MC Powerlifting Team Champs At Pittsburg Meet

RICK PECK/SPECIAL TO MCDONALD COUNTY PRESS The McDonald County High School powerlifting team won the Pittsburg High School Powerlifting Meet held Feb. 24 in Pittsburg, Kan.

RICK PECK/SPECIAL TO MCDONALD COUNTY PRESS The McDonald County High School powerlifting team won the Pittsburg High School Powerlifting Meet held Feb. 24 in Pittsburg, Kan.

Thursday, March 1, 2018

The McDonald County High School powerlifting team made it three in a row by winning the Pittsburg (Kan.) High School Powerlifting Meet held Feb. 24 at Pittsburg High School.

McDonald County also won the Joplin boys' title, while the girls' took second in the team's first competition of the season.

Winning overall titles for the Mustangs were Erin Yang, Corbin Jones, Matt Calhoun, Oakley Roessler, Micah Burkholder and Elliott Wolfe.

Individual event winners included Yang (squat, bench, clean), Roessler (squat, clean), Jones (clean), Wolfe (clean, bench), Calhoun (clean, bench), Burkholder (squat) and Emily Thornton (squat).

Sports on 03/01/2018