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Ridgewood Gymnastics scoring skyrockets to highest since 2006

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OCTOBER 30, 2015    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2015, 12:31 AM
BY GREG TARTAGLIA
SPORTS EDITOR |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

RIDGEWOOD — Mika Tamura was waiting to be surprised, and was she ever.

The Ridgewood High School junior knew she had put together a strong performance at last Friday’s Bergen County gymnastics championships. Still, she wanted to hear the official announcement of all-around scores from meet director Trisha Piotrowski.

“In third place, with a score of 37.225, from Ridgewood…”

Tamura set a career high. By a lot. And she wasn’t the only one.

Ramapo’s Emma Johnson (meet-record 38.7) and Samantha Marion (38.025) did the same to finish 1-2. Their school set a meet record by scoring 113.175 to top Ridgewood for the title, despite the fact that the Maroons (111.375) posted their highest total in nine years.

The top four teams — which also included Pascack Regional and Holy Angels — combined to tally 437.375 points, obliterating the previous mark for top-four aggregate (426.45) set in 2006.

https://www.northjersey.com/sports/high-school-sports/girls-gymnastics/maroon-scoring-skyrockets-to-its-highest-since-06-1.1444687

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Ridgewood Gymnastics earns first state-finals bid since 2011

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Ridgewood Gymnastics earns first state-finals bid since 2011

NOVEMBER 14, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY GREG TARTAGLIA
SPORTS EDITOR |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

Ridgewood High School advanced to the NJSIAA team gymnastics finals for the first time since 2011 by scoring 108.325 at the North 1 sectional meet last Saturday at RHS.

The Maroons placed runner-up to Ramapo (110.425) for the fourth year in a row but had one of the five best scores in the state besides the five section champions. That earned them a spot in Thursday’s team finals at Montgomery.

Two Ridgewood girls also qualified for Saturday’s state individual tournament in Montgomery, which begins at 11 a.m.

Yurina Harada collected bronze medals in the North 1 all-around (37.275), uneven bars (9.25), balance beam (9.35) and floor (9.325) competitions and placed fourth on vault (9.35). The senior heads to Somerset County seeking to defend the 2013 state floor title that she shared with Julianna Drapkin, who transferred from Bishop Ahr to Holmdel this year.

Maroon sophomore Mika Tamura earned her first trip to the state finals by scoring a fifth-place 36 in the sectional all-around. She was fourth on floor with a season-high 9.3 and tied for seventh on beam with a 9.1.

https://www.northjersey.com/sports/high-school-sports/girls-gymnastics/maroons-earn-1st-state-bid-since-2011-1.1133385