IDGEWAY — The Altoona Area High School gymnasics team competed at the Central Pennsylvania Gymnastics championships Thursday night, finishing in second place with a score of 130.65.

The host Ridgway team took first with a total of 132 points. Bellefonte was third with 129 points.

Altoona’s Karis McGhee finished first on the bars in the gold division. Evie Irwin was first on the vault and second in the all-around in the silver division.

Marissa Rosas was first on the bars, floor and all-around in the silver division.

“With a last-minute team put together due to injuries, they did a job to be proud of,” Altoona coach Mark Biseli said.

Super experience

Eight Slippery Rock University students recently earned a coveted opportunity at one of the largest spectacles in sport by joining the staff that brought Super Bowl LX to life last weekend in Santa Clara, California for more the than 90,000 fans attending the NFL’s marquee event.

Jonathan Wess , a senior sport management major who is a Central Cambria High School graduate, was among the SRU sport management majors who served on a team that managed game day fan experiences outside of Levi’s Stadium. Wess and his classmates staffed the surrounding premium tailgate areas, directing pedestrian flow and maximizing attendee satisfaction.

Wess and his classmates spent several days in the Bay Area touring prominent sports facilities, networking with alumni, and partnering with On Location, the experiential hospitality company behind events like the Super Bowl, the Olympic Winter Games in Italy and FIFA World Cup 2026.

The trip, led by SRU faculty members, is a summation of the classroom knowledge sport management majors cultivate in the classroom. The sport management program’s coursework emphasizes large-scale events and the marketing, logistics and security requirements that make them possible.

California’s office of the governor projected the Super Bowl to generate more than $500 million and exceed last year’s record-breaking television audience of 127.7 million viewers.