POWER: Small, Pitts lead 'Riders to strong results
Diboll Meet with 1,305 pounds, and the 165-lb. weight class at the
Chapel Hill Meet with 1,370 pounds.
Center powerlifters Jeremy Small and Kevinski Pitts continue to improve as they head toward the Class 3A Region III Meet. Both recorded victories in their respective weight classes at Diboll and Chapel Hill as they led the Roughriders to a first and fourth-place finishes, respectively.
Diboll Meet
The Roughriders posted four first-place finishes and had six second-place lifters as they won the Diboll Meet. Pitts was named the Outstanding Lifter on the heavy platforms.
First-place finishers for Center included: Small in the 165-lb. class, with a total weight of 1,305 pounds; Pitts in the 220-lb. class with a total weight of 1,385 pounds; Javaris Rankin in the 242-lb. class with 1,035 pounds; and Pedro Almaguar in the 132-lb. class with 905 pounds.
Second-place finishers for the 'Riders were: Adan Solis in the 114-lb. class with a total weight of 535; Melvin Suell in the 123-lb. class with 840 pounds; Justin Lovett in the 148-lb. class with 1,025 pounds; Michael Harrison in the 181-lb. class with a total weight of 925 pounds; Nathan Sears in the 198-lb. class with a weight of 1,030; Aaron Liker in the 220-lb. class with a total weight of 1,055 pounds; and Miguel Onate in the 242-lb. class with a weight of 960 pounds.
Other Center finishers of note include: Dillon Windham, finishing fourth in the 143-lb. class with a total weight of 745 pounds; Tre Sudds, posting a fifth-place in the 148-lb. class with a total weight of 880 pounds; Aaron Lawson, coming in fourth in the 181-lb. class with a weight of 840 pounds; BriDarian Dodd posting a third-place finish in the 220-lb. class with a total weight of 1,050 pounds; Michael Smith placing fourth in the 242-lb. class with 955 pounds; and Kaleb Hudspeth finishing sixth in the 242-lb. class with 940 pounds.
Chapel Hill Meet
Small and Pitts were both first-place finishers at the Chapel Hill Meet in their respective weight classes. Small tallied 1,370 pounds in the 165-lb. class, while Pitts accumulated 1,420 pounds in the 220-lb. class as the Roughriders tied for fourth place overall.
Other finishers of note from Center included: Melvin Suell, posting 785 pounds and finishing fourth in the 123-lb. class; Pedro Almaguar coming in second in the 132-lb. class with 940 pounds; Tre Sudds placing seventh in the 148-lb. class with 915 total pounds; Dillion Windham with a 13th-place finish in the 148-lb. class at 780 pounds; Michael Harrison coming in 10th in the 181-lb. class with 950 pounds; Aaron Liker placing fifth in the 220-lb. class with 1,085 pounds; Javaris Rankin totaling 1,085 pounds and placing sixth in the 242-lb. class; and Miguel Onate placing 9th in the 242-lb. class with 1,025 pounds.
Center Head Coach said it appears that approximately six lifters may qualify for the Class 3A Region III Powerlifting Meet, which is set for March 13 in Corpus Christ.