Last year the Monticello girls’ gymnastics team narrowly lost to Detroit Lakes and finished 2nd at the state tournament in Class A. Then Monticello found out it was moving up to AA in gymnastics for this season, and their frustration was twofold. First, they had to move up a class and as Coach Lisa Moran said, “Detroit Lakes is such good competition, we just wanted the chance to beat them so bad.” Well things worked out just fine for Monticello! This season the Magic climbed up the rankings all the way to #1 going into the state meet at Roy Wilkins Auditorium last weekend, and won it all with a score of 143.6, getting past defending champ, Owatonna who finished with a score of 144.5. It is Monticello’s first state championship in Gymnastics. Detroit Lakes won the Class A title.
Lauren Hanson nailed the vault on the last rotation to clinch the state championship. Hanson said the team was motivated all summer to prove they could compete at the AA level. Not only did Hanson help the Magic win the state championship, for the second straight year, she won the All-Around title, the third straight year a Wright County Athlete won the All-Around. Hanson did it the past two years, and the year before that Jackie Bergeron from STMA won it. Hanson totaled a score of 38.65 and also won golad on the uneven bars with a score of 9.62. Hanson said “It was definitely emotional, all my hard work paid off in the moment. It was overwhelming.”
Class A final results for Wright County Athletes competing at the State Gymnastics meet.
Annandale: Grace Whelen, So. 37th uneven bars. Lilly Luebker, Sr. 45th balance beam.
Howard Lake WW: Lillian Loge, 19th All around, 9th uneven bars, 37th floor, 39th balance beam, 40th uneven bars.
Maple Lake: Lily O’ Donnell, Fr. 39th uneven bars.
Rockford: Emmy Haag, 8th grade. 20th floor, 35 uneven bars, and 40th balance beam.
Class AA final results for Wright County Athletes competing at the State Gymnastics meet.
Buffalo: Macy DuBois, Sr. 16th floor, 39th uneven bars, and 40th balance beam.
Macy DuBois, above on the uneven bars, represented Buffalo at the 2026 MSHSL Girls Gymnastics meet.
Monticello: Lauren Hanson, Sr. 1st All Around, 1st uneven bars, 3rd balance beam, 4th floor, 4th vault. Keatyn Nowacki, Jr. 5th All Around, 3rd uneven bars, 8th vault, 9th floor, and 15th balance beam. Alana Becklund, Jr. 11th uneven bars, 14th vault. Sienna Zepeda, So. 14th uneven bars, 17th balance beam, and 23rd floor. Alisha Grue. 45th floor.
STMA: Avery LeMonds, 7th all around, 5th floor, 6th uneven bars, 10th vault, and 23rd balance beam. Grace Lindenfelser, Jr. 29th vault. Skye Yaeger, Sr. 42nd floor, and 45th vault. Lilyana Turner, So. 37th balance beam. Shelby Fischer. 43rd balance beam.
2026 State Gymnastics MSHSL Website: https://www.mshsl.org/sports-and-activities/gymnastics-girls
