By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITER A fifth-place finish out of 12 schools at the 2015 New England Interscholastic Girl’s Gymnastics Championships on Saturday, Mar. 14 at the Pinkerton Academy Field House in Derry, N.H. brought nothing, but smiles to the faces of the Southington Lady Knights, even when a couple obstacles were thrown their way. The Knights (137.875) finished behind Shrewsbury, Mass. (143.65), Pinkerton Academy, N.H. (144.675), Woodstock Academy (147.0), and Barnstable, Mass. (147.125). “All the Connecticut girls and schools root for each other,” said Southington coach Kaitlyn O’Donnell. “I thought Woodstock was very deserving of first place. It was so close. I was disappointed that they didn’t win.” The Knights combined for 35 points on beam to finish sixth overall, and it was a banged up Marilyn Sporbert who surprised everyone. “We were down an athlete,” O’Donnell said. “Marilyn hurt her knee in warm-ups.” We weren’t at our best, but besides that the girls pulled together, and I thought they did really well. We wanted to get top five and we got there.” Sporbert usually competes on all four events for the Knights, but was only able to compete on two because of her injury. Sporbert tied for 42nd on […]
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