Community Connections - Oostburg School District
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<strong>Oostburg</strong> High <strong>School</strong> Powerlifting Club<br />
An exciting new sport has really taken off at OHS. That sport is powerlifting and it has<br />
been in <strong>Oostburg</strong> for three years now. Still new, most people are unaware of what is taking<br />
place with this sport. <strong>Oostburg</strong> has now embraced powerlifting as the first club sport affiliated<br />
with OHS. It is not a WIAA sport, but its own association, the WHSPA (Wisconsin High<br />
<strong>School</strong> Power Lifting Association). Powerlifting is a worldwide sport and one of the most popular<br />
pure-strength sports in America, especially in Wisconsin making its way to <strong>Oostburg</strong>.<br />
So what is powerlifting all about? The <strong>Oostburg</strong><br />
High <strong>School</strong> Powerlifting Team is a club made up of athletes,<br />
both boys and girls, who are interested in building<br />
their core strength. Each lifter focuses on reaching personal<br />
goals and self improvement. Athletes are paired<br />
with lifters of like ability during practice in order to help<br />
them achieve the maximum benefit of their individual work<br />
Mollie Bruyette<br />
-outs. All lifters have four regional meets in which they compete against other athletes<br />
of the same gender and weight. ALL lifters have the ability to qualify for<br />
state, national, and world competitions based on their cumulative maximum lifts.<br />
Lifts include the squat, bench press, and dead lift. Most importantly the sport focuses<br />
on individual and team growth.<br />
The season began mid-November and finished in April. Practices were<br />
held at 5:30 am Monday—Thursday in the fitness center of OHS. <strong>Oostburg</strong> had 21 lifters this year, 9 boys and 12 girls.<br />
The team had 12 state qualifiers and 15 national qualifiers. One exciting part of their success is the team awards that<br />
have been achieved this year. Most notably, the girls placed 3 rd overall in Division 3 at the state competition in Seymour,<br />
WI. Also the JV girls earned 3 rd overall at the national competition. <strong>Oostburg</strong> is competing against schools with<br />
larger enrollments throughout the year so to be placing as a team is impressive to say the least. Congratulations to all of<br />
those that participated in a successful<br />
powerlifting season.<br />
If you are interested in<br />
learning more about this club<br />
please contact Coach Scott Ring<br />
at Scott.Ring@oostburg.k12.wi.us<br />
or club secretary/treasurer Lynn<br />
W a l f o r d a t r l w a l -<br />
fordw4@hotmail.com.<br />
Written by Katie Hackl<br />
and Scott Ring.<br />
2010 Powerlifting Team<br />
Congratulations<br />
Girl’s Basketball<br />
Team on Your Trip<br />
to State!<br />
Sam Schouten<br />
www.oostburg.k12.wi.us 2 ―There is no substitute for excellence.‖
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