Lady Bulldog weightlifters getting better
PHOTO PROVIDED BY KATHY BURK
The American Czech Slovak Club of SW Florida on a recent outing to the Babcock Ranch Wilderness Adventures in Punta Gorda. The club has members from Bradenton all the way to Naples.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY STEVE KNAPP, SBigDaddyKnapp@aol.com
The DeSoto County Gun Show went to Port Charlotte to compete against the Pirates and Lemon Bay. The ladies on Coach Julie Chidseys team are: Selina Perez, Jackie Reeves, Rebecca Harris, Melissa Sauvey, Fayth Warren, Taylor Wiley, Joelia Avila, Kaylee Shaver, Jessica McClendon and Cristiana Villafuerte.
The DeSoto County girls weightlifting team is a young team and only two of its 16 members have ever lifted before this season. This inexperience was evident in a tri-meet at Port Charlotte Nov. 28.
The Bulldogs finished a distant third behind Port Charlotte and Lemon Bay. Both of those programs have been in existence for a long time and have a reputation of having large numbers of lifters on their team with a lot of experience. The Pirates had more than 40 members on their team and the Mantas had about 30. Don Southwell, the Mantas coach and graduate of DeSoto County High School, said “it is a small team for the program compared to recent years.”
