ECHS Athletes Compete in Men's State Powerlifting Meet
Dylan Kramer and Anthony Ortiz qualified for and competed in the state powerlifting meet held on March 27-28, in Abilene. Anthony competed in the 165 lb. class, and Dylan competed in the 275 lb. class. Dylan finished 6th and achieved a personal best with a total of 1480 lbs. This is the second year in a row that Dylan has qualified for the state meet. Last year he finished 9th. Boys powerlifting coach is Coach Cauthern.
 
Boys State Powerlifting Meet

Boys State Powerlifting Meet
ECHS Athletes Compete at Women's State Powerlifting Meet
THSWPA State Meet

The Texas High School Women's Powerlifting State Meet was held at the American Bank Convention Center in Corpus Christi, on March 20 and 21, 2009. Representing East Chambers High School were sophomores Lesley Valastro and Asia Coleman. After completing 3 attempts at squat, bench, and dead lift, Lesley finished 8th and Asia finished 4th in their respective weight classes.

Coach Cauthern is the girl's powerlifting coach.

 
 
Regional Powerlifters Qualify for State Meet

The East Chambers powerlifters competed in their regional meets over the spring break. The boys regional meet was held in Anahuac on Saturday, March 7. East Chambers had seven boys compete in the regional meet and finished 4th as a team. Qualifying for the state meet for the boys were Dylan Kramer in the 275 lb class and Anthony Ortiz in the 165 lb class. Both boys won their respective weight classes. Lorenzo Netro finished third and will be the alternate in the 123 lb class.  The boys' state meet will be held in Abilene on March 27.

On the girls side, East Chambers had 3 girls compete in the regional meet in Palacios on March 12. Qualifying for the state meet for the girls were Asia Coleman and Lesley Valastro.  Asia qualified by winning her division and Lesley qualified by being the top ranked 2A girl in her division.  They will compete in the state meet in Corpus Christi on Saturday, March 21.

Coach Cauthern, EC powerlifting coach, commented, "I am thrilled for these kids. They have worked extremely hard to get a chance to lift at the state meet. They will do a great job of representing East Chambers at the state meet."
ECHS Powerlifting Team Qualifies Several Athletes for Regionals
Power Lifters Qualify for Regionals

The East Chambers Powerlifting Team has qualified several athletes for regionals in both the girls and boys divisions. Girls can qualify for regionals in a number of ways which include: 1) be in the top 12 of their respective weight class, 2) meet a qualifying total, or 3) be the top lifter for their classification - 5A, 4A, etc. Asia Coleman and Brenda Cardenas were in the top 12 in their weight class. Asia is # 2 and Brenda is # 12. Lesley Valastro is the top lifter in 2A in her weight class.

Boys can qualify for regionals by being in the top 10 in their weight class in the region which is the only way for boys to qualify. Dylan Kramer is #2 in his weight class (275); Lorenzo Netro is #3 in his weight class (123); German Netro is #5 in his weight class (123); Pat Colleps is #6 in his weight class (220);; Anthony Ortiz is #3 in his weight class (165); Taylor Reddell is #7 in his weight class (165); and Jose Anaya is #8 in his weight class (181). (Not pictured: Dylan Kramer)

According to Coach Cauthern, the power lifting coach, "These athletes work extremely hard and put in serious amounts of time to get stronger, and they represent East Chambers with class every time they compete in a meet. Power lifting is not one of those huge fan-based sports. These kids compete against a bar and the opportunity to raise their total every week. Power lifting consists of squat, bench, and dead lift - each athlete gets three attempts at each lift and you take their top lift from each and add them together for what is called a total. It is amazing to see these kids cheer for each other to "beat the bar" not necessarily another competitor. They are fun to coach."

The boys regional meet will be Saturday, March 7th at Anahuac High School.
The girls regional meet will be Thursday, March 12th at Palacios High School.
EC Powerlifters Place at LCM Meet

ECHS powerlifters participated in the LCM Invitational Meet on Thursday, January 22, 2009. Every lifter for East Chambers received a medal by placing in the top 5 in their respective weight classes. In the girls divisions and individual weight classes, Asia Coleman placed 1st with a 605 total; Brenda Cardenas placed 2nd - 400 total; Karrie Bennett placed 1st - 605 total; and Lesley Valastro placed 2nd - 560 total.

In the boys divisions and individual weight classes, German Netro placed 1st, 605 total; Anthony Ortiz placed 1st - 1185 total; Taylor Reddell placed 3rd - 835 total; Dylan Kramer placed 1st - 1330 total; Eric Hart placed 1st - 1010 total; Jose Anaya placed 4th - 960 total; Alvaro Camacho placed 5th - 740 total; Pat Colleps placed 2nd - 1020 total; Richard Boullion placed 4th - 960 total; Kyle McCrary placed 5th - 900 total; and Colby Trevino placed 2nd - 960 total.

The powerlifting team will travel to High Island on February 2 for a JV boys and varsity girls meet and then to Dayton on February 6 for a varsity boys meet. Rusty Cauthern is the powerlifting coach.