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A FIRST TUMBLING FALCON

Raider gymnast going to emerging NCAA sport
A FIRST TUMBLING FALCON
With parents Jeff and Heidi watching Friday morning, Medford senior Kyla Krause signs her Letter of Intent to attend the University of Montevallo and join its first acrobatics and tumbling team, which is set to make its debut in the spring of 2025. The NCAA Division II school of about 2,600 students is located in central Alabama. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
A FIRST TUMBLING FALCON
With parents Jeff and Heidi watching Friday morning, Medford senior Kyla Krause signs her Letter of Intent to attend the University of Montevallo and join its first acrobatics and tumbling team, which is set to make its debut in the spring of 2025. The NCAA Division II school of about 2,600 students is located in central Alabama. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS

While possessing gymnastics skills that have her name all over Medford’s record board in that sport, Kyla Krause is going to take an exciting new course once she completes her ...

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