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By Alexis Broderick – News Editor 

The Jonathan Law gymnastics capped a historic winter season by winning the SCC Championship.

Law defeated Mercy 126.60 to 126.40 to win its first SCC title since 2007. 

The thrilling end of the season also marked the end of the gymnastics careers of the team’s seniors: Kylee Troy, Lilly Balderi, Natalie Gordon, Isabella Piccirillo, and manager Brooke Nabors. 

“Gymnastics has changed my life and it’s so sad to say it had to come to an end,” Troy said.

Gordon, a senior captain, has done gymnastics for 12 years and is also very sad to see her career end.

“Gymnastics has changed my life in so many ways that it’s hard to type out,” Gordon said. “My current gymnastics team and all the girls that have graduated in the past few years are like my second family. I love the atmosphere of the Law gym and how everyone is always helping each other even though we’re technically all going against each other to be one of six girls on each event. This sport teaches you how to lift each other up, sometimes literally. I’ve made lifelong friends through this sport and I’m really going to miss it.” 

Sophomore Emma Nelly said she was extremely proud of the way the team finished its season at SCC.

“I felt extremely proud of everyone because we all worked really hard to get to where we were at the end of the season,” Nelly said. “Plus we didn’t have Makenna Sharpe, who usually puts in good scores for us, so new people had to step up that don’t usually compete, and that was definitely a lot of pressure for them. But regardless even if people were nervous, nobody showed it and everyone hit their routines which was so good to see because it really showed all of the work that was put in all season by the whole team, and not just the people who usually completed.”

The girls were all very impressed with this season and those returning are excited for what the next gymnastics season brings for them.

Both Nelly and junior captain Catherine Burns were named All-State at the end of this season.

“I am excited to defend our SCC title and to get back on the gym floor with all of my teammates,” Burns said.