Gill, Beavercreek’s team captain, is coming off a Dayton City Championship all-around title after winning individual titles in the bars, floor and vault.
Also keep an eye on Stebbins’ Marisa Coker and Northmont’s Zoe Woodbury. Coker won the beam and was second on bars to help her finish runner-up in the DCC all-around.
Woodbury was third in all-around after finishing second in both the floor and vault.
Hockey back in action
Beavercreek and Centerville attempt to survive the weekend in the ice hockey district at the Ice Haus at Nationwide Arena in Columbus.
Sixth-seeded Beavercreek plays top-seeded Cincinnati Sycamore at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
No. 9 Centerville plays No. 4 Dublin Jerome at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
The winners return Sunday for the semifinals at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
No. 2 Dublin Coffman, No. 3 Cincinnati Moeller, No. 12 Upper Arlington and unseeded Oxford Talawanda are also in the quarterfinals.
Extra points
• Centerville sophomore Morgan Mullins finished ninth in the D-I girls diving state championships at Canton on Wednesday. Mullins set the Elks’ school record with 448.95 points winning the district last week.
Teammate Olivia Lehman, one of two freshmen to qualify for state, didn’t make it out of the state prelims.
• Alter senior Tim Walker finished his hockey career as the Knights’ all-time leader in career points and set single season records for points, goals and assists. Walker is also the first Alter player to surpass 200 career points.
• Senior guard Kacie Cassell scored her 1,000th career point in Vandalia Butler’s 47-33 defeat of Centerville on Wednesday. Cassell scored 16 points in the sectional win.
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