Traxler: Elite Harrisburg, Mitchell gymnasts share deep roots at final state high school meet

MITCHELL — The all-around podium Saturday night at the Class AA state gymnastics meet made for a meaningful picture. It was Katelyn Maeschen, Kyanna Gropper and Olivia Prunty on the top three steps, in places 1-2-3. That’s how it looked in a number of the pictures Mitchell coach Audra Rew has of those three as young gymnasts in the youth-level MEGA Gymnastics program growing up, too. “Katelyn grew up with Olivia and Kyanna. I’ve got pictures of them, probably more pictures of them together than I do apart,” Rew said. “I remember all of the camps that we went to and Katelyn has always been that spark plug. The three of them really have totally different...