The rapidly improving Bemidji High gymnastics team should add two wins to its dual meet record this weekend when it travels to Park Rapids tonight and returns home Saturday to meet Quad Cities at the Gym Bin.
Bemidji has had only three duals this year, winning over Park Rapids and Moorhead and losing by two points to Grand Rapids. They reversed that loss at the Grand Rapids triangular last week where Quad Cities was a distant third.
The injury plagued gymnasts are back at full strength and seemingly set for a late run.
They end their regular season hosting state champion Perham Tuesday and Fergus Falls Friday.
The Perham meet should draw many gymnastics buffs to view a team that is topping 150 points.
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Bemidji reached a season high 135 at the Rapids in its last start, its fifth meet in a row over the 130 mark.
It won its first meeting with Park Rapids here 128-96.
The Panthers have improved drastically since then but still average in the mid teens. Quad Cities seldom reaches 100. Area teams schedule the Mesabi East-BEST combo to aid the Range school to maintain its program.
Bemidji will be led tonight by Dani Paris who set a school record 36.35 all around mark at the Rapids, hitting nines on all for events.
She will be joined by seniors Pearl Walker and Kelley Frost, juniors Amy Hambrecht and Tessa Comstock and seventh grader Tiana Stinar.
