PERFECTION — Martin County Area gymnast Hailee Schuett executes a perfect handstand during her giants on the high bar during a Big South Conference dual meet with St. Peter on Tuesday night at Live Fit Sport & Wellness Center in Fairmont. (Photo by Charlie Sorrells)

FAIRMONT — Martin County Area sophomore Anna Bachenberg modified a common idiom to, “It’s difficult to keep a good gymnast down.”

Bachenberg returned to the starting lineup after missing last Thursday’s dual meet due to a back-of-the-head injury that required eight staples and delivered a season’s-best all-around total to help power the Magic’s season-high team score on Tuesday night.

Bachenberg generated 35.35 points to earn runner-up all-around honors behind teammate Sabrina Segar’s winning score of 35.65, while Hailee Schuett contributed a fourth-place total of 32.625 to pace MCA’s 137.5-132.75 Big South Conference victory over the St. Peter Saints at the Live Fit Sport & Wellness Center.

“It was good to see Anna came back right away with confidence after suffering the injury in practice last week,” said Magic head coach Beraiah Peterson, whose lineup eclipsed its previous season-high mark of 136.525 against St. James Area on Feb. 18. “We (coaching staff) thought about just competing her on just (balance) beam and (uneven parallel) bars tonight, but she told us in practice that she was ready to go in the all-around. We went for it and it definitely paid off scoring-wise.”

Bachenberg joined Segar and Hannah Linse in the vault’s top four by blocking off the table, elevating and twisting her Tsukahara, and then planting a solid landing for a second-place score of 9.225. Segar nailed her second Tsuk for a first-place mark of 9.4, while Linse rotated a handspring-full vault for fourth place at 8.8. St. Peter’s Trista Landsom, who captured third in the all-around with a 34.425, claimed third on the vault at 8.95.

Segar then executed her bail from the high to low bar and spun two tight giants to pocket top honors on the unevens at 8.675, but Trista Landsom led the Saints’ 2-3-4 finish on the piece of equipment.

Trista Landsom took second at 8.575, Makayla Moline was third at 7.9, while Trista’s twin sister — Addison Landsom — finished fourth at 7.75.

While MCA narrowly missed matching St. Peter on the unevens — 31.8-31.775, Schuett netted the Magic’s second spot behind Segar in the event by competing her giants en route to a 7.725, with Bachenberg next at 7.7.

“That was one of two firsts for Hailee this season. She competed her giants on bars, and later, she landed her one-and-a-half (tumbling sequence) during her opening pass on floor,” said Peterson.

Schuett claimed third place on floor with an 8.725, while Segar and Bachenberg delivered their usual 1-2 scoring punch at 9.475 and 9.225, respectively. Segar turned a back one-and-a-half during her initial pass, connected on a front one-and-a-half during her second run and finished with a full.

Bachenberg and Ellie Schultze garnered the top two spots for the Magic on the balance beam. Bachenberg executed a back handspring before sticking a pair of back walkovers en route to a 9.2, while Schultze performed a one-handed front walkover and an aerial to net second place at 8.75.

Martin County Area (7-1) travels to Waseca on Thursday night.

Varsity Results

MCA 137.5; St. Peter 132.75

All-Around: 1. Sabrina Segar (MCA) 35.65; 2. Anna Bachenberg (MCA) 35.35; 3. Trista Landsom (SP) 34.425; 4. Hailee Schuett (MCA) 32.625.

Vault: 1. Sabrina Segar (MCA) 9.4; 2. Anna Bachenberg (MCA) 9.225; 3. Trista Landsom (SP) 8.95; 4. Hannah Linse (MCA) 8.8. Other MCA scores: Ellie Hernes 8.75; Hailee Schuett 8.55.

Unevens: 1. Sabrina Segar (MCA) 8.675; 2. Trista Landsom (SP) 8.575; 3. Makayla Moline (SP) 7.9; 4. Addison Landsom (SP) 7.75. Other MCA scores: Hailee Schuett 7.725; Anna Bachenberg 7.7; Ellie Schultze 7.675; Ellie Hernes 7.6.

Beam: 1. Anna Bachenberg (MCA) 9.2; 2. Ellie Schultze (MCA) 8.75; 3. Addison Landsom (SP) 8.625; 4. Anna Klatt (SP) 8.375. Other MCA scores: Sabrina Segar 8.1; Ellie Hernes 7.65; Hailee Schuett 7.625.

Floor: 1. Sabrina Segar (MCA) 9.475; 2. Anna Bachenberg (MCA) 9.225; 3. Hailee Schuett (MCA) 8.725; 4. Trista Landsom (SP) 8.675. Other MCA scores: Anna Utermarck 8.425; Abi Chavez 7.775.

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JV Results

MCA 121.7; St. Peter 110.0

All-Around: 1. Ava Thate (MCA) 29.4; 2. Nova Fonde (SP) 28.85; 3. Emily Hagen (MCA) 28.45; 4. Kate Hagen (MCA) 27.8.

Vault: 1. (tie) Anna Utermarck (MCA) and Ellie Schultze (MCA) 8.75s; 2. Emily Hagen (MCA) 8.35; 3. (tie) Ava Thate (MCA) and Nova Fonde (SP) 8.3s; 4. Abi Chavez (MCA) 8.25. Other MCA scores: Nola Thedens 8.15; Thea Peterson 7.85; Kate Hagen 7.7.

Unevens: 1. Anna Utermarck (MCA) 7.15; 2. Kaylee Moreau (SP) 7.1; 3. Abi Chavez (MCA) 6.65; 4. Lexi Johnson (SP) 6.6. Other MCA scores: Emily Hagen 6.05; Kate Hagen 5.3; Ava Thate 5.1; Samantha Domeier 3.6.

Beam: 1. Anna Utermarck (MCA) 8.7; 2. Ava Thate (MCA) 8.0; 3. Abi Chavez (MCA) 7.7; 4. Nova Fonde (SP) 7.6. Other MCA scores: Kate Hagen 7.4; Nola Thedens 6.95; Emily Hagen 6.8.

Floor: 1. Ava Thate (MCA) 8.0; 2. Ellie Hernes (MCA) 7.9; 3. Lexi Johnson (SP) 7.75; 4. Nova Fonde (SP) 7.45. Other MCA scores: Kate Hagen 7.4; Nola Thedens 7.3; Emily Hagen 7.25; Samantha Domeier 7.25.