It was a good weekend for Ballard athletics. In addition to two basketball wins, gymnastics, cheer, and wrestling all saw successes.

The Ballard gymnastics team competed in the KingCo 4A championships at Roosevelt High School and took fifth out of 11. Seven gymnasts will move on to the districts championships at Sammamish High School on Saturday.

At the KingCo 4A championships, Newport took the win with a team total of 175.55 points, followed by Woodinville with 174.45, and Bothell with a score of 164.625.
Inglemoor took fourth with 163.95, and Ballard fifth with 157.775, beating Roosevelt, Issaquah, Redmond, Skyline, Garfield, and Eastlake.

"This was a great showing for a young Ballard team," said Stephanie Gundel.

Seven gymnasts qualified individually to districts. Ballard's Maria Volk, Lauren Lee, Maureen Sturgeon, Laila Lee and Jaemi Salazar qualified to districts on all four events, Sophia Pierce qualified on beam and Ariel Noltimier qualified on floor.

Cheer:

The Ballard girls cheer team finished second at the State championships on Saturday.

Wrestling:
Senior wrestler Miles Smalls finished his successful season by becoming the 182 pound weight class Kingco champion.

Go Beavers!