1987 STATE MEET
IN 1987, THE LHSPLA WOULD SEE YET ANOTHER NEW COMPOSITE STATE CHAMPION. THIS WOULD
BE THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE TOP THREE COMPOSITE TEAMS WOULD ALL COME FROM THE SAME
CLASSIFICATION. 4-A: WOULD DOMINATE THIS YEAR’S OVERALL COMPETITION. PINEVILLE,
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MIKE DESADIER WOULD BE CROWNED THE STATE’S BEST TEAM IN
ALL CLASSIFICATIONS BY SCORING A WHOPPING 50 POINTS (THUS FAR, MOST POINTS EVER
SCORED BY A TEAM IN A STATE MEET). ARCHBISHOP SHAW WOULD PLACE 2ND WITH 44 POINTS,
AND BROTHER MARTIN WOULD PLACE 3RD WITH 39 POINTS. BY CLASSIFICATION, THE TOP
THREE FINISHERS IN 4-A: WERE ALSO THE TOP THREE COMPOSITE WINNERS. ZACHARY WOULD
CONTINUE IT DOMINANCE OF 3-A: BY FINISHING FIRST FOR THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE YEAR,
FOLLOWED BY 2ND PLACE WINNFIELD AND 3RD PLACE JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL. IN 2-A, NORTH
DESOTO WOULD WIN ITS FIRST CLASSIFICATION CHAMPIONSHIP FOLLOWED BY 2ND PLACE LAKE
ARTHUR WITH ASCENSION CATHOLIC PLACING 3RD. OUACHITA CONTINUED ITS DOMINANCE OF
SINGLE-A FINISHING 1ST FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR. LOUISIANA SCHOOL FOR THE
DEAF MOVED UP ONE SPOT FROM ITS 1986 FINISH, PLACING 2ND WITH EAST BEARUEGARD
FINISHING 3RD IN THE SINGLE-1-A AND BELOW: CLASSIFICATION.
1987’S STATE MEET WOULD HOST 131 LIFTERS FROM 41 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. THE 131
PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED SEVERAL FEMALE LIFTERS FOR THE FIRST TIME. ALTHOUGH GIRLS’
COMPETITION HAD NOT YET BEEN SANCTIONED OR PROMOTED BY THE LHSPLA, THESE FEMALE
LIFTERS WOULD MAKE HISTORY FOR LOUISIANA POWERLIFTING. TRINITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY
WOULD WIN THE TEAM COMPETITION WITH 48 POINTS, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COACH
SAMMY WILLIS. MOLLIE JACKSON FROM CAPTAIN SHREVE WON THE OUTSTANDING LIFTER
AWARD. ELEVEN NEW MALE LHSPLA RECORDS WERE SET AT THIS MEET.