THE 1995 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET WAS HELD FOR THE 3RD TIME IN LHSPLA HISTORY AT ALEXANDRIA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. THE MEET WAS HELD UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DUANE URBINA, TEACHER AND COACH AT ASH AND THE CURRENT LHSPLA PRESIDENT. LIFTING TOOK PLACE ON FOUR PLATFORMS.
IN THE BOYS 5-A: COMPETITION IT WAS AGAIN WEST MONROE DOMINATING THE CLASSIFICATION. WEST MONROE SCORED 53 POINTS TO CLAIM THEIR 7TH LHSPLA TITLE, THERE 4TH CONSECUTIVE TITLE. LED BY 5 INDIVIDUAL WEIGHT CLASS CHAMPIONS (A NEW RECORD), THE REBELS SQUATTED THERE WAY TO VICTORY OVER 2ND PLACE NEW IBERIA AND 3RD PLACE NATCHITOCHES CENTRAL. WEIGHT CLASS CHAMPIONS FOR WEST MONROE WERE: MIKE MITCHELL, 165 LB. WEIGHT CLASS, DEEDRICK JOHNSON, 181 LB. WEIGHT CLASS, CURTIS CORBIN, 198 LB. WEIGHT CLASS, JEREMY MANY, 242 LB. WEIGHT CLASS, AND SHANE PITTARD IN THE SUPERHEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION.
IN 4-A: COMPETITION, ALEXANDRIA SENIOR HIGH WAS ONCE AGAIN ATOP OF THE 4-A POWERLIFTING WORLD. ASH SCORED 37 POINTS TO WIN ITS 4TH CONSECUTIVE TITLE OVER 2ND PLACE LEESVILLE, AND 3RD PLACE TIE BETWEEN TIOGA AND ZACHARY HIGH SCHOOL. INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPIONS EDDIE MORE (114 LB. WEIGHT CLASS) AND CLINT ANDERSON (123 LB. WEIGHT CLASS) PACED ALEXANDRIA SENIOR HIGH’S VICTORY. LEESVILLE WAS LED BY WEIGHT CLASS CHAMPIONS, CEDRIC CLEMONS (220 LB. WEIGHT CLASS) AND VIRGIL RUFFIN (275 LB. WEIGHT CLASS).
IN 3-A: ST. THOMAS MORE WON ITS SECOND STRAIGHT CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP. PORT ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL PLACED 2ND, WITH BREAUX BRIDGE PLACING THIRD.
IN THE 1995 2-A: COMPETITION THE TOP 3 TEAMS REPEATED THEIR 1994 FINISHES WITH A SLIGHT TWIST. PICKERING HIGH SCHOOL WON ITS 2ND CONSECUTIVE 2-A: STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SCORING 38 TEAM POINTS IN THE PROCESS. EPISCOPAL WAS STATE RUNNER-UP, SWITCHING POSITIONS WITH THE 1994 STATE RUNNER-UP, LAKE ARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL.
THE COMPETITION IN 1-A AND BELOW: PROVED TO BE A RE-MATCH FROM THE 1994 STATE MEET. LOUISIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AVENGED THEIR ONE POINT LOSS IN 1994 TO SILLIMAN INSTITUTE WITH A ONE POINT VICTORY IN 1995, 22 - 21. ALTHOUGH THE PRE-MEET RANKINGS HAD LSD OUTSCORED BY SILLIMAN 29 - 18, THE WAR EAGLES, LED BY 114 CLASS LIFTER CHAZ ANDRUS, OVERCAME THE BIG DEFICIT TO WIN THE SCHOOLS 3RD STATE TITLE. OBERLIN HIGH SCHOOL FINISHED 3RD IN THE 1-A AND BELOW: COMPETITION WITH A TOTAL OF 10 POINTS.
CLASSIFICATION COMPETITION FINISHES FOR THE BOYS STATE MEET IN 1995 WERE AS FOLLOWS:
5-A: 1ST PLACE, WEST MONROE HIGH SCHOOL (4TH CONSECUTIVE 5-A TITLE, 7TH OVERALL),
2ND PLACE - NEW IBERIA HIGH SCHOOL, 3RD PLACE - NATCHITOCHES CENTRAL.
4-A: 1ST PLACE, ALEXANDRIA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (4TH CONSECUTIVE TITLE), 2ND PLACE
- LEESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, 3RD PLACE - A TIE BETWEEN TIOGA HIGH SCHOOL AND ZACHARY
HIGH SCHOOL.
