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Brian Manning won all but won event and Cody Flaherty won that, the horse. Those two sparked Andover gymnastics to a 153.1-128.0 win over Attleboro.

Brian Manning won all but one event and Cody Flaherty won that, the horse. Those two sparked Andover gymnastics to a 153.1-128.0 win over Attleboro.

Andover came within one event of sweeping the top two spots across the board, defeating Salem in gymnastics behind Brian Manning, 156.2-128.6. Manning won every event with a dominant 51.4 all-around score.

Brian Manning won the pommel horse (8.6) and rings (8.0), was second in the parallel bars, high bar and all-around and was third in the vault and floor exercise as Andover defeated three-time defending state champion Braintree 155.9-149.3.

Andover sophomore Brian Manning, who broke his ankle in December, recovered quickly enough to win the all-around with a35.9 at the State Coaches gymnastic meet. He excelled at the parallel bars.

Freshman Brian Manning placed third in the All-Around with a 39.2 and senior Chris Chu placed fifth (37.4) as Andover finished third in the state meet. Manning finished third in the vault (8.8) and the rings (6.5). Chu finished sixth in the parallel bars.

Freshman Brian Manning scored wins in the high bar (5.15), floor (7.05), rings (6.0) and all-around (37.6) as Andover downed Lowell 130.8-115.5.

Chris Chu ran off four victories, topped by an 8.2 in the vault, and was all-around winner as Andover started its season with a 132.5-123.1 victory over Newton North. Freshman Brian Manning won the rings and placed in all other events for the Golden Warriors.

Salem's Nick Miles won all six events and the all-around, but the Blue Devils dropped their season-opener to Burlington 145-144. Dan Raymond added three second-place finishes and was third in the all-around.

Salem gymnast Sean Fallon stood out at the Coach's Invitational at Andover High, winning the floor with a score of 9.2 and finishing second in the all-around. No team scores were kept.