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Published Friday, May 02, 2008 in Sports
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Newnan High School GymCats
GymCats land state title
FROM STAFF REPORTS
sports@newnan.com
ATLANTA -- Lately, it's been raining gymnastics titles like GymCats and GymDogs in Georgia.
A week after the University of Georgia earned its fourth straight NCAA Gymnastics title, the Newnan High GymCats captured their first-ever Georgia High School Association State Championship Friday night at the 2008 state gymnastics meet here at The Westminster School.
The championship came in Newnan's third year of gymnastics.
The effort may have been fitting for four graduating seniors who started the program as freshmen, while constantly moving Newnan up the ladder among the state's elite high school teams after finishing third at last year's state meet.
The team, which consists of seniors Elizabeth Davis, Chelsea Glory, Maureen Kookogey and Kristen Pirie, sophomore Haley Todd and freshmen Paige Pirie and Haley Pilgreen, trains as members of the Newnan School of Gymnastics, and went through its regular season undefeated before reaching the GHSA's at last week's state qualifier at The Lovett School.
Paige Pirie finished fifth on bars and Davis took fifth on floor as Newnan relied on its consistency by sticking its landings and scoring 9s in all five positions.
"The beam is really where our hard work paid off," said Newnan coach Kate Davis of an effort where three of four GymCats stuck landings.
"It was a total team effort."
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