With any sports team, losing a bunch of seniors to graduation can hurt the following year. However, if your team has a lot of solid returning athletes and a fantastic crop of freshmen coming into the program, it not only can soften the blow from graduation but also benefit the program for years to come.

Such may be the case for the Southern Regional gymnastics team this fall. Head coach Judy Miller’s Rams lost six seniors, including all-around star Ashley Hemenway, who ended her high school…