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Meet summary by Claude AI
Velma Jackson powered to the Boys 2A Powerlifting State Championship on Saturday at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, accumulating 47 team points to outdistance Lake (29) and East Union (25) and claim the title by a comfortable margin. The Cougars collected four individual weight class championships and built a lead that proved insurmountable through the final flights of competition.
Velma Jackson’s four individual champions drove the team total from start to finish. Junior Javion Fields opened the scoring by winning the 148-pound class at 1,150 pounds before a tiebreaker on body weight was needed to decide second place behind him — Jonahvan Hawkins of Lake also totaled 1,150 pounds, but Fields’ lighter body weight secured his title. Sophomore Rae Williamson then delivered the day’s biggest individual statement for the Cougars, winning the 165-pound class with a 1,305-pound total that included a 585-pound dead lift. Senior TJ Jones won the 242-pound class at 1,440 pounds, and sophomore Cam Nettles closed out Velma Jackson’s title haul with a dominant performance in the 308-pound class, totaling 1,590 pounds behind a 650-pound squat and a 700-pound dead lift.
Lake finished a clear second on the strength of strong mid-division performances. Junior Jamarious Green captured the 123-pound title with a 930-pound total, while the Cardinals placed second or third in several other classes, including Jonahvan Hawkins’ runner-up finish at 148 pounds and Logan Stroud’s third-place effort at 220 pounds. East Union contributed a pair of strong showings, with sophomore Benjamin Patterson winning the 132-pound class at 980 pounds and senior Payton Jordan claiming the 198-pound title with a 1,290-pound total that featured a 590-pound squat.
The 114-pound class produced one of the meet’s most compelling finishes, as senior Shaun Westbrook of Puckett and freshman Tyquarius Weatherspoon of Amite County both totaled 700 pounds. Westbrook, who came in at 109.5 pounds to Weatherspoon’s 117 pounds, was awarded the title on lighter body weight — a reminder that strategy in weight management can be as important as the lift itself. Senior Korbin Boydstun of Pelahatchie won the 181-pound class at 1,350 pounds, and senior Javarious Smith of Mississippi School of the Arts won the 220-pound class at 1,400 pounds.
In the heavier classes, the 275-pound division also featured a tie, with senior Lamar Forst of Charleston and Demoria Shannon of Charleston both totaling 1,390 pounds. Forst claimed the title by lighter body weight. Senior Boomer Williams of East Webster closed out the individual competition by winning the 308-plus-pound class at 1,465 pounds with a 635-pound squat.
Pelahatchie, Charleston and Myrtle each finished with 13 points to tie for fourth in the team standings, with East Webster and the Mississippi School of the Arts tied at ninth with nine points apiece. Velma Jackson’s combination of individual champions and consistent top-three finishes made their 47-point total a commanding margin by the meet’s final flights.