3-A: 1ST PLACE - ST. THOMAS MORE (2ND CONSECUTIVE TITLE), 2ND PLACE - PORT ALLEN,
3RD PLACE - BREAUX BRIDGE
2-A: 1ST PLACE - PICKERING HIGH SCHOOL (2ND CONSECUTIVE TITLE), 2ND PLACE -
EPISCOPAL, 3RD PLACE - LAKE ARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL
1-A AND BELOW: 1ST PLACE - LOUISIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF (3RD STATE TITLE),
2ND PLACE - SILLIMAN INSTITUTE, 3RD PLACE - OBERLIN HIGH SCHOOL.
IN THE 1995 GIRLS 5-A COMPETITION WEST MONROE ONCE AGAIN FLEXED THEIR MUSCLES CAPTURING THEIR 4TH STRAIGHT TITLE WITH A TOTAL OF 40 POINTS. ST. AMANT HIGH SCHOOL FINISHED 2ND WITH 36 POINTS AND THE LADY CHIEFS OF NATCHITOCHES CENTRAL FINISHING 3RD WITH 4 POINTS. WEIGHT CLASS CHAMPIONS DAWN WALKER, KATHY FROST AND JEANNIE SADLER LED WEST MONROE. WEST MONROE ALSO SWEPT THE OUTSTANDING LIFTER AWARDS WITH WALKER WINNING THE AWARD FOR THE LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISIONS AND FROST TAKING THE TROPHY IN THE HEAVIER DIVISIONS. WALKER ALSO SET NEW STATE RECORDS IN THE SQUAT, BENCH, DEADLIFT AND TOTAL FOR THE 97 LB. WEIGHT CLASS.
IN THE 4-A COMPETITION ALEXANDRIA SENIOR HIGH CONTINUED ITS DOMINANCE BY WINNING
A 4TH STRAIGHT STATE TITLE BY SCORING 35 POINTS. ZACHARY PLACED 2ND IN 4-A,
SCORING 28 POINTS, WHILE TIOGA PLACED 3RD, SCORING POINTS.
PACING ASH’S 1995 CHAMPIONSHIP WERE WEIGHT CLASS CHAMPIONS RUTHANNE BUCK IN
THE 132 LB. WEIGHT CLASS AND KATE GUINN IN THE 198 LB. WEIGHT CLASS.
IN THE 3-A COMPETITION McCALL ONCE AGAIN DOMINATED DEFENDING THEIR 1994 CHAMPIONSHIP. FARMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL PLACED 2ND IN THE 3-A COMPETITION. WEIGHT CLASS CHAMPION KATHERINE CONWAY LED McCALL.
ROSEPINE CAPTURED THEIR FIRST 2-A STATE TITLE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF COACH MITCH MILLS. IN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF COMPETITION THE GIRLS FROM ROSEPINE SCORED 39 POINTS TO OUTDISTANCE SECOND PLACE FINISHER BUCKEYE HIGH SCHOOL.
OBERLIN CAPTURED THE 1-A AND BELOW: STATE TITLE BY DEFEATING POWERHOUSE LOUISIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF 41 - 27. CATHOLIC OF POINTE COUPEE ROUNDED OUT THE TOP THREE IN A VERY COMPETITIVE RACE.
CLASSIFICATION COMPETITION FINISHES FOR THE GIRLS STATE MEET IN 1995 WERE AS FOLLOWS:
5-A: 1ST PLACE, WEST MONROE HIGH SCHOOL (4TH CONSECUTIVE 5-A TITLE, 2ND PLACE
- ST. AMANT HIGH SCHOOL, 3RD PLACE - NATCHITOCHES CENTRAL.
4-A: 1ST PLACE, ALEXANDRIA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (4TH CONSECUTIVE TITLE), 2ND PLACE
- ZACHARY HIGH SCHOOL, 3RD PLACE - TIOGA HIGH SCHOOL.
3-A: 1ST PLACE - McCALL HIGH SCHOOL (2ND CONSECUTIVE TITLE), 2ND PLACE - FARMERVILLE
HIGH SCHOOL.
2-A: 1ST PLACE - ROSEPINE HIGH SCHOOL, 2ND PLACE - BUCKEYE HIGH SCHOOL.
1-A AND BELOW: 1ST PLACE - OBERLIN, 2ND PLACE - LOUISIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF,
3RD PLACE - CATHOLIC OF POINTE COUPEE.
1995 MARKED THE FIRST TIME THE LHSPLA STATE MEET WAS HELD AT ST. AMANT HIGH SCHOOL. THE GOLDEN DOME GYMNASIUM PROVED TO BE AN EXCELLENT VENUE FOR POWERLIFTING FOR THE 88 LIFTERS FROM 19 SCHOOLS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE FEMALE COMPETITION.