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North Andover placed sixth and Andover seventh at the State Team Gymanstics Championships at the DCU Center. The top four teams from the North and South sectionals qualified. Madeleine Shea came up big for the Knights. She had a strong performance in the all-around, stepping in for Nicole Stevens, who was limited to three events by an ankle injury. Julia Montecalvo nailed her new bar routine. Jessica Whitehead had a well executed tuck tsuk on the vault.

Top four from North  and top four from South qualify for the All-States on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the DCU Center in Worcester.

Jenn Mangano .... first time ever won and a new school record...old 142 like 4 years......made sectionals 6 of 7 as head coach...

Despite the efforts of all-around winner Nicole Stevens of North Andover, Andover won a thriller in gymnastics, 141.9-141.3, with Jessie Livingstion and Courtney Carver taking second and third in the final event, the beam, to secure the victory.

Nicole Stevens set a school record in the floor exercise with a 9.8, breaking the mark she tied last week, and also had a career-high score of 38.0 as North Andover beat Lowell 138.75-135.55. 

Nicole Stevens tied the school record in the floor exercise with a 9.7, set in the mid 1990s, and was the all-around winner as North Andover (6-1) downed Central Catholic 139.75-129.1.

In her second varsity meet, sophomore Nicole Stevens registered three individual victories to record her second straight all-around win, leading talented North Andover to a gymnastics sweep of Westford Academy and Acton-Boxboro.

North Andover sophomore Nicole Stevens won every event and totalled 36.25 in the all-around in an easy win over Billerica.