Conifer High School students, freshman Payton Buccelli, freshman Avery Hanisch, sophomore Annikah Ramsey, and freshman Willa Potter, compete for the Evergreen gymnastics team. Because Conifer doesn’t have a gymnastics team, these athletes are forced to take their talents to Evergreen. They would like to add a team at Conifer so they wouldn’t have to always go to Evergreen.
“I would add a gymnastics team to build interest with new gymnasts and help people try something new. I think it’s really fun and it fosters a lot of team spirit. So I think it would be a beneficial thing to Conifer,” Ramsey said.
There are very few Conifer gymnasts, however, if more students took up the sport then a high school team could be created for the school.
“Obviously I love my teammates, but I think it’d be fun with a bigger team. It’s more fun to show your school spirit during school if we have a meet or something and let people know we’re here,” Ramsey said.
“I think I would add a team just so that I wouldn’t have to go back and forth between schools all the time,” Hanisch said.
Conifer cannot start a team of its own mainly because there are not enough people interested in joining, and since Evergreen already has a gymnastics team these athletes do have somewhere to go. The Conifer girls who participate in gymnastics at Evergreen wish there was a team at Conifer so that their sport could be acknowledged and they could feel more seen.
“I totally would add a team at Conifer just because I really like gymnastics and I want to spread it around the school,” Buccelli said.
