The Palmerton football team hosted its 14th annual Blue Bombers Invitational Weightlifting Meet in the high school gymnasium on Sunday, April 29.

A record 152 football players representing Palmerton, Tamaqua, Palisades, Souderton, William Allen, Marian Catholic, Northwest Area, Whitehall and Panther Valley high schools, along with their family members, friends, and coaches, packed the Palmerton High School gymnasium.

Whitehall captured the team championship with 48 team points. The Zephyrs bested second place Palisades (32 points) and third place Souderton (29 points) for the team title.

Most Outstanding Lifters were awarded to the best performance in the 14-15 and 16-18 year old divisions by adding the lifters best bench and squat attempts then dividing it by their body weight.

The Most Outstanding Lifter in the 16-18-year-old division was Koby Bui of Souderton who lifted in the 150-pound class. He benched 225 pounds and squatted 355 pounds for a 580-pound total.

Angelo Daddona from Whitehall won the 14-15-year-old division Most Outstanding Lifter by bench pressing 235 pounds and squatting 405 pounds for a total of 640 pounds in the 165-pound weight class.

TEAM STANDINGS

School Pts.

1. Whitehall 48

2. Palisades 32

3. Souderton 29

4. Tamaqua 23

5. William Allen 9

6. Palmerton 4

7. Panther Valley 3

8. Northwest Area 3

9. Marian Catholic 1

Listed below are the medal winners with their overall total lift with squat and bench lifts in parenthesis. The lifts were performed raw (no knee wraps, bench shirts, or wrist wraps).

14-15 DIVISION

120-pound

GOLD: Tyler Hazlett, Tamaqua 290 (165/125)

SILVER: Jaden Newton, Palisades

BRONZE: Josh Daley, Souderton

135 pounds

GOLD: Zac Smith, Palisades 365 (225/140)

SILVER: Nick Petrillo, Palisades

BRONZE: Scott Segreaves, Palisades

150 pounds

GOLD: Shaggy Chevere, Whitehall 505 (320/185/195)

SILVER: Mason Smeland, Palisades

BRONZE: Jadon Clinton, Whitehall

165 pounds

GOLD: Angelo Daddona, Whitehall 640 (405/235) Most outstanding lifter

SILVER: Deandre Wakefield, Souderton

BRONZE: Marcus Yearwood, Palisades

180 pounds

GOLD: Robert Schlecker, Whitehall 630 (395/235)

SILVER: Austin Winters, Palisades

BRONZE: Bryce Farole-Fountain, Whitehall

195 pounds

GOLD: Ali Barkley, Whitehall 645 (390/255)

SILVER: Carson Gardner, Palmerton

BRONZE: Tim Iles, Palmerton

210 pounds

GOLD: Dan Villalba, Souderton 630 (390/240)

SILVER: Aonghas Evanick, Souderton

BRONZE: Alex Waheeb, Whitehall

225 pounds

GOLD: Ezekial Rabenold, William Allen 605 (385/220)

SILVER: Antonio Perelli, Panther Valley

BRONZE: Braden Marrero, Whitehall

Heavyweight

GOLD: Richie Gross, Palisades 680 (405/275)

SILVER: George May, Northwest

BRONZE: Shane O’Brien Souderton

16-18 DIVISION

150 pounds

GOLD: Koby Bui, Souderton 580 (355/225) Most Outstanding lifter

SILVER: Jimmy Daley, Souderton

BRONZE: Daniel Pineda, Souderton

165 pounds

GOLD: Trey Gretzinger, Palisades 675 (385/290)

SILVER: Anthony Nanoah, Whitehall

BRONZE: Peter Ernst, Souderton

180 pounds

GOLD: Nate Boyle, Tamaqua 690 (435/255)

SILVER: Jaunte Williams, William Allen

BRONZE: Liam Sullivan, Whitehall

195 pounds

GOLD: Chad Hussett, Whitehall 725 (430/295)

SILVER: Anthony Johnson, Whitehall

BRONZE: Marco Rodriguez, William Allen

210 pounds

GOLD: Randy Okungu, Whitehall 660 (410/250)

SILVER: James Benderawicz, Tamaqua

BRONZE: Nick Breiner, Tamaqua

225 pounds

GOLD: Justin Santiago Whitehall 790 (465/325)

SILVER: Kyle Jia, Souderton

BRONZE: John Patton, Marian Catholic

240 pounds

GOLD: Eli Nuscher, Whitehall 770 (500/270)

SILVER: Matt Amodea, Tamaqua

BRONZE: Bronson Strouse, Tamaqua

255 pounds

GOLD: Carl Valentine, Tamaqua 730 (430/300)

SILVER: Bryan McNally, Palisades

BRONZE: Brandon Gawrs, Whitehall

Heavyweight

GOLD: Javal Reyes, Whitehall 810 (480/330)

SILVER: Manny Brown, Souderton

BRONZE: Ian Kulp, Whitehall