Local gymnast club ready for state meet

About 260 of Montana's best gymnasts will gather in Hamilton this weekend for the Montana State Gymnastics Meet.

"This meet will be a great finish for our Montana gymnastics season and the gymnasts who have worked so hard," said Steve Henneford, state director of the Women's Program of USA Gymnastics.

Competing at the meet will be gymnasts from 12 of Montana's gymnastics clubs, including Big Sky Gymnastics of Havre. All gymnasts had to earn qualifying scores from other meets to attend the state meet.

The boys' competition gets under way today at 3 p.m. at Hamilton High School, with 24 gymnasts...