Lady Tiger lifters win 2nd at Rural State Championship

Blountstown competed in the inaugural Rural State Championship invitational on JANUARY 11 hosted by the Wewahitchka Gators. The event was capped at 15 participants per team. The Blountstown Lady Tigers finished the day placing 2nd in Team Traditional and 2nd in Team Olympic. Individual results are as follows Medalists: Layla Goins 129 Champion in both Olympic and Traditional as well as the Traditional overall best lifter. Her totals were 315 Olympic and 390 Traditional. Katelyn Kemp 199 Champion in both Olympic and Traditional. Her totals 315 Olympic 360 Traditional. Kayden Bailey was the 183 Traditional Champion with 345 total and placed 2nd in Olympic with a 285 total. Kayelin Green 154 placed 3rd in both Olympic and Traditional with 290 and 310 totals. Abbie Pena placed 5th in both Olympic and Traditional with totals of 245 and 280. Ashya White placed 3rd in both Olympic and Traditional in the Unlimited with a total of 300 and 360 KK Fleck placed 5th in Olympic with a 255 total and 5th in Traditional with a 310 total. Allison Granados pulled out a 5th place finish in Olympic with a 245 total and a top ten finish in 8th place in Traditional. Courtney Smith place 5th in Traditional with 230 total. Top Ten finishers were 101-Hailey Pumphrey 10th Olympic 150 total 10th Tradional 165 total. 119-Lillian Brown- 8th Olympic 190 total 10th Traditional 200 total Unl- Sahcara Huffman finished one out of the money in a 7th place finish in Traditional with a total of 285. Completing the roster for the Lady Tigers were 119 Chloe Barfield- 11th Olympic 165 total 12th Traditional 190 total 139-London Tapia competing in her 1st year placed 13th in Olympic and 18th in Traditional. 169. Ebony Atkins. Host Wewa won the Championship. Altha’s team finished 6th in the competition and Liberty County finished 9th. L to R: Lillian Brown, Ebony Atkins, London Tapia, Courtney Smith, Hailey Pumphrey, Allison Granadons, Layla Goins, Sahara Huffman, Abbie Pena, KK Fleck (back), Ashya White, Kayelin Green (back), Kayden Bailey, and Katelyn Kemp.