Gymnastics

The 4-Star Gymnastic Team recently took fifth place after raising $5,800 for Breast Cancer Awareness (Unite For Her) at the Pink Invitational-Gymnasts Unite competition in Philadelphia. The team placed fifth out of 43 teams competing to raise money. 4-Star Gymnasts Genna Chenoweth and Breanna Koopman accepted the award on behalf of the team. 4-Star is in Williamsport.

By KERRY LYNN FRALEY Staff Writer WILLIAMSPORT - Physical education teacher Lois Deneen organized her first gym show in her second year of teaching at Hickory Elementary School. Deneen said she got the idea from Fred Huffman, her counterpart at nearby Williamsport Elementary School, who had started holding an annual gym show several years before. More than two decades later, the annual fourth- and fifth-grade gym show is a tradition at Hickory Elementary, said Deneen, 44. She considers the extra time she puts into organizing it worthwhile.

Flag fooball, cheerleading in Charles Town CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - Boys and girls in kindergarten through eighth grade may register for the Upward Flag Football and Cheerleading program. Every child who registers will be guaranteed a spot on the squad. Early registration costs $60 per child. After Monday, July 21, the fee will be $70. Deadline for registration is Saturday, Aug. 9. Everyone must attend one flag football or cheerleading orientation, which will be at the ball fields in front of Oakland Church in Charles Town.

The Olympics on TV: The Schedule Starting Wednesday, Sept. 13, NBC, CNBC and MSNBC will begin blanket coverage of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad. Here's a look at when events are on and where on your TV dial you can find them. For a more detailed schedule, go to www.nbcolympics.com on the Web. Wednesday MSNBC 6:30 to 9 p.m. - Soccer, U.S. men vs. Czech Republic Thursday, Sept. 14 MSNBC 6:30 to 9 p.m. - Soccer, U.S. women vs. Norway Friday, Sept.

11/13/96 Kelli Martin, a Springfield Middle School sixth-grader, was named Youth of the Month by the Washington County Commissioners Tuesday. Kelli, 11, of 13702 Woodland Heights Drive, is a member of the chorus at her school. She was named a good citizen last December and has received both the president's and the governor's awards for physical fitness for 1995 and 1996. Kelli's hobbies are horseback riding, gymnastics, roller skating, ice skating and reading, and she one day would like to be a veterinarian or horse trainer.

The Wilson School of Gymnastics and Dance's Wilson Panther All-Star Cheerleaders competed at The American Jam Nationals, hosted by JamFest, on Saturday, March 17. Pictured is the Senior Silver team, comprised of members from Chambersburg, Shippensburg and Greencastle, Pa. This team won their division, and their second national championship of the season in the Small Senior Level Three division. They competed against teams from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The Wilson Panthers are holding evaluations for their 2007-08 teams through April.

Usually when young people fly off trampolines and nearly collide, they are admonished by their mothers and told to be more careful. But with the University of Maryland Gymkana Troupe, those near collisions are part of the show and the fun. The troupe of more than 60 University of Maryland, College Park, students will perform a free show of novelty and circus acts and gymnastics routines on Wednesday night at Hagerstown Community College's Athletic,...

Brooke Duffey and Jewel Curry of the 4-Star gymnastics team brought home first-place finishes from the Level 6-7 State Gymnastics Meet. · The 9-year-old Duffey won beam (9.5) and floor (9.375) and finished third in All-Around (36.525). · The 15-year-old Curry won beam (9.325) and was second in All-Around (35.875). The 4-Star team also was represented by Kania Cook, Margaret Kline, Courtney Hanshew and Allyson Perrell in Level 6 competition and Brooke Cobb, Mariana Greco, Alyssa Marker, Courtney Rose and Ashley Coleman in the Level 7 competition.

The Top Five Jazz quartet The Lee Konitz New Quartet will perform. 8 p.m. Thursday, March 28, at Shepherd University's Frank Center, off University Drive, Shepherdstown, W.Va. $22. Call 304-876-5785, email friends@sufom.org or go to www.sufom.org . Gymnastics and circus acts The Gymkana Troupe from the University of Maryland will perform gymnastics and circus tricks. 7 p.m. Friday, March 29, at Hagerstown Community College's Athletic, Recreation and Community Center, Robinwood Drive, east of Hagerstown.

Hagerstown Community College will host the University of Maryland Gymkana Troupe Friday, March 29, beginning at 7 p.m., in the college's Athletic, Recreation and Community Center. The troupe was founded at the school in 1946. Since that time, the troupe has traveled all over the U.S. and abroad promoting gymnastics. Wellknown for its high- energy performances, the troupe performs both men's and women's gymnastic apparatus routines, as well as novelty circus acts that incorporate the use of chairs, ladders and trampolines.

The 4-Star Gymnastic Team recently took fifth place after raising $5,800 for Breast Cancer Awareness (Unite For Her) at the Pink Invitational-Gymnasts Unite competition in Philadelphia. The team placed fifth out of 43 teams competing to raise money. 4-Star Gymnasts Genna Chenoweth and Breanna Koopman accepted the award on behalf of the team. 4-Star is in Williamsport.

TNT Gymnastics and Cheer will host an open house from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at its studio, 930 Eldridge Drive, Hagerstown.  For more information, call 301-766-4411.

The classic car cruise-in is Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. on two blocks of Conococheague Street, between Potomac Avenue and Church Street. Classic cars should plan to enter from either end of Salisbury Street. The band A.P.F. will make its first appearance in this area. A donation of $3 is requested. Rain date is Aug. 10. For more information, call Jimmy Black at 301-573-1501. 4-Star celebrates the Olympics 4-Star Athletic Complex, Milestone Terrace, is celebrating the Olympics on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will hold a free Zumbatomic class for children at 10:15 a.m., and free gymnastics classes from 10 to 11 a.m. and 11 a.m. to noon.

It will be “Dark in the Park” for the inaugural Williamsport Earth Hour on Saturday in Byron Memorial Park. The band Final Notice and Henri Verdel will entertain. 4-Star Athletic Complex gymnasts will perform and give away glow sticks.  Williamsport Elementary School's Green School will showcase its program and collect old phone books, cellphones and ink cartridges. Those who donate items will receive a free door prize ticket for each item dropped off. The free event includes refreshments, door prizes, drum circle and environment-friendly sponsors.

The 4-Star Gymnastics Team from 4-Star Athletic Complex, 30 Milestone Drive,  competed at the Penn State Nittany Invitational in State College, Pa., on Jan. 21 and 22. Approximated 45 girls, ranging in age from 7 to 12, competed for the 4-Star team in six age levels. Levels 4, 5 and 6 each placed as a team and had several event champions and all-around champions. The team is coached by Sandi VanCleave, Tammie Jackson and Nica Sutch.   Winter Praise and Jam to be held at church Friday Calvary Temple, 147 S. Conococheague St., will hold its Winter Praise and Jam Friday, beginning at 7 p.m. The event will feature the worship groups KalledOut and The Living Stones.

The Waynesboro Area High School gymnastics team has been recognized as an All-American Team by the National High School Gymnastics Association. "This is the first time that Waynesboro has had the honor of having a team recognized as All-American," said coach Amy Dennis. "We were so excited when we learned our scores were high enough to gain this national honor. " A full list of schools receiving this honor has not yet been released, but it is usually awarded to 15 to 20 schools from across the country.