As a freshman last season, Southern Regional gymnast Francesca Verdi didn’t qualify for the NJSIAA Individual State Championships. A month after the season ended, she shattered her right ankle.
“At first, my surgeon said I wouldn’t be able to come back to gymnastics,” Verdi explained after the recent South Jersey sectional meet. “After the surgery, because it went so well, my surgeon said, ‘OK, you’re good to go back.’ So, of course, I did.”
Along with 39 others on Nov. 12 at Brick Memorial High School, the sophomore competed on the balance beam in the state…
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