Martin County Area and Jackson County Central will be competing in their section gymnastics meets over the next few days.
The Magic will compete Thursday in the Section 2A meet at St. James with meet time set for 5:30 p.m. The Huskies are in the Section 3A meet at noon Saturday at Pipestone.
In each case the winning team will advance to the state team competition Friday, Feb. 24 at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul.
Individuals qualifying for state meet will compete on Saturday, Feb. 25, also at Roy Wilkins Auditorium. The top three all arounders advance to the state meet along with the top three gymnasts on each event who did not qualify in the all around.
There will be eight teams competing in Section 2A.
Participating will be the six teams in the Big South Conference’s East Division, Martin County Area, Blue Earth Area, New Ulm, St. James Area, St. Peter and Waseca. Rounding out the field will be two Big Nine teams, Faribault and Mankato West.
West was fifth in the final Class A team ratings with St. Peter 16th.
Competing in Section 3A will be the seven Big South Conference West Division teams, JCC, Luverne, Marshall, Pipestone, Redwood Valley, Windom and Worthington.
The Trojans were fourth in the final ratings and the Huskies 24th.
Following are the final ratings by the Minnesota Girls Gymnastics Coaches Association.
Class A
1. Big Lake 146.942
2. Detroit Lakes 144.425
3. Melrose 143.067
4. Worthington 142.600
5. Mankato West 141.517
6. Winona/Cotter 140.725
7. Watertown-Mayer/Mound-Westonka 140.642
8. New London-Spicer 140.367
9. Becker 139.808
10. Mahtomedi 139.358
11. Benson/KMS 137.667
12. Bryon 137.258
13. Wilmar 135.450
14. Perham 134.950
15. Austin 134.925
16. St. Peter 134.633
17. St. Francis 134.433
18. Fergus Falls 134.350
19. Simley 134.175
20. Dassel-Cokato 133.658
21. North Branch 133.475
22. Breck 133.425
23. Pine Island/Zumbrota-Mazeppa 132.850
24. Jackson County Central 132.717
25. Chisago Lakes 132.133
Class AA
1. St Cloud Tech 146.075
2. Lakeville South 145.858
3. New Prague 144.925
4. Monticello 144.250
5. Owatonna 143.767
6. Hopkins 143.642
7. St. Michael-Albertville 143.567
8. Cambridge-Isanti 142.992
9. Farmington 141.842
10. Minnetonka 141.733
11. Anoka 141.558
12. Wayzata 141.342
13. East Ridge 141.150
14. Rosemount 140.750
15. Elk River/Zimmerman 140.625
16. Prior Lake 138.275
17. Forest Lake 137.742
18. Edina 137.725
19. Brainerd 137.392
20. Bemidji 137.200
21. Buffalo 137.000
22. Sartell 136.567
23. Rogers 136.175
24. Park 135.583
25. White Bear Lake Area 134.325