Ballard: 164.15 Bellevue: 155.05
The Ballard High School gymnastics team wrapped up the regular season with a 164.15-155.05 victory over Bellevue to push its season record to 6-2.
Taylor Stern added another all-around win to her season with a score of 35.95.
She also placed first on the bars with 9.4 and the vault, which was owned by the Beavers, with 9.2.
Maria Volk and Maureen Sturgeon rounded out the top three on the vault tied with 8.7.
Erica Redman took second for Ballard on the beam with 9.0.
The floor was the only event in which the Beavers were shut out of the top three.
"We've made a lot of improvements throughout the season," coach Stephanie Gundel said. "But, there's a lot of work to be done in the last week before KingCo."
Ballard will head to the KingCo Championship meet Feb. 6. From that meet, the top three teams, the top five all-around individuals not on one of the top three teams, and the top 19 individuals from each event advance to districts.
The top team at the district meet, the top two all-around individuals, and the top five individuals on each event move on to the state meet.
"Our goal is to be one of the top three teams that advances to the district meet," Gundel said. "It's a really tough field. Woodinville will run away with the meet and Inglemoor, Bothell, Issaquah, us and maybe Redmond will be fighting for the two remaining spots."
Stern advanced to state meet last year. Gundel said she hopes to have one or two more team members qualify this year.