Gunnison gymnasts show off their skills at home

Four competitions set for this summer

Jacob Spetzler

and Sports Editor

The Gunnison Rec Center gym filled with cheers as the town gymnastics team performed its routines for a crowd of peers, parents and grandparents during the annual exhibition Wednesday, May 10.

Twenty-four gymnasts are on the roster this year, ranging from ages 8 to 16. Each athlete performed a routine on the beam, bars and floor to great applause.

The early season exhibition has become tradition in recent years and is a way for the gymnastics team to perform at home. The Gunnison team competes in the Colorado Association of Recreation Athletics (CARA) League which is organized through the Colorado Parks and Recreation Association. It ncludes primarily Front Range teams.

Due to how far Gunnison is from the metro area and the size of the Rec Center gym, the team is rarely awarded a home meet during competition season, said Recreation Supervisor Ginny Baylor. So the this preseason home exhibition

“The home exhibition is a good opportunity for our gymnasts to do a run through of their routines in front of spectators and get the pre-season jitters out,” Baylor said. “It also gives our new families a sneak peak at what to expect when they travel to a meet.”

This season, the gymnastics team will compete in four league meets. The first will take

GHS baseball makes playoffs

As the end of the season grew near, the Cowboy varsity baseball team put together a series of wins over the course of the last week that would narrowly earn a postseason run. On May 12, Gunnison traveled to Moffat to play a neutral turf doubleheader against Moffat County, pulling off a spectacular couple of wins. The first game ended 6-5 and the second, 14-7. Then, on Monday, May 16, the Cowboys took on the North Fork Miners to round out the season, winning 17-7. The games brought Gunnison’s final season record to 10-12, and a 3A Western Slope record of 4-5. The Cowboys are now slated to compete in the first round of the playoffs against the Panthers at Montezuma-Cortez High School this Friday. Game time has yet to be determined.

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