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Girls’ weightlifting team celebrates a successful season
When you walk into the weight room during girls’ weightlifting season, you see and hear nothing but weights clattering, girls grunting, and coaches pushing them to their fullest potential. The Lecanto High School girls’ weightlifting team ended the season with cheers for another great year. “I really enjoyed this year,” senior Amber Atkinson said. “Considering
Boys’ weightlifting lifts off at Lecanto
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Or in this case, gets lifting. Lecanto High School boys’ weightlifting has officially began. Some players on the team, like junior Alizah Robinson, are ecstatic for the season to start. “I’m extremely excited for the season to start back up,” Robinson said. “Weightlifting gives me a chance to
Lady Panther weightlifting team finishes 3rd at Leesburg Invitational
The Lecanto High School Girls’ Weightlifting team continued a good season by coming in third place at the Leesburg Invitational Meet. Nov. 16 at 4 p.m., the Lecanto girls lifted and became victorious against South Lake, Belleview, Mount Dora, and Tavares, but the team lost against River Ridge and Leesburg. The Lady Panthers came in third with a
Lady Panther weightlifting team prepares for the season
The Lady Panther weightlifting team is cleaning and jerking into a new season. There are many things the girls have to do in the sport of weightlifting, and that these athletes have to show at practice and meets. At practice you do the same events which you perform at competitions, like cleaning and jerking, benching, etc. Also in practice you
Boys’ weightlifting team shows marked improvement
The LHS boys’ weightlifting team has come a long way. Head coach McKinley Rolle believes that his boys this year are much stronger than in years past. “I feel this year’s team is much stronger than the previous year. We were much more competitive in all of our meets. We had multiple county champions.
Boys’ weightlifting team claims victory against Springstead
The Lecanto Panthers’ boys’ weightlifting team had a nice and efficient overall win for the team at their latest meet against Springstead. The team has a very positive season underway. District competition is approaching, beginning at the end of March and continuing into April. Weightlifting head coach MacKinley Rolle, has reflected about his team for quite some time and is
Thomas represents LHS at state weightlifting competition
Senior Melanesia Thomas represented LHS at the state weightlifting competition in February. Thomas placed fourteenth with a lifting combination of 275 pounds from the clean and jerk and bench press, something quite impressive for a girl who is in the 183-pound weight class. “Mel performed splendidly,” coach Robert LeCours said. “She did extremely well, especially for state level
Girls’ weightlifting team raises the bar
The LHS girl’s weightlifting team has continued to have a successful season, shown by both of last week’s meets. The girls lifted on Tues., Jan. 10, against River Ridge High School (RHS) and Thursday against Springstead High School (SHS) and Nature Coast High School (NCHS). Tuesday the girl’s beat RHS, and Thursday they came in second behind SHS, but
Girls’ weightlifting season officially lifts off
Weightlifting is not just about lifting a bar and saying, “Oh I am so strong!” It is about toning your body, building your muscles and pushing yourself to the next level. The ladies started off with an endurance-filled week of try-outs November 14-18. “This year there’s going to be a lot of question marks because we have so
