I know Bourbon County won a weight lifting meet at Mercer Co. last week.

Montgomery County won a powerlifting meet at Boyd County on March 15th.

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Meet today at North Laurel High School in London, Kentucky. Meet was a two event meet with bench press and power clean.

 

Montgomery County won the event.

 

Evan Richardson (Highlands) lifted the greatest amount of weight for the two events (645) and won the overall bench press event with 370 lbs.

Does anyone know about any upcoming weightlifting meets around Kentucky.

How does one get involved in such events ? Gage Tucker from Scott high , is 15 and is benching 325 and squatting 550 . This maybe an interest for him when not playing football. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks

How does one get involved in such events ? Gage Tucker from Scott high , is 15 and is benching 325 and squatting 550 . This maybe an interest for him when not playing football. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks

 

If your school has a weightlifting club, the events seem to be ready scheduled. If your son's school does not have a club, it is a little tougher. I looked around the Internet last year and emailed coaches of schools that had events the previous year. All were very nice and allowed my son to participate.

 

My son enjoyed meeting guys from other schools and other regions of Kentucky.

North Laurel had a great event last year. They had about 15-18 schools and around 500 boys participating.

Alright. Thanks for the information. Our school doesn't offer a weightlifting club. He only lifts for football and personal fitness. I will look into schools in our area that may let him get involved. Thanks.

Raceland will host its annual weightlifting meet on Sat Feb 28th. If you are interested, PM me and I'll get you the info.

Sideline, send me the info if you don't mind.

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I have an email for you. Please send me your email and I'll forward it to you.

It's getting to be that time of year again. Does anyone know of any upcoming Kentucky high school weightlifting meets? North Laurel has a great event in March. I have also heard Boyd County and Raceland have strong meets in late Feb. or early March. Any information would be appreciated.

Just outta curiosity I noticed that most of these meets are Bench, Squat, & Powerclean. Does any highschool meets use the traditional 3 lifts of bench, squat, and deadlift like in a real powerlifting competition?

Just outta curiosity I noticed that most of these meets are Bench, Squat, & Powerclean. Does any highschool meets use the traditional 3 lifts of bench, squat, and deadlift like in a real powerlifting competition?

You can't hardly talk coaches into doing deadlift anymore. The reason I have heard is "back injuries". I don't see how deadlift can be more injury prone then squat or clean, but I digress.................

Thanks for the feedback Ram. I'm right there with you. I've been powerlifting ever since I graduated & im a true believer in the deadlift. It's just like any lift, good technique prevents injuries. I wish more coaches implemented the lift, I believe it translates well to the football field.