Florida's top female high school weightlifters will converge on the campus of River Ridge Middle-High School today for the fifth annual state championships. It is the second consecutive year River Ridge has been host to the event and its 270 qualifiers. ...more

February 9, 2008

Normally when someone competes in an event, they tend to only focus on themselves. ...more

February 9, 2008

Daquan Bowers ...more

February 7, 2008

High school girls weightlifting is unique to Florida, and nobody does it better than the Spruce Creek Lady Hawks. ...more

February 6, 2008

PORT ORANGE – High school girls weightlifting is unique to Florida, and nobody does it better than the Spruce Creek Lady Hawks. They come in all shapes and sizes, some as slight as 98 pounds and some who lift in the 199-pound and unlimited classes, and they're part of a powerhouse that dominates the sport. The Lady Hawks have won the state tournament all four times it has been held, and try for their fifth title on Saturday. Only Florida offers girls' competitive weightlifting, with about 3,800 participants at more than 150 schools, and it is becoming "kind of a recruiting ground" for national teams, said coach Richard Lansky of USA Weightlifting. ...more

February 4, 2008

Jessica Davis had a little pressure to deal with Saturday. The Zephyrhills lifter needed a good day at the Belleview sectional girls weightlifting qualifier to earn a spot at the upcoming state meet at River Ridge. ...more

January 28, 2008

PORT CHARLOTTE — Despite having several girls post personal best efforts, the Heartland did not have any weightlifters qualify in the top three at Thursday's sectional meet. The one-day, 20-team event featured some of the top programs in state with only the top three girls from each weight class advancing on to the state meet. ...more

January 26, 2008

NFL scouts will have to excuse University of South Florida NT Richard Clebert if he appears a little distracted this week during practices for the East-West Shrine Game in Houston. ...more

January 17, 2008

SEBRING –– Displaying a nice blend of determination and power, the girls from the Heartland made quite an impressive showing in Saturday's sub-sectional high school weightlifting meet at Firemen's Field. Six schools participated in the event and the top three finishers in each weight class advanced to the sectionals, which will be held at Port Charlotte High School on Jan. 24. Avon Park led the way with eight girls moving on, while Sebring had seven and Lake Placid had four advance. ...more

January 14, 2008

Brianna Hooker and Carmen Figueroa did precisely what they were expected to do. ...more

January 12, 2008