Gymnastics

Pine-Richland finished first at the WPIAL team gymnnastics championships Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 at Moon.
Pine-Richland gets past Moon to win program’s 4th WPIAL team gymnastics title
February 10, 2024
Pine-Richland topped the field in the bars and the beam to win the WPIAL team gymnastics championship for the fourth time in program history Friday.

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Burrell sophomore Kendel Fenner works on her beam routine during training Jan. 9, 2024, at Ultimate Gymnastics in Delmont.
Gymnasts ramp up their performances in anticipation of WPIAL state competitions
January 14, 2024
Karcy Fennell attended last year’s WPIAL gymnastics championship at Moon High School.

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Plum sophomore Natalia Burris trains on the balance beam during a workout May 3, 2023, at Elegance Elite Gymnastics in Delmont.
Plum gymnast Natalia Burris competes at Eastern Nationals
May 6, 2023
Natalia Burris was in select company over the weekend.

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Baldwin’s Abby Rexrode competes at the WPIAL gymnastics championships Feb. 11, 2023, at Moon.
Baldwin’s Abby Rexrode remains 2nd to none in WPIAL gymnastics
March 26, 2023
Baldwin’s Abby Rexrode has made an indelible imprint on WPIAL gymnastics.

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Thomas Jefferson junior Addie Arndt competes during a 2023 gymnastics meet.
Thomas Jefferson junior dives headfirst into 2-sport winter schedule
Addison Arndt literally dives headfirst into her winter athletic schedule at Thomas Jefferson.

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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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