This year the wrestling and cheer team are starting off with something new

Baldwin Junior High School has recently added a new room into their school for the wrestling and cheer team.

“The district was trying to sell it so we needed a new facility for the groups that were using the South Gym,” head wrestling coach Kit Harris said.

Some people will miss the South Gym.

“Yeah, wrestling at the South Gym, there were a lot of memories,” senior wrestler Grayson Langham said. “That’s where I’ve wrestled my entire career, it’s kind of sad leaving the South Gym, but I’m excited for the new room.”

There is a lot of meaning in the south gym to very different people .

“We’ve accomplished so many team goals there and we’ve learned from our mistakes,” junior cheerleader Michaela Todd said.

The new Mutli-Purpose Room has a lot of positives to it.

“Definitely the space is going to be nice, and we don’t have to go to the South Gym so practice will start and end earlier,” Langham said. “That gives us more time to get home and rest and do what we need to do.”

Some others feel differently about the room.

“It’s a very nice room. I just miss that we don’t have locker room, the storage is a problem,” cheer coach Patty Lenning said.

Starting fresh and new will help the teams.

“The cheer team has been using the South Gym for many years, we’ve gotten comfortable there,” Todd said. “I think being in a new environment will allow us to break free of our past troubles and start fresh, like a new slate.”