun County) 34.675
Marina Kiseleva (Briar Woods) 33.950
Hannah Powell (Loudoun County) 33.725
Olivia Becker (Woodgrove) 32.800

Beam
Jessica Drews (Loudoun County) 9.600
Amanda Huebner (Woodgrove) 9.425
Victoria Miner (Loudoun County) 9.075
Darja Winkel (Briar Woods) 9.000
Marina Kiseleva (Briar Woods) 8.850
Hannah Powell (Loudoun County) 8.575

Bars
Victoria Miner (Loudoun County) 8.550
Amanda Huebner (Woodgrove) 8.550
Jessica Drews (Loudoun County) 8.500
Olivia Becker (Woodgrove) 8.150
Marina Kiseleva (Briar Woods) 8.100
Darja Winkel (Briar Woods) 8.050
Hannah Powell (Loudoun County) 8.050

Vault
Jessica Drews (Loudoun County) 8.875
Darja Winkel (Briar Woods) 8.700
Amanda Huebner (Woodgrove) 8.600
Kaylie Etheridge (Tuscarora) 8.550
Marina Kiseleva (Briar Woods) 8.350
Victoria Miner (Loudoun County) 8.350
Hannah Powell (Loudoun County) 8.350
Megan Fogelson (Tuscarora) 8.350
Alex Davis (Loudoun Valley) 8.350

Floor
Amanda Huebner (Woodgrove) 9.300
Kimmy Ewen (Broad Run) 9.000
Allie Daczkowski (Potomac Falls) 8.900
Alexis Chaet (Freedom) 8.800
Abbey Tsao (Potomac Falls) 8.600
Crystal Noschese (Broad Run) 8.600