Five NHS Gymnasts make state finals

Now in her eighth year as Niwot High School girls' gymnastics coach, Marisa Purcell and her assistant coach, Maddi York, took a young squad to the 4A gymnastics state championships in Thornton where they finished third, but only seven tenths of a point from second place.

After graduating six seniors in the spring of 2022, this team of mostly freshmen and sophomores had to first learn to be a team...