Sports
Tigers win Temple powerlifting meet
Monday, 05 March 2012 by Chuck Kelly
The Tiger powerlifting team won the Temple meet this past Saturday. Belton High school's strongmen --- and women --- muscled everyone out of their way on the way to the medal stand at last Saturday's Temple Powerlifting Meet.
The Tigers grabbed first place and the Lady Tigers earned a second place finish. The boys' team edged the Wildcats by two points, 49-47 and the Gatesville girls' team slipped by the Lady Tigers 54-52 (two points).
The boys from Midway, Waco and Copperas Cove finished way behind --- 29, 21 and 16 points!
For the second straight meet, Belton's Stephen St. John was named the Outstanding Lifter for the 114-181 lb weight classes.
Coach Lance Herring's other lifters and their individual places were:
132 lbs class – 1) Pete Contreras, 3) Reamon Martinez
148 lbs --- 1) Robert Martinez, 2) Xavier Moffit, 3) Tyson Eno
165 lbs --- 1) Stephen St. John, 5) Stephen Snyder, 8) Trent Foster
181 lbs --- 2) Devin Patterson, 4) Ryan Vincent, 8) Ryan Johnson
198 lbs --- 2) Donovan Williams
220 lbs --- 5) Quinton Manor
242 lbs --- 2) Koby Williams, 3) Brandon Sullivan, 4) Rodarius Birks, 5) Brandon McGibney
Coach Paul Williams' ladies were in a field of seven that included Midway, Copperas Cove, Waco, Salado and Temple. Williams commented that most of his girls "did exceptionally well"!
The Lady Tigers and their finishes included:
97 lbs class --- 2) Mia Garcia
105 lbs --- 2) YeYa James
114 lbs --- 1) Mari Cortez, 2) Brooke Burdine
123 lbs --- 2) Haley LeBlanc, 4) Vanessa Jiminez, 5) Jenny Newberry
132 lbs --- 1) Billi Farr, 2) Lolita Galdones, 5) Autumn Anson
148 lbs --- 1) Kyler Watkins, 2) Karina Frias
181 lbs --- 2) Abby Dolan
198 lbs --- 3) Lauren Harper
