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Monona Grove rides 'unbreakable' bond to first Division 2 state team gymnastics trophy

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WIAA STATE TEAM GYMNASTICS

Monona Grove rides 'unbreakable' bond to first Division 2 state team gymnastics trophy

SEAN DAVIS
Mar 8, 2025
Mar 8, 2025 Updated Mar 12, 2025

Monona Grove earned its first WIAA state team gymnastics trophy, taking second in Division 2 on Friday at Lincoln High School in Wisconsin Rapids.

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WISCONSIN RAPIDS — Savanna Gangstad felt this year’s Monona Grove gymnastics team was more connected than any of her previous three seasons, describing the group’s bond as “unbreakable.”

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Monona Grove trophy — The Monona Grove team poses for a photo after finishing Division 2 runners-up during the WIAA state team gymnastics competition on Friday at Lincoln High School in Wisconsin Rapids.
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Monona Grove's Savanna Gangstad — Monona Grove's Savanna Gangstad performs her balance beam dismount during the WIAA Division 2 state team gymnastics competition on Friday at Lincoln High School in Wisconsin Rapids.
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Monona Grove's Kennedy Sefcik — Monona Grove's Kennedy Sefcik poses after her balance beam routine as coach Tara Ritschard-Clifcorn celebrates during the WIAA Division 2 state team gymnastics competition on Friday at Lincoln High School in Wisconsin Rapids.
SEAN DAVIS LEE SPORTS WISCONSIN

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The scene of Friday's WIAA state team gymnastics championships

Verona/Edgewood's Zoe Brattlie

Sauk Prairie's McKenna Breunig

Mount Horeb's Abbey Brummer

Monona Grove's Savanna Gangstad

Sauk Prairie's Claire Hartman

Verona/Edgewood's Zoe Marckesano

Monona Grove trophy

Waupun's Sophia Neary

Mount Horeb's Reece Olinger

Mount Horeb's Athena Ouradnik

Waupun's Abby Roecker

Monona Grove's Kennedy Sefcik

Sauk Prairie's Lauren Uselman

Verona/Edgewood's Dominika Ziemba

Sauk Prairie's Lyla Annen

Monona Grove's Nola Benson

Sauk Prairie's McKenna Breunig

Waupun's Stella Harmsen

Mount Horeb's Harper Hendrickson

Waupun's Ava Koerner

Verona/Edgewood's Lizzie Krylova

Waupun's Natalie Manske

Verona/Edgewood's Zoe Marckesano

Verona/Edgewood's Mia Miller

Sauk Prairie's Addy Ranzenberger

Monona Grove's Ava Ring

Monona Grove's Ella Tweedy

Waupun's Meadow Wagner

Verona/Edgewood's Dominika Ziemba

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