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Jenn Quirnbach won all but one event, leading Andover to a 142-131 victory over Lowell. She took the vault (9.5), bars (9.0), beam (9.35) and all-around (36.5), and teammate Rachel Mattison won the floor (9.4).

Michelle Hall had a big meet, winning the all-around, floor and bars to pace North Andover gymnastics in a win over Marblehead.

Sophomore Courtney Smith finished third in the vault, third in the bars, first in the beam and floor and first in the all-around to pace Central Catholic gymnastics in a win over Lowell.

Andover ran its record to a perfect 5-0 after edging Central Catholic, 143.50-140.75. Jenn Quirnbach won the All-Around with a 37.0, edging Central Catholic's Shilanna Gallo (36.7), who had won all All-Around competitions this year. Gallo did win the vault with a 9.4 as well as the bars. Quirnbach finished first in the beam and floor.

Salem topped Pelham 130.05-106.20, but the story of the meet was the matchup between hot shots Leeann Vadala and Chelsea I'Anson. I'Anson won the vault (8.55) and beam (8.7) for the Pythons, but it wasn't enough as Vadala took first in the bars (9.0), floor (9.15) and all-around (35.05) to help lead the Blue Devils to victory.

The Andover girls gymnastics team topped Dracut 143.55-115.05 to improve to 4-0. Four different girls had first places with Rachel Mattison taking vault (9.25), Leah Psoinos winning bars (8.8), Jenny Coneeny taking beam (9.4), and Jenn Quirnbach winning both the floor (9.5) and all-around (35.95). According to coach Kristen Vadala, it's the highest score the team has scored in her four-year coaching career.

Meghan Buttress came up huge, winning the vault, bars and all-around and finishing second on beam and third on floor to lead the North Andover gymnastics team to a win over Salem.

The Andover gymnastics team moved to 3-0 with a big 141-135 win over Billerica. Rachel Mattison was key with first place finishes in the floor (9.45) and all-around (35.75), and Jenn Quirnbach took the top spot in vault (9.2).

Courtney Thompson led the way for the Astros with first place finishes in the bars (8.3), beam (9.15), floor (9.2) and all-around (34.95) as Pinkerton topped Londonderry, 131-125. Both scores were season highs for each club. Leah Jackson was the Lancer's top performer with a first in vault (8.35) and a second place showing in the overall (32.65).

Katie Oskar placed first in every event, scoring 35.60 in the all-around, in Methuen's 133.9-118.3 girls gymnastics victory over Dracut.

Salem's girls gymnastics team defeated Londonderry to remain undefeated (5-0), thanks to the one-two punch of Leeann Vadala and Shireen Kirata. They finished one-two in the all-around and finished first and second respectively in the vault and floor exercise. In the beam, Kirata was first and Vadala was second.

Rachel Mattison took first in the bars (9.1), floor (9.4), and all-around (35.8) as the Andover girls gymnastics team topped Tewksbury 139.7-83.4 in their first home meet of the year, but the real story of the night took place far from all the action of the contest.

Junior Michelle Hall, who was out all of last year with an injury, made a triumphant returnto lead the North Andover girls gymnastics team over Winthrop 139.5-137.3. Hall won the bars (9.2), floor (9.4) and all-around (35.7). Meghan Buttress was first in the vault for the Knights (1-0) with a 9.2

Salem girls gymnastics defeated both Pelham (111.65) and Concord (94.05) by racking up 133.25 total points yesterday to improve to 2-0. Leading the way for Salem was senior co-captain Jess Maffeo, who placed first in vault (8.55) and floor (9), second in bars (8.3), and fourth on the beam (8). Pelham's Chelsea Ianson (first on the beam with a score of 9.05) had the second best all-around score with 33.5 points. Maffeo's teammate Shireen Kirata, a junior, finished third overall with 32.95 points.