Parkland takes second at state powerlifting meet

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER The Parkland High School powerlifting team took second in the Pennsylvania State Coaches Powerlifting Association (PSCPA) State High School Championships last weekend at Glen Mills. The two-time defending Lehigh Valley Conference champs were behind only Glen Mills. There were 11 teams from throughout the state participating. Among the top Parkland performances was Zech Rauch, a sophomore, winning the JV (9th-10 grade) 275-pound class and junior Ryan Dupree winning the varsity 242-pound class. Senior Luke Millan was named the meet's Outstanding Lifter after winning the 198-pound class with a 1,500-pound total. "The entire team put in a tremendous amount of work and effort into this and we are incredibly proud of them," said Erik Steiner, who coaches the team along with Paul Hagadus. Individual places of Parkland lifters: Luke Milan 1st place- Sr.- 198 Varsity Voted Most Outstanding lifter Ryan Dupre 1st place- Jr.-242 Varsity Zech Rauch 1st place- So -275 JV Hugh Gallagher III 2nd place- Fr. 148 JV Tanner Stengal 2nd place- Jr. -181 Varsity Josh Walmer 2nd place- So. 242 JV Tom Stenulis 2nd place Fr. 275 JV Colton Apgar 3rd place-Fr. 132 JV Tim Zarzecki 3rd place- Jr. 165 Varsity Amir Wallace 3rd place- Fr. 181 JV Zach Owen 3rd place- Jr. 181 Varsity Hunter Cozze 3rd place- So. 198 JV Dave Wong 3rd place-Jr. 220 Varsity Andrew Moyer 3rd place-Jr. 242 Varsity Nick Slatoff 4th place So. 181 JV Mike Shock 4th place- Jr. 181 Varsity Mike Moyer 4th place- So. 242 JV Paul Tajiri 5th place-Jr. 198 Varsity James Fisher 7th place-Jr. 220 Varsity