Three Gore Pirates high school powerlifters qualified for this week’s Class A State Meet in El Reno by placing in the top five at the regional meet last Friday at Hartshorne.
Gore seventh-grader Gage Young was the regional champion at 220 pounds in the seventhgrade division as he had a total lift of 670 pounds.
Gore heavyweight powerlifter T.J. Abercrombie was regional runner-up with a total lift of 1,290 pounds.
In the freshmen division, 168-pounder Seth Current was second with 935 pounds total lifted.
Marcus Scott was fifth at 220 pounds with a total lift of 1,155 pounds.
Gore’s 105-pounder Wyatt Chitty grabbed a berth to the Class A Junior High State Meet as he was fourth in the eighth-grade division with a total lift of 440 pounds.
Jacob Hites, who was at heavyweight division in the seventh-grade division, earned his berth to state as he was fifth with a total lift of 635 pounds.
A fifth Pirate who earned a trip to state was seventh-grader Aiden Robertson, who was fifth at 114 pounds as he lifted a total of 470 pounds.
Beau Moore is the sixth Pirate to earn a trip to state as he was third at 123 pounds in the eighth-grade divi-sion with a total lift of 640 pounds.
Devon Mannon also punched his ticket to state as he got an atlarge berth to state in the 168-pound division as he was seventh with a lift of 1,045 pounds total.
As for other Pirates, Jace Gates just missed out on making state as he was sixth at 168 pounds with a total lift of 650 pounds.
Another Pirate powerlifter who just missed the cut in making this week’s Class A State Meet was Jaxon Denton as he also was sixth at 220 pounds as he lifted a total of 895 pounds.
Riley Gilley was eighth at heavyweight in the seventh-grade division as he lifted a total of 600 pounds even.
Preston Grubaugh (395 pounds total lifted) and Bryson Franco (385) were ninth and 10th, respectively, at 114 pounds in the seventhgrade division.
Maden Smith was ninth at heavyweight with a total of 1,055 pounds lifted.
Cole Ralston was 10th at 123 pounds with a total lift of 640 pounds.
At the Class A Girls State Meet on March 2 in Durant, Gore Lady Pirate powerlifter Maddison Douglass was sixth at 168 pounds in the Class A State Meet with a total lift of 635 pounds.
