Center Lady Rider powerlifters Chakera Ingram and Gaby Mireles earned top honors Saturday as they led the Center Lady Rider powerlifting team to the championship at the Hemphill Powerlifting Meet.

Ingram earned Best Lifter on the light platform at the one-day event, while Mireles was named Best Lifter for the heavy platform.

It was a disappointing finish to a successful powerlifting season for two area high school athletes at the Texas High School Powerlifting Association State Meet held Saturday in Corpus Christi.

Shelbyville's Kelsi Griffin and Center's Chakera Ingram both earned the trip, with Griffin competing against the state's best for the second straight year and Ingram making her first visit to lift at Corpus Christi.

Two Shelby County powerlifters will compete against the state's best Saturday when Center's Chakera Ingram and Shelbyville's Kelsi Griffin compete in the Texas High School Powerlifting Association State Meet held in Corpus Christi.

Ingram squatted 285 pounds, bench pressed 120 pounds and dead lifted 375 pounds to place third at the Class 3A Region III competition held several weeks ago in Forney. She was in the 148-pound weight class and totaled 780 total pounds between the three events.

The Center Roughrider powerlifting team recently posted its second straight strong finish, wining the Diboll Invitational. CHS outscored nine other team to take the title.

Melvin Suell claimed top honors in the 123-lb. class with a total of 830 pounds, while Justin Lovett and Jetarvis Jackson placed second and third, respectively, in the 148-lb. class. Lovett tallied 1,045 pounds in the deadlift, squat and bench press, while Jackson lifted 990 pounds.