RALEIGH -- Led by the performance of top all-around scorer Rebekah Jackson, Lee County won the 2010 Tri-Nine Conference championship Friday night at the Raleigh School of Gymnastics, as Lady Jacket gymnasts represented three of the top five all-around scores and took top scores in the beam and floor.

"Really, the girls are wonderful gymnasts. You're just lucky when you get gymnasts this talented," said Kathy McLeod-Edwards, who coaches Lee County and has worked with many of the gymnasts since they were young.

"I'm just so proud," she added. " ... We ended up with some really talented girls who worked really hard to get here."

Lee earned the best team scores in all four events, boasting a total score of 150.75 to win the conference. Coming in at No. 2 was Green Hope, which had the second-highest team score in three events and had a total score of 140.25.

Apex was third with 137.225, followed by Cary (95.15) and Panther Creek (69.9). Placing sixth was Holly Springs (37.75) and Athens Drive was seventh (34.7). Both Holly Springs and Athens each only had one gymnast listed on the score sheet.

In the vault, Holly Springs' Erika Peterson won with a score of 9.7, followed by Lee's Jackson (9.65). Green Hope's Cathy Cortell and Lee's Dallas Langston tied for third with a score of 9.5.

Cortell top ranking in the bars (9.75), with Langston (9.6) in second and Jackson (9.55) in third.

Jackson won the beam (9.8), followed by Cortell (9.65) and Langston (9.25).

In the floor, Lee County's Austin Francis recorded a 9.9 to win the event, while Jackson and Cortell tied for second with 9.8.

For all-around scores, Jackson (Lee, 38.8) was No. 1, while Cortell (Green Hope, 38.7) was second, followed by Langston (Lee, 38.1) at No. 3 and Peterson (Holly Springs, 37.75) in fourth.

Francis (Lee, 37.3) was fifth.

The top overall scorer for Green Hope was Cortell, Peterson led Holly Springs, and Melissa Pitelli — who had an all-around score of 37.275 to place sixth overall — was Apex's top scorer.

Panther Creek's top scorer was Jennie Longo, who scored 35.1 and was 10th overall.

Receiving the highest score on Athens was Sasha Winkelstein, who scored 34.7 and finished 11th.

Sara Hoyek led the Imps with a score of 33.5 that put her in 12th place.

As far as team scores — using the top four scores for each team for each event — Lee was tops in the vault (37.8), followed by Green Hope (36.25), Apex (35.45) and Cary (25.35). Holly Springs had a score of 9.7, Athens was at 9, and Panther Creek scored 8.9.

In the bars, Lee led once again, scoring 36.95. The Falcons were next at 31.1 and the Cougars scored 29.35. PCHS placed fourth (20.75), while Cary was at 11.9 and Holly Springs' bars score was 9.5. Athens earned a 7.1.

Lee earned the best beam score (36.9), with GHHS second at 35.55. Apex was No. 3 (34.5), followed by CHS (21.95), PCHS (15), ADHS (9.25) and Holly Springs (9).

Lee's score on the floor was 39.1, followed by Apex (37.925) and Green Hope (37.35).

The Imps were fourth (35.95), with the Catamounts in fifth (25.25) and Holly Spring in sixth (9.55). The Jaguars scored 9.35 on the floor. Some teams did not field four contestants in each event.

Cindy Cotten, who coaches both the Green Hope and Cary teams, said she was proud of the effort shown by both the Falcons and Imps.

"The girls did great this year. We're very excited. We have a young group and they did great this year," Cotten said of Cary.

As for Green Hope, "The finished in second place in the conference and we still have some room to grow, but I feel like we did great."