THE FIRST LHSPLA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WAS HELD IN 1983. FORTY-SIX MALE LIFTERS REPRESENTED NINETEEN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. WEST MONROE HIGH SCHOOL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MIKE REED WON THE FIRST EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BY SCORING 32 POINTS. ZACHARY HIGH SCHOOL FINISHED SECOND WITH 22 POINTS FOLLOWED BY RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL WITH 18 POINTS. JESSE KELLUM (RIVERDALE) AND PERRY JORDAN (CALHOUN) WERE SELECTED OUTSTANDING LIFTERS ON THE LIGHT AND HEAVY PLATFORMS RESPECTIVELY. STATE MEET RECORDS IN EACH WEIGHT CLASS WERE ESTABLISHED AT THIS MEET.