If there’s one thing for which second-year Cheney gymnastics coach Melissa Bradley might be thankful it might be she has better numbers.

It might have even been a stretch to consider Bradley’s 2021-22 team a team in the first place. Coming off of COVID, her first team had but just two competitors — and one of those landed on the injury roster.

But the sole survivor, Emma Ayers, a newbie to the sport at the high school level would go on to earn runner-up honors at JV districts. It was a pretty amazing feat competing against people who have done gymnastics before, her coach said.

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