PREP ROUNDUP: 3 area girls weightlifters win state titles

Three lifters from three different area schools won gold at the FHSAA Girls State Weightlifting Championships on Saturday.

North Port’s Madison Atwood captured the Class 3A 169-pound weight class with a 185 bench press, 220 clean and jerk for a 405 total at St. Cloud High School. Atwood won the class by 50 pounds.

In the Class 2A Meet at Suwannee High School in Live Oak, Port Charlotte High’s Tara Yount and Charlotte High’s Daphnie Toussaint captured state crowns.

Yount took the 183-pound class with a 200-185-385 to prevail by 15 pounds. 

Toussaint captured the 199-pound weight class with a 190-155-345 to also claim the title by 15 pounds.

In the team scoring, Port Charlotte finished second in 2A behind only winner Arnold High, 22-19. Charlotte was fourth with 14 points.

North Port ended third in Class 3A with 20 points behind only winner Navarre (30) and runner-up Vero Beach (26). 

Also in the second (heavier weight classes) session, North Port’s Tristain Atwood, Madison’s twin sister, was second at 154 with a 180-195-375.

Aubrey Jarvis of North Port placed fourth at 3A 154 with a 180-185-365. 

Kassidy Gaw of Port Charlotte grabbed sixth at 2A 199 with a 165-160-325.

In the first session, the Pirates’ Alexa Estevez finished second in the Class 2A 139-pound weight class. Estevez benched 160 pounds and lifted 150 in the clean and jerk for a 315 total, five pounds behind winner Madison Upshaw of Mosley’s 160-160-320.

Also, Samantha Sineath of the Pirates grabbed second at 129 with a 170-175-345, 55 pounds off the pace.

Charlotte’s Huyen Lee also was state runner up in 101 with a 160-115-275, 15 pounds behind the winner. 

Others reaching the medal stand were Port Charlotte’s Angelina Marquez (fifth in 110 with a 125-135-260) and Charlotte’s Gianna Creola (sixth in 129 with a 155-155-310).

In Class 3A, Venice’s Kylie Flaherty-Cohn (fifth in 129 with a 160-145-305) and Jacey Tippman (fifth in 139 with a 160-140-300).

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Lemon Bay won the title with 230 points, beating runner-up Brandon (190.5) in the 17-team field Saturday at Lemon Bay High School.

Other area finishers: 7. Bayshore (66.5), 11. North Port (31), 13. Imagine School at North Port (29), 15. Port Charlotte (14), 16. Riverview (12) and 17. Booker (11).

The Manta Rays had three champions: 170-pound weight class Chase Alden, 182 Lance Schyck and 195 Louis Baldor.  

Other Lemon Bay finishers: 106 Alex Truisi (4th), 113 Logan Kelly (3rd), 120 Brycen Warren (4th), 126 Johnathon Hartsikov (3rd), 132 Justin Brady (2nd), 138 Ashton Tucker (3rd), 145 Caleb Corridino (2nd), 152 Austin Werden (2nd), 160 Marcus Lopez (5th), 220 Ben Arnett (4th), HWT Tyson Jackson (3rd).

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DISTRICT TOURNAMENTS

Class 7A-District 8

Championship game, Riverview 80, Plant City Durant 63

Class 6A-District 11

Championship game, Fort Myers 72, Charlotte 69 3 OTs

Class 5A-District 11

Championship game Port Charlotte 62, Cape Coral Mariner 39

Class 4A-District 10

Saturday, Feb. 13

Championship game, Tampa Catholic 59, Booker 40

Class 3A-District 7

Championship game, Bradenton Christian 60, Parrish Community 45

REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS

(7 p.m. Thursday)

Class 7A-Region 2

Tampa Wharton at Riverview

Class 6A-Region 3

Charlotte at Lehigh Acres Lehigh Senior

Class 5A-Region 3

Naples Barron Collier at Port Charlotte

Class 4A-Region 3

Booker at Astronaut 

Class 3A-Region 2

Fort Myers Canterbury at Bradenton Christian

Parrish Community at Community School of Naples