By Terry Cookston
Herald-Banner Sports
The Royse City powerlifting team hosted its 4th Annual Powerlifting Invitational on Saturday with 17 boys teams and seven girls teams competing at the RCISD Middle School gymnasium.
Jayci Nelson led the Royse City girls team to its fourth-place finish behind champion Forney, second-place Weatherford and third-place Wills Point by capturing the championship in the 132-pound weight class.
Nelson lifted 610 total pounds with 240 in the Squat, 125 in the Bench Press and 245 in the Dead Lift en route to the individual title.
The Lady Bulldogs garnered one first-place finish, one second, one third, two fourths and two fifths for 21 total points. They picked up third, fourth and fifth places in the 148-pound class with Katie Schell lifting 560 pounds for third, Rebecca Zernick 555 for fourth and Tiffany Cooper 535 for fifth.
Hannah Palmer claimed a fourth place (655) and Megan Burton earned a fifth (365) in the 181-pound division and Kaylie Jones came in second (655) in the 220-pound weight class.
Best Lifter awards in the girls division went to Weatherford's Alysia Arriaga in the 97-165 class and to Forney's Lauren Hartwick in the 181-220 plus class.
The Royse City boys wrapped up seventh-place team honors with two second-place finishes, one third and one fourth for 15 points. Justin Northwest won the boys team title with 29 points. South Garland, Sachse and Denison were close behind with 21 points each.
Matthew Cortez and Jose Ramirez sparked the Bulldogs with silver medals in the 198-pound class and 242-pound division respectively.
Cortez lifted 1285 pounds with 540 in the Squat, 295 in the Bench Press and 450 in the Dead Lift to finish 75 pounds out of first place. Ramirez totaled 1315 pounds, the same as gold medalist Tyrone Melton of Sachse, but Melton finished six points ahead in the Swartz total.
Brady Johnston added a bronze for the Bulldogs in the 220-pound weight class with 1135 pounds (415 Squat, 265 Bench and 455 Dead Lift) and Chris Doyle posted a fourth in the 132-pound division with 795 total pounds (275 Squat, 185 Bench and 335 Dead Lift).
Sachse's Joey Silva won Best Lifter in the 114-165 class and Rishaad Wimbley of Forney earned the honor in the 181-SHW class.
4th Annual Royse City
Invitational
Saturday Results
Girls Team Standings
1. Forney 49
2. Weatherford 34
3. Wills Point 33
4. Royse City 21
5. Greenville 12
6. North Forney 10
7. Wylie East 3
Girls Individual Winners
Wt. Name Total
97 Kuhel, Wills Point 290
105 Arriaga, Weatherford 675
114 Townsend, Forney 540
123 Wilson, Weatherford 625
132 Nelson, Royse City 610
148 King, Wills Point 625
165 Eastep, Forney 480
181 Hartwick, Forney 895
198 West, Forney 760
220 Weaver, Forney 625
220+ Davis, Greenville 830
Boys Team Standings
1. Justin Northwest 29
2. South Garland 21
3. Sachse 21
4. Denison 21
5. Forney 17
6. Mesquite Horn 16
7. Royse City 15
8. Rowlett 11
9. Greenville 10
10. Rockwall 10
14. Rockwall-Heath 5
Boys Individual Winners
Wt. Name Total
114 Silva, Sachse 855
123 Nelson, Denison 800
132 Champion, Greenville 955
148 Davis, South Garland 1080
165 Ellis, Rowlett 1130
181 Roelofs, Justin NW 1270
198 Stevens, Justin NW 1360
220 King, Justin NW 1210
242 Melton, Sachse 1315
275 Wimbley, Forney 1565
SHW Foma, South Garland 1360
