That got them pumped and the scores were pretty good. The bars went well and we ended with the vault. We maybe took too many steps on the landings, but overall did really well.

After Saturday we'll find out if we fall into the next highest team scores. We're pretty hopeful that we'll get in there and take the entire 10 gymnasts on the team day at state.

At the ESD (Eastern South Dakota Conference meet) we were just one point away from Pierre. In return, Huron was a little closer to us. Second place is pretty much up for grabs like it is every year. We want to post the best score that we can. We want to post a high score to at least get in as a wild card.

When you put the clamp, the flat area and the cleaver together, you get a pretty good idea as to how Dicer works. We're now using this structural model to design experiments that might tell us what triggers Dicer into action.

We just sort of dug ourselves into a hole. We didn't step up to pass. We were pretty timid. We needed to step up and make a play.

It wasn't pretty, but a win's a win. We need to continue to step up our game in this district.