Gymnastics

Renee Ruggeri has coached gymnastics for nearly 40 years.
Delmont coach shares her love of gymnastics
February 20, 2023
Renee Ruggeri, the original and sole owner of Ultimate Gymnastics in Delmont, has devoted almost her entire life to the sport she loves.

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Pine-Richland sophomore gymnast Annamaria Samuels
Pine-Richland sophomore makes name for herself at WPIAL gymnastics meet
February 19, 2023
Annamaria Samuels has a unique first name and sometimes it’s accidentally misspelled, which was the case on the WPIAL championship results sheet.

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Renee Ruggeri has coached gymnastics for nearly 40 years.
Baldwin Hall of Fame gymnast Renee Ruggeri shares her love of the sport through coaching
Renee Ruggeri, the original and sole owner of Ultimate Gymnastics in Delmont, has devoted almost her entire life to the sport she loves.

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Baldwin’s Abby Rexrode
Baldwin’s Abby Rexrode edges out Freedom’s Daisy Lewis for all-around gold at WPIAL gymnastics championships
February 11, 2023
Baldwin sophomore Abby Rexrode won her second consecutive all-around title in the Advanced division at the WPIAL gymnastics championships Saturday at Moon, edging out Freedom junior Daisy Lewis in a classic duel.

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Moon won the WPIAL gymnastics team title Friday.
Moon repeats as WPIAL team gymnastics champion
Moon, the dominant team in WPIAL gymnastics over the past decade, captured another team title Friday night, topping Pine-Richland to repeat as district champs.

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Mt. Pleasant freshman gymnst Olivia Kovach is a Level 9 competitor for Ultimate Gymnastics
Olivia Kovach is 1st Mt. Pleasant gymnast to make WPIALs in a decade
February 5, 2023
The last time Mt. Pleasant was represented in gymnastics, Olivia Kovach was an infant. Brittany Ruggeri was a WPIAL medal winner for Mt. Pleasant in 2011 and ’12.

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Plum junior Sarah Kvortek won the all-around gold medal in the Gold division at the PA Classsic high school state championship meet Feb. 19, 2022, at Moon High School.
Plum gymnast Sarah Kvortek suffers season-ending foot injury
January 23, 2023
Plum senior Sarah Kvortek hoped for one final solid performance at the WPIAL individual gymnastics championships Feb. 11 to close out her high school career.

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Plum’s Sarah Kvortek won the PA Classic all-around title in 2022.
Plum gymnast Sarah Kvortek ups degree of difficulty in quest for more success
January 21, 2023
Sarah Kvortek smiles when she thinks back to last year’s PA Classic state title in the all-around at Moon High School.

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Baldwin’s Abby Rexrode won WPIAL and state gold as a freshman.
Freshman phenom leads group of versatile athletes on Baldwin gymnastics team
July 24, 2022
She is beyond being a freshman prospect.

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The top five finishers in the 2022 WPIAL advanced division consisted of Thomas Jefferson’s Kaylee Rehak (fourth), Freedom’s Daisy Lewis (second), Baldwin’s Abby Rexrode (first) and Mia Dougherty (third), and Moon’s Lauren Hoff (fifth). The WPIAL gymnastics championships took place at Moon over the Feb. 11-12 weekend.
Breaking down changes to the 2022-23, 2023-24 WPIAL gymnastics alignment
July 12, 2022
The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall.

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Olivia Miller celebrates her Pitt Blue-Gold Award during a ceremony on Pitt’s Varsity Walk on May 2, 2022, in Oakland. From left are Pitt athletes Demetrius Thomas (wrestling), Miller, Chinaza Ndee (women’s volleyball), Amy Read (women’s swimming and diving), Felix Wolter (men’s track and field) and Cal Adomitis (football).
Former Gateway gymnast Olivia Miller sets high bar athletically, academically at Pitt
May 12, 2022
Olivia Miller went from misfortune to good fortune this spring as her collegiate academic and athletic tenure at the University of Pittsburgh came to a close.

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Sarah Kvortek, Olivia Kovach and Isabella Distilo of Ultimate Gymnastics in Delmont competed in the United States of America Gymnastics Region 7 championship.
Trio from Ultimate Gymnastics compete in regionals
April 9, 2022
Three girls from Ultimate Gymnastics in Delmont were scheduled to compete in the USA Gymnastics Region 7 championship at Virginia Beach on April 8-10.

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Deer Lakes’ Elizabeth Orosz won a gold medal in bars at the WPIAL gymnastics championships Feb. 19, 2022, at Moon.
Gold medal performance ‘complete surprise’ for Deer Lakes’ Elizabeth Orosz
March 8, 2022
Elizabeth Orosz had a performance to remember at the WPIAL gymnastics championships Feb. 12.

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Plum junior Sarah Kvortek won the all-around gold medal in the Gold division at the PA Classsic high school state championship Feb. 19 at Moon High School.
Plum’s Kvortek celebrates PA Classic all-around title
February 27, 2022
Sarah Kvortek returned to the top of the podium in the Intermediate I (Gold) division at the WPIAL gymnastics championships Feb. 12 at Moon High School.

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Baldwin freshman Abby Rexrode won a WPIAL all-around gold medal Feb. 12, 2022 and the PA Classic all-around gold Feb. 19, 2022, at Moon.
Baldwin’s Abby Rexrode follows up WPIAL gold with PA Classic all-around title
February 20, 2022
One week after claiming a gold medal at the WPIAL gymnastics championships, Baldwin’s Abby Rexrode again found herself atop the medals podium.

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The top five finishers in the WPIAL advanced division consisted of Thomas Jefferson’s Kaylee Rehak (fourth), Freedom’s Daisy Lewis (second), Baldwin’s Abby Rexrode (first) and Mia Dougherty (third), and Moon’s Lauren Hoff (fifth). The WPIAL gymnastics championships took place at Moon over the Feb. 11-12 weekend.
Hard work pays off for Baldwin freshman at WPIAL gymnastics championships
Baldwin’s coaching staff was confident in freshman Abby Rexrode’s chances going into the WPIAL gymnastics individual championship meet.

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Baldwin’s Abby Rexrode won the Diamond Division all-around title with a score of 37.775 at the WPIAL gymnastics championships on Feb. 12, 2022, at Moon.
Baldwin freshman Abby Rexrode captures WPIAL gymnastics all-around gold
February 12, 2022
Abby Rexrode was competing in her first WPIAL individual gymnastics championships Saturday afternoon. The Baldwin freshman had the poise of a veteran competitor, winning the all-around title for the Diamond division.

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Moon captured the 2022 WPIAL gymnastics championship on Feb. 11, 2022, at Moon.
Moon gymnasts capture 7th WPIAL title
The Moon gymnastics team retook its place atop the WPIAL podium Friday night, capturing a seventh district title by edging Baldwin.

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Central Valley’s Carolyn Grimm (first), Hopewell’s Ashlynn Ealy (second) and Hempfield’s Kayce Tomasic (third) celebrate with their medals in the Diamond Division at the WPIAL gymnastics championships last year.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 12, 2022: Gold up for grabs in gymnastics, wrestling
District championships will be captured in gymnastics while state titles are up for grabs in team wrestling on a golden Saturday.

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Burrell gymnasts, from left, freshmen Rylie Porter and Sydney Lawson, qualified for the 2022 WPIAL individual gymnastics championships.
Despite tiny roster, young Burrell gymnasts representing school at WPIAL meet
February 10, 2022
Burrell doesn’t exactly have a gymnastics team. It’s actually just a duo.

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