Andy Valley Gymnastics boys performed well recently at the Maine State Gymnastics Championships in Lewiston. The Level 4 boys’ team finished third. In the 6-year-old age group, Cole Larrabee placed second in the all- around (AA), pommel horse (PH) and vault (V) and parallel bars ({PB). He also won floor exercise, placed third on high […]
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A-L Sports Hall of Fame: Lewiston’s groundbreaking athletes honored
During the 1990’s, Rodney Gendron and Peter Landry were doing things in the sport of gymnastics that no other locals had ever achieved. Katie Lachapelle was skating new paths for future female hockey players, while Kristi Royer Ouellette was setting a new standard of excellence in Lewiston basketball. None of them set out to do […]
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A-L Hall of Fame: Gendron’s gymnastics career comes full circle
With a diploma from Ohio State in one hand and an NCAA gymnastics title in the other as a student coach for the Buckeyes, Rodney Gendron had a life-altering decision to make. Gendron had the choice to stay in Columbus, Ohio, and be a full-time assistant coach for the men’s gymnastics program under Peter Kormann, […]
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A/L Hall of Fame: Key decisions play vital role in Landry’s gymnastics career
Peter Landry’s star-studded gymnastics career — one that included a national championship at Ohio State — almost never happened. Landry, who was first introduced to gymnastics at the age of 3, walked away from the sport when he was in sixth grade, saying he felt he needed some time away from the mat and the […]
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Lewiston, YMCA reach tentative deal over gymnastics program
LEWISTON — The city appears to have reached a deal to hand over its popular gymnastics program to the Auburn-Lewiston YMCA. The city of Lewiston would lease its equipment and space in the Lewiston Armory for $1 a year, and the Y would do the rest. Councilors will vote on the proposal Tuesday. Steven Wallace, […]
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YMCA may rescue Lewiston gymnastics program
LEWISTON — The city and the Auburn-Lewiston YMCA are quietly working on a deal that may save a popular, city-run gymnastics program squeezed by tightening budgets. “We’re looking at a partnership with the city of Lewiston,” Steven Wallace, YMCA CEO, said. A tentative plan would allow the program to stay in the Lewiston Armory, but […]
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Lewiston parents worry privatized gymnastics program would be out of reach
LEWISTON — Parents of city gymnasts say they’re worried that efforts to privatize a recreation department program will price their kids out of the sport. “It won’t be accessible any longer, not to your average Lewiston citizen,” said Tory Dresser, mother of 5-year-old Valentine. “I don’t know what the median income is here, but I […]
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GRCC Gymnastics Summer Camp July 29 – Aug. 2 in Rumford
RUMFORD — The Gymnastics Summer Camp at the Greater Rumford Community Center will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. from Monday, July 29, through Friday, Aug. 2. Costs are $40 for children ages 2 through 8 years old for the 9 to 10:30 a.m. session, and $50 for children ages 9 through 18 for […]