Sharon High Gymnasts Preparing For Hock Championships

The will be the Hockomock League champions if they defeat North Attleboro on Thursday.

No matter what, the Eagles then will compete in Saturday's Hockomock championships.

The Eagles are 7-0 entering their last regular-season meet, which starts at 5 p.m. at Attleboro High School, head coach Jessica Hiltz said Wednesday.

Snow postponed Sharon and North Attleboro's meet Wednesday at North. The event was rescheduled as a tri-meet, said Hiltz, who is assisted by Casey Bowdish.

Saturday, Sharon will compete in the Hockomock championships at 6 p.m. at Arnold's Gymnastics Academy, 249 Oakland St., Mansfield.

There, teams may enter up to three gymnasts per event, Hiltz said. However, gymnasts are limited to two events each.

Hiltz said a spreadsheet of each Eagle's scores this season has influenced her lineup.

The lineup is: all-around, sophomores Jessica Chabot and Sami Kaplan; vault, sophomore Emily Wooten, junior Melissa Steinberg and Chelsie Noller; bars, sophomore Cari Schmidt, senior captain Kelsey Seto and sophomore Alicia Dagle; beam, senior captain Lauren Burke, Seto and Dagle; and floor, junior Sara Spelfogel, Schmidt and Steinberg.

The Eagles will hope to qualify for the state individual meet, Hiltz said. Qualifying scores are based on the highest average of four scores on the event from the nine meets: the eight regular-season meets and the Hockomock championships, she said.

The team will compete in the South Sectionals at 11 a.m. Feb. 19 at Hudson High School, Hiltz said.

The top four teams from the North and South sectionals will advance to the MIAA Girls Gymnastics State Championship Meet at 4 p.m. Feb. 26 at Shrewsbury High School, she said.