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WE’LL HAVE FULL HIGHLIGHTS ON THE N-B-C FIVE SPORTS DESK AT 11 WHILE VERMONT LOOKS TO PUT ITSELF IN CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION… HIGH SCHOOLERS ACROSS OUR REGION BATTLED FOR TOP PRIZES… INCLUDING IN HINESBURG FOR THE 20-25 GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP…. TEN SCHOOLS BATTLED ACROSS FOUR DIFFERENT EVENTS….. IT WAS TIGHT AT THE TOP BETWEEN ESSEX SENIOR JOCELYN BOURGET RETURNING FROM A SECOND PLACE INDIVIDUAL FINISH LAST YEAR AND SAINT JOHNSBURY… LED BY LAST YEAR’S INDIVIDIAL WINNER LYDIA RUGGLES BUT THE HORNETS DEFEND THEIR CROWN… BEATING OUT THE HILLTOPPERS TO FINSH AN UNDEFEATED SEASON…. BOURGET FINISHED THIRD IN INDIVIDUAL…. BRATTLEBORO’S LAUREN CHUTE IN SECOND… AND ONCE AGAIN ITS RUGGLES LEADING THE PACK WITH HER SECOND CONSECUTIVE FIRST PLACE FINISH LED BY A STELLAR FLOOR ROUTINE <Lydia “It takes hours in the gym and so much practice and I feel like I executed it well.”>

Essex claims second straight gymnastics championship after holding off St. Johnsbury

Hilltoppers’ Lydia Ruggles claims second straight individual first-place finish

Saturday’s final meet of the season saw Essex trying to finish its season undefeated, and its acrobatics in the Vermont Principals’ Association championship helped it do just that.The Hornets edged out St. Johnsbury to win their second consecutive gymnastics championship. Essex was led by senior Jocelyn Bourget, who finished with her own podium finish for the second time. Hilltoppers’ junior Lydia Ruggles also completed a back-to-back race to the crown with her second straight individual championship.Overall team competitionEssex (141.850)St. Johnsbury (135.800)CVU (134.625)Brattleboro (133.750)Burr & Burton (130.000)South Burlington (116.500)Middlebury (100.150)Harwood Union (97.275)Overall individual competitionLydia Ruggles (St. Johnsbury)Lauren Chute (Brattleboro)Jocelyn Bourget (Essex)Hannah Wood (St. Johnsbury)Alexis Bedard (Burr & Burton)Anna Kinney (Essex)Sadie Cheslawski (Brattleboro)Leah Frisbie (Essex)Lydia Ruggles won the floor routine, Hannah Wood won the high beam, Jocelyn Bourget won the uneven bars, and Lauren Chute won the vault.

HINESBURG, Vt. —

Saturday’s final meet of the season saw Essex trying to finish its season undefeated, and its acrobatics in the Vermont Principals’ Association championship helped it do just that.

The Hornets edged out St. Johnsbury to win their second consecutive gymnastics championship. Essex was led by senior Jocelyn Bourget, who finished with her own podium finish for the second time. Hilltoppers’ junior Lydia Ruggles also completed a back-to-back race to the crown with her second straight individual championship.