RUSK — Most of the area'a powerlifting teams converged upon Rusk on Saturday to take part in the annual Rusk Invitational at Eagle Gymnasium.

A total of 12 boys and 11 girls teams participated in the competition with Bullard winning first place in the boy's segment, with 43 points.

eis been organizing powerlifting meets for 15 years, said that he was pleased with the turnout and the spirit of competitiveness that the lifters displayed.

“We had a great meet,” he said. “Everything ran smooth and we had 12 schools here, which I thought was a good number.”

Palestine Westwood came in second with 39 points, followed by Huntington in third with 25 points.

Jacksonville wound up fifth, garnering 14 points, with Rusk at sixth, with 12 points.

Troup tallied seven points to take eighth place.

Rusk just missed taking first on the girl's side, as Palestine chalked up 34 points to the Lady Eagles' 33.

Of the remaining area teams, Troup came in fourth with 28 points, followed by Bullard in sixth, with 15.

Jacksonville , with nine points, captured seventh.

“We're pleased that our girls were one point from winning the meet,” Patton said. “I think we have a strong girls team this year and I think that we'll being seeing several of the girls qualify for regionals later in the year.

“Our boys have got off to a good start and I anticipate improvement from week to week as the regular season goes forward.”

Rusk will return to action on Jan. 28 when they travel to the Malakoff Meet.

Meanwhile, the Jacksonville lifters are not scheduled to lift again until Feb. 4 (Palestine Meet).



Rusk Invitational Boy's Team Standings

1. Bullard (43)

2. Palestine Westwood (39)

3. Elkhart (25)

4. Huntington (18)

5. Jacksonville (14)

6. Rusk (12)

7. Diboll (8)

8. Troup (7)

9. Frankston (7)

10. Shelbyville (7)

11. Palestine (3)

12. Laird Hill Leveretts Chapel (2)



Bullard — 123lb., 4th, Holden Bryant, 640 lbs.; 132lb., 5th, Jesse Duplichin, 725 lbs; 6th, Brooks Conlee, 695 lbs.; 148lb., Weston Gray, 3rd, 900 lbs.; 4th, Jess Wood, 895 lbs.; 5th, Haden Bryant, 890 lbs.; 165lb., 1st, Houston Alexander, 1,075 lbs.; 2., Hunter Skelton, 980 lbs.; 3rd, Colton Mebane, 885 lbs., 10th, Conner Mebane, 770 lbs.; 181lb., 1st, Zach Holliday, 1,180 lbs., 6th. JP Hendrix, 1,055 lbs., 12th, Rocky Greenwalt, 895 lbs.; 198lb., 8th, Chris Ray, 890 lbs.; 220lb., 1st, Matt Wood, 1,290 lbs., 2. Trevor Rumbelow, 2nd, 1,255 lbs., 5th, Dorian Schutt, 1,000 lbs., 9th, Matt Rescheke, 815 lbs.; 242 lb., 2nd, Dylan Searcy, 2nd, 1,270 lbs., 4th, Tristen Bishop, 935 lbs. Note: Billy Tomlin scratched.



Jacksonville — 148 lb., 7th, Eric Perkins, 850 lbs., 181 lb., 2nd., Austin Gipson, 1,165 lbs., 7th, Travonta Shanks, 1,045 lbs.; 198 lb., 1st, JaVon Johnson, 1,240 lbs.; 242 lb., 6th, Xavier Matthews, 920 lbs.; Super Heavy Weight (SHW), 4th, Rasheen Bloomer, 980 lbs. Note: Terrell Williams scratched.



Rusk — 148 lb., 9th, Dylan Thompson, 805 lbs., 10th, Jeremy Bennett, 790 lbs., 12th, Cade Emerson, 695 lbs.; 181 lb., 3rd, David Overstreet, 1,160 lbs., 5th, Ray Rosales, 1,070 lbs.; 220 lb., 4th, James Ruiz, 1,060 lbs.; 242 lb., 3rd, Daniel Duran, 1,205 lbs. ; SHW, 3rd, Darren Franklin, 1,085 lbs.



Troup — 148 lbs., 8th, Brett Martin, 825 lbs.; 165 lb., 9th, Blake Narrell, 800 lbs.; 198 lb., 7th, Anthony Adkins, 975 lbs.; SHW, 1st, D'Zavier Harris, 1,270 lbs.



Rusk Invitational Girl's Team Standings

1. Palestine (34)

2.  Rusk (33)

3. Palestine Westwood (29)

4. Troup (28)

5.  Huntington (20)

6. Bullard (15)

7. Jacksonville (9)

8. Frankston (7)

9. Shelbyville (6)

10. Elkhart (4)

11. Laird Hill Leveretts Chapel (1)



Rusk — 97 lb., 1st, Ashley George, 465 lbs., 4th, Jade Buckley, 405 lbs., 8th, Alexis Long, 335 lbs.; 114 lb., 3rd, Esmarelda Perez, 395 lbs.; 123 lb., 3rd, Kadeja Jefferson, 495 lbs., 5th, Jessie Reynolds, 410 lbs.; 132 lb., 2nd, Jayme Harris, 610 lbs.; 6th, Justice Johnson, 550 lbs. 10Th, Lanie Cockrum, 435 lbs.; 165 lb., 2nd, Kylie Delaney, 665 lbs., 3rd, Cassie Tankersley, 600; 198 lb., 3rd, Tiffany Harris, 590 lbs.; 220 lb., 4th, Quanesha Dearman, 475 lbs; 220+, 3rd, Hailey Stanford, 585 lbs.



Troup —  97lb., 2nd, Savannah Martin, 465 lbs.; 123 lb., 2nd, Marlee Ward, 500 lbs.; 132 lb., 3rd, Ariel Hartless, 605 lb., 7th, Taylor Martin, 525 lb., 8th, Kortney Williams, 500 lbs.; 148 lb., 1st, Deandrea Jiles, 865 lbs.; 181 lb., 3rd, Gabby Sewell, 525 lbs.; 198 lb., 2nd, Kristen Dean, 645 lbs.



Bullard — 105 lb., 1st, Destiney Welch, 500 lbs.; 114 lb., 1st, Kali Williams, 465 lbs.; 132 lb., 5th, Taylor Spiller, 555 lbs.



Jacksonville — 97 lb., 9th, McKenzie Morton, 325 lbs.; 114 lb., 2nd, Fallon Dowling, 420 lbs.; 123 lb., 6th, Sonia Loyola, 390 lbs., 9th, Lacey Whiteley, 345 lbs.; 132 lb., 11th, Carli McLain, 320 lbs.; 148 lb., 4th, Makayla Mack, 450 lbs., 6th, Tiffnie Whiteley, 395 lbs.; 198 lb., 4th, Tiyona Brown, 475 lbs. Note: Angelica Gomez, Carolina Hernandez and Allison Burns scratched.