Barnstable Gymnasts 5-0, Tumble Over Carver

CARVER — To get to a championship, sometimes a team has to take each step forward one baby step at a time.

While certainly no stepping stone, the Carver High School gymnastics team found out firsthand Tuesday night just how focused on the end goal Barnstable (5-0) just might be. On the heels of a record-setting evening Monday night, the Red Raiders quickly dispatched the host Crusaders, 136.1-116.1.

Barnstable High School’s Tali Twomey is all smiles after nailing a 9.25 on the uneven bars Monday night. Twomey had a banner day Tuesday at Carver, helping BHS to a 5-0 start.
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Junior Tali Twomey turned in an impressive performance to pace the Red & White gymnasts. Twomey took a first place finish in the vault (9.3), a second place finish in the uneven bars (8.9), tid for second place on the balance beam (8.3), first place in the floor routine (8.9) and captured the all-around with a score of 35.4.

Barnstable’s Alexa Wilson vaulted her way to second place with a 9.2 leap and took first place in the uneven bars (9.0). She tied with Twomey on the balance beam with her score of 8.3.

Barnstable junior Jessica Biazzola notched a third place finish in the vault with a score of 8.5 to make it a clean sweep for the Red Raiders in that event. Sophomore Lauren Hanseon turned in an 8.4 on the uneven bars and took third place to make that a clean sweep as well for the Red & White.

Here’s a look at the rest of the Red Raider and how they fared in Monday’s competition:

Beam:
1. Abbey Cheytwnd: 8.4
2. Alexa Wilson (tied): 8.3
2. Tali Twomey (tied): 8.3

Floor:
1. Tali Twomey: 8.9
2. Alexa Wilson: 8.6
3. Nicole Orlando (Carver High School): 8.5

All-Around:
1. Tali Twomey: 35.4
2. Alexa Wilson: 35.1

Barnstable hits the road again on Friday, Jan. 9 against Plymouth North/Plymouth South at  8:00 pm at the Tumble Time Gymnastics center in Pocasset.

— Sean Walsh is the sports editor for www.capecod.com. His email is [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @coachwalshccbm.