Midwest Regionals Tournament Recap
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Ski Otters, Ski Dox win Midwest Regionals
A last minute site change 35+ miles away from the original tournament site did nothing to deter the Midwest region from bringing their all to the regional tournament. In less than 24 hours, Bayside Skiers moved the entire tournament to a new site due to high water levels and a no-wake order at their home site, and with the help of many skiers who arrived early for the tournament made it look and feel like the tournament had been planned for the new site the entire time. Resilience, determination, and a passion for the sport permeated the atmosphere, even with whitecaps on the lake and less-than-ideal conditions.
The Midwest Ski Otters exercised their way to the top spot in Division 1, earning a total of 1270.3 points. The Otters took home highest scoring ballet, jump, and barefoot awards, with their barefoot act taking home the highest scoring act. Twin Cities River Rats came in second with 1211.57 points, earning highest scoring pyramid, tow boat driving, sound crew, and production. Five Seasons rounded out the top 3 with 1179.93 points, also claiming highest scoring dock and equipment. Hartwick Huskys earned highest scoring pick-up boat crew and Aberdeen Aqua Addicts earned highest scoring showmanship.
In Division 2, Ski Dox earned 1st place with 1152.27 points, along with highest scoring pick-up boat crew and sound crew. Catfish Bay earned the highest scoring act with their jump team as well as highest scoring pyramid, tow boat driving, production, dock and equipment, and showmanship. Shockwaves earned highest scoring ballet and Bayside Skiers earned highest scoring barefoot.
Midwest Ski Otters Brooke Elfert took home 1st place in open swivel, followed by Becca Dugan and Brecken Lechtenberg, both from Five Seasons. Jaida Wallen from Catfish Bay finished 1st in swivel 180, with Maesey Morrison (Shockwaves) and Ally Boe (Ski Hawks) taking 2nd and 3rd respectively. Alan Elfert and Renna Anderson (Midwest Ski Otters) finished 1st in doubles, Caden McKenzie (Midwest Ski Otters) finished 1st in intermediate jump, and James Bruns (Catfish Bay) took 1st in open jump, along with rest of the Catfish Bay jump team winning team jump.