Two Ladycats moving on to state

Ladycats Mallory Morgan and Breleigh Mayer will compete at the Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association State Meet in Edinburg on March 21.

Mercedes Mayer

Morgan will compete in the 198-pound weight class and Mayer will be in the 148 division. They each qualified by meeting specific criteria in their respective weight classes.

Morgan is coming off the best performance by a Ladycat at the Class 5A Region 6 Meet in Sherman on March 3. She placed second, lifting a total of 805 pounds. Mayer placed fifth in her weight class, lifting 800 pounds.

Also from the regional meet for Aledo:

105: 6. Lilly Caruthers, 510.

114: 4. Kylie Cameron, 570; 9. Kylie Dernovich, 395.

123: 11. Cecelia Frank, 535.

132: Kyla Pierce, did not qualify in her lifts.

148: 11. Allie Faulkner, 635.

165: 9. Kennedy Ross, 620.

181: 3. Claire Moseley, 640.

198: 6. Jayden Staggs, 700.

220: 3. Alexis Haley, 805.

As a team, the Ladycats were fifth with 14 points.