Congratulations are in order to the Pierce County Middle School (PCMS) Boys 2023 Weightlifting Competition Team on another fantastic showing at Conference Championships.
The Bears finished conference runner up for the third straight year.
The Weightlifting Competition Team consists of 16 weight classes which are: 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 215, 216+.
Each lifter gets three lifts in Bench Press and in Power Cleans.
The best (heaviest) lifts of the two different lifts are combined to a total and points are given out by first (5pts), second (3pts), and third (1pt).
“The hard work in the weight room has continued to pay huge dividends, especially looking at the size difference of our lifters compared to other schools in the conference,” said Head Coach Shannon Batten.
The Bears Lifters all hit new personal records on the Bench and Power Cleans.
The Bears Individual Placers are as followed:
West Shreves (70lb class) Bench-50 Power Clean-60 (110lb total) second place.
James Alonso (80lb class) Bench-85 Power Clean-105 (190lb total) first place.
JT Boyett (90lb class) Bench-90 Power Clean-110 (200lb total) first place.
David Herring (100lb class) Bench-90 Power Clean-100 (190 total) third place.
Justin Smith (110lb class) Bench-105 Power Clean-130 (235lb total) second place.
Jack McClellan (130lb class) Bench-145 Power Clean-165 (310lb total) second place.
Cecil Reese (140lb class) Bench-210 Power Clean-200 (410lb total) first place.
Brayden McKendree (150lb class) Bench-170 Power Clean-200 (370 total) first place.
Alex Lacot (160lb class) Bench-165 Power Clean-175 (340 total) third place.
Jagger Young(170lb class) Bench-195 Power Clean-195 (390lb total) third place.
Chance Williams(180lb class) Bench-175 Power Clean-210 (385lb total) second place.
Alejandro Perez(200lb class) Bench-165 Power Clean-155 (320lb total) third place.
Long Middle placed first overall in the event with 44 Points (three Conference Champs in row).
Pierce Middle racked up 36 Points overall, earning the team second place and their third consecutive year as conference runner up.
Ware Middle place third with 26 Points, followed by Bethune Middle ( 19 Points), Bacon Middle (8 Points), Appling Middle (6 Points) and Martha Puckett (1 Points).
“Thanks again to all my lifters this year. You all worked extremely hard this year and I can not thank you enough for your efforts yesterday. Proud of all of you,” said Coach Batten.
