Hometeam All-Stars: Winter 2010 - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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GYMNASTICS<br />
Chloe Herczeg<br />
Algonquin Regional<br />
Freshman, Vault/Floor Exercise<br />
C ompeting<br />
in the<br />
vault for just<br />
the third<br />
time, Herczeg<br />
tied for<br />
the top spot<br />
in the event<br />
at the state<br />
championships<br />
to help lead the Tomahawks<br />
to a fourth-place performance<br />
in the team standings.<br />
Herczeg tied for fourth in<br />
the floor exercise at the South<br />
Sectional as Algonquin finished<br />
second in the team<br />
competition. A Mid-Wach<br />
League <strong>All</strong>-Star, Herczeg won<br />
the floor exercise at the State<br />
Coaches Individual Championships.<br />
She played junior varsity<br />
soccer for Algonquin last<br />
fall. She is the daughter of<br />
Susanne Healey and Attila<br />
Herczeg of Southboro.<br />
Amanda Hubley<br />
Algonquin Regional<br />
Junior, <strong>All</strong>-Around<br />
A<br />
three-time T&G<br />
Super Team<br />
selection, Hubley<br />
won the balance<br />
beam and finished<br />
second in the<br />
all-around at the<br />
South Sectional to<br />
lead the Tomahawks<br />
to second<br />
place in the team standings. At the<br />
state meet, Hubley was fifth in the<br />
all-around while placing 14th in the<br />
uneven bars, 11th in the beam, tying<br />
for 10th in the floor exercise, and<br />
tying for fourth in the vault. Algonquin<br />
finished fourth. Hubley set the<br />
Algonquin record in the all-around<br />
last season. This year, Hubley<br />
helped the Tomahawks to their third<br />
straight Mid-Wach title and was<br />
named her team’s MVP the last two<br />
years. She is also a cheerleader at<br />
Algonquin and runs track in the<br />
spring. She’s the daughter of Kathy<br />
and Paul Hubley of Southboro.<br />
Sabrina Knight<br />
Shrewsbury High<br />
Sophomore, Vault<br />
Knight was<br />
third in the<br />
vault at the<br />
State<br />
Coaches<br />
Individual<br />
Championships<br />
and<br />
went on to<br />
place 11th at<br />
the South Sectionals. She was<br />
16th in the all-around at the<br />
sectionals. Shrewsbury finished<br />
sixth in the team standings,<br />
just missing out on the state<br />
meet. Other highlights from her<br />
season included wins in the<br />
vault in dual meets with Algonquin<br />
and Marlboro. In 2007,<br />
Knight was the USAG Level 6<br />
State Champion in the vault<br />
and all-around, an achievement<br />
she lists as her most memorable<br />
sports moment. She is the<br />
daughter of Sofia and Chris<br />
Knight of Shrewsbury.<br />
Jess Mushinsky<br />
Shrewsbury High, Junior<br />
Beam/Floor Exercise<br />
M ushinsky<br />
turned in a<br />
pair of top-10<br />
performances at<br />
the South Sectionals,<br />
tying for<br />
second place in<br />
the balance beam<br />
and tying for<br />
eighth in the floor<br />
exercise. She was 22nd in the<br />
all-around. Her beam routine was<br />
most memorable — it was her first<br />
time on the apparatus since coming<br />
back from an injury, and she<br />
scored a 9.55. Mushinsky was<br />
named a Mid-Wach <strong>All</strong>-Star and her<br />
team MVP. This is the second T&G<br />
Super Team selection for Mushinsky,<br />
who earned the honor as a<br />
freshman. She has been elected<br />
team captain for next season.<br />
Mushinsky would someday like to<br />
own her own gymnastics center.<br />
She’s the daughter of Elizabeth<br />
Mushinsky of Shrewsbury.<br />
Alissa Wood<br />
Algonquin Regional<br />
Freshman, Uneven Bars<br />
Wood was fifth<br />
in the bars in<br />
the State Coaches<br />
Individual Championships<br />
and<br />
went on to finish<br />
14th at the South<br />
Sectionals and<br />
12th in the state<br />
meet. Wood and<br />
teammate Chloe Herczeg led a<br />
strong group of Tomahawk freshmen<br />
this season, and they helped<br />
Algonquin to a second-place performance<br />
at the sectionals and<br />
fourth place at states. Competing in<br />
the state championships at the DCU<br />
Center was her most memorable<br />
sports moment. The 4-foot-11,<br />
95-pounder also finished 22nd in<br />
the all-around, 24th in the floor<br />
exercise, and tied for 17th in the<br />
beam. Wood enjoys dancing and<br />
playing lacrosse. She is the daughter<br />
of Kathy and Ron Wood of<br />
Northboro.<br />
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