The Bowie and Nocona girl powerlifters competed at the regional meet in Chico on Saturday.
The Lady Rabbits came away finishing third overall and had three girls qualify for the state meet.
The Lady Indians finished 17th overall and had one girl finish among the top five in her weight class.
Bowie’s Jessie Henry, Kerstin Kindsfather and Chelsea Price all qualified for the state meet. Henry won the 105 class with a total of 555 pounds. Henry did not qualify last year but did in 2019.
Kindsfather also won her weight class, finishing first in the 181 class lifting a total of 870 pounds. Kindsfather qualified for the state meet last year as well.
Price finished second in the 220 weight class, her 935 pound total just five pounds behind first place. For Price this is her third straight year to qualify for the state meet.
For both Price and Kindsfather, there is some unfinished business dating back to a year ago. With last year’s state meet canceled on the eve of the competition due to COVID-19 concerns, neither got any closure seeing where they would have stacked up against the state’s best.
Other Bowie lifters who finished among the top five in their weight classes and contributed towards the team’s third place finish included Laisha Johnson, Ashley Aguirre and Katie Boyles.
For Nocona Paige James finished fourth in the 220 weight class lifting 715 pounds total. Other Lady Indian lifters who competed in the regional meet included Natalie Pirkey and Keegan Norman.
The state meet is scheduled for 8 a.m. on March 18 at the American Bank Center Arena in Corpus Christi.

To see results for all Bowie and Nocona lifters who completed all three of their lifts, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.