by Malcolm Butler
Cedar Creek’s boys powerlifting team competed this past weekend at the North Regionals at North DeSoto High School with junior Blake Robinson earning a spot on the podium.
Head coach Jacob Angevine she he was pleased with his team’s performance, especially in light of graduating five key lifters from last year’s state title squad.
“We knew our boy’s team would look a little different this year after graduating five seniors from last year’s state championship team, but there is a good mix of experience and youth on the team,” said Angevine. “We have four seniors on the team this year, and for two of them it was their first regional meet to compete at, and both of them went nine-for-nine on their lifts with a lot left in the tank.”
Robinson earned a third place finish in the 242-pound weight class with a three lift total of 1,445 pounds. Although he was the lone Cougar lifter to earn a spot on the podium, Angevine pointed out a few other individual’s efforts.
“I was real proud of Aidan Woods who gained around 20 pounds to make the team, and I was excited for Kaleb Negrotto who had struggled the last two meets,” said Angevine. “As a team, we only had one guy get on the podium, but there are some absolute monsters in the North Region.”
Negrotto totaled 1,045 pounds in the 148-pound weight class while Woods totaled 1,165 pounds with his three lifts in the 242-pound weight class.
The Cougars will now wait to see who qualifies for the state meet.
“Our goal was to get 11 guys qualified for state, and I’m pretty sure all of them will qualify,” said Angevine. “The most exciting thing though was we only had eight missed lifts all day from 11 lifters. A 92 percent successful lift rate is pretty awesome. The guys are ready and know every day is an ‘Us vs Us’ mentality.”
Cooper Greer 123 645 total
Asa Singleton 123 800 total
Kaleb Negrotto 148 1045 total
Aidan Crosby 165 1095 total
Wyatt Gremillion 181 1315 total
Josh Robbins 181 1035 total
Logan Amidon 220 1255 total
Aidan Woods 242 1165 total
Blake Robinson 3rd place 242 1445 total
Kaden Williams 275 1350 total
Chandler Bullock SHW 1320 total
