The 23rd annual Stars and Stripes Gymnastics Tournament began on Friday at the Bayfront Convention Center.
Only 45 teams at all levels from Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and West Virginia are competing throughout this weekend.
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More than 1,900 athletes ages 7 to 18 will take to the floor, bars, beam and horse, vying for a place on the podium.
Among them will be Mikaela Gorniak, a senior gymnast on the Erie Gymnastic Center’s Team Lightning. She says being part of the host team is extra exciting.
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“I’m really looking forward to competing…I look forward to it because we host it. So hopefully I do well. I’m just trying to do my best because it’s my last Stars and Stripes,” said Mikaela Gorniak, Erie gymnast…