The most competitive match-up during the Bridgeport Invitational on Saturday took place in the girls’ 165-pound weight class.
Nocona’s Lexi Towery and Carrington Davis from Bowie ended up lifting the same amount of weight – 690 pounds, but the gold went to Towery since her body weight was lower by 6.4 pounds.
Both Towery and Davis recorded 275-pound squats. Davis actually had the edge in the bench press by 10 pounds, 135-125. But, Towery responded with a 290-pound dead lift, while Davis hoisted 280.
Towery helped Nocona earn 11 points at the meet, which was good enough for eighth spot.
Carcyn Robertson’s first-place finish at 132 pounds fueled Bowie to second place overall with 26 points, 11 behind Whitesboro.
Robertson lifted 660 pounds, including a 275-pound dead lift. Madison Metzler earned silver in the same weight class.
Bowie doubled up for success in the 123-pound division as well, and that’s despite state qualifier Kylie Robinson given the weekend off. Sami Deford was third and Sofie Butler took fourth, with Deford putting up 560 pounds for the bronze. Read more in the Jan. 27 edition of The Bowie News.

Bowie’s Carrington Davis, shown here competing at the Chico Invitational from Jan. 16, earned a second-place finish and silver medal at Bridgeport meet this past Saturday. (News file photo by Eric Viccaro)