Despite a pair of 5th place finishes by senior Raena Portmann Saturday, the Manitowoc Girls Gymnastics team placed 5th at the Watertown Invitational.
The Ships totaled 121 points in the 6-school invite to finish ahead of Madison West. Portmann wound up 5th on vault and on bars, along with a 6th place in the all-around at 33.2.
Sun Prairie was team champion with 137.4, or 9 points ahead of runner-up Wisconsin Rapids.
Coach Jacque Bartow’s squad now takes a two-week Christmas and New Year’s break before returning to competition at the Mequon Homestead Invite on January 7th.
