Powerlifting

That's a great idea, and should be seriously looked into.

The part I didn't agree with was saying that the complaints were coming from disgruntled people who put their lifters too high all year, then complain about solid judging at a Regional Meet. My point is, many coaches were putting their kids at or right below that diagram and getting red lighted because the Palacios coach has taught his judges that if it's not at least 4 to 6 inches below parrallel, then it's not a good squat. The feet moving, bar dumping, cussing at the platform... I have no problem with that being called everytime. Discipline has to be a part of powerlifting, or someone would get hurt. I'd be all for one suit or shirt designated. 4. All competitors must be sponsored and coached by a full-time staff member of her school. Training for competition is to be done using school facilities and under the direction of the above-mentioned coach. Competitors who use private clubs or gyms as their primary training site, may be declared ineligible for T.H.S.W.P.A. competition. Complaints of suspected violations may be submitted to the Regional Director for submission to the U.I.L. District Chair. Established U.I.L. guidelines will be followed.

1st Coldspring-Oakhurst - 37pts 2nd Palacios - 27pts 3rd Bridge City - 20 pts 4th Cleveland - 15 pts 5th Jasper - 15 pts 6th Edna - 14pts 7th West Columbia Columbia - 13 pts 8th West Orange-Stark - 13pts STATE QUALIFIERS: 114 Weeks, Daryl Shepherd 890 114 Kenner, Cody Cleveland 815 123 Ellis, Rayford Cleveland 1050 123 Hardaway, Jonathan Edna 910 132 Pham, Bryan Palacios 1030 132 Meyers, Trent Bridge City 970 148 Jaquez, Erich Wharton 1360 148 Sharp, Tim Bridge City 1295 165 Watson, Stephen Coldspring-Oakhurst 1195 165 Castillo, Noel West Columbia Columbia 1175 181 Arbor, Leonard Coldspring-Oakhurst 1230 181 Jiles, Robert West Orange-Stark 1185 198 Brooks, Jarmar Coldspring-Oakhurst 1295 198 Ferree, Marcus Palacios 1265 220 Stankus, Shane Bridge City 1320 220 Rollins, Dante Jasper 1260 242 Buckley, Alex Palacios 1700 242 Arnold, Eric West Orange-Stark 1485 275 Kimpton, Lewis Jasper 1500 275 Yendrey, DJ Edna 1355 SHW Washington, Otis Coldspring-Oakhurst 1535 SHW Ochoa, Roberto Splendora 1390

I don't agree with this statement. According to the THSWPA website this is "convincingly deep." However, the squat pictured in the diagram would be significantly too high in Palacios, and I believe that is wrong.

Katye Harris was scratched at the 1st station Squats. Protests by coaches and other schools coaches were no help. The region director had to call down these judges all day for STUPID calls. The girl from Crosby who was ranked #1 in the 220 class along with KH did not make it past SQUATS. Out of 12 lifters in this class only 5 finished the meet. UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! Our region will not have the top lifters in 4A there because of unfair judging and I am not talking about just my daughter. Several of the top lifters were kicked out because of JUDGING ERRORS!!!!! I wouldn't say judging errors, just different philosophies on what an actual squat is. Most coaches in this area, and the judges at State, believe that if you put a lifter 1 to 2 inches UNDER parrallel then it is conisidered a good squat. They are looking for 3 to 5 inches under parallel in Palacios. It really does a disservice to the Regional lifters, our region will not be represented by all of our top lifters at state. The difference in philosophy will also make it real hard for WB and BC to win State now, even though they both dominated the Regional meet, both teams lost some of their best lifters at the meet, costing them valuable points at State.

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Good showing for SETX again this year. WB won the 5A Regional Championship and are sending several girls to state with a great shot at winning the 5A State Championship. Bridge City won the 3A Regional Championship and the overall 1A - 5A Championship for a 2nd year in a row, and are sending 6 kids to state including two defending State Champions, Valerie Brown won the "outstanding lifter" award in the heavy weight division for Squat, Deadlift and total. LCM Placed third as a team. Megan Fontenot won the "outstanding lifter" award in the light weight division for Squat, Bench, Deadlift and Total, breaking several regional records. Vidor, Lumberton, Port Arthur, Ozen, and PNG all represented SETX well, sending several kids to the State Meet in Corpus Christi next week.