West Lincoln powerlifting coach Brad Bland will send four of his Bears to the MHSAA 2A State Championship Powerlifting Meet next month in Jackson.

WL finished a close second behind Scott Central at the recent 2A South State Meet hosted by the Bears.

First-place finishers for Bland included Haz Boyte (114-pound class) and Braden Hamm (198-pound class). Boyte, a junior, lifted a combined total of 635-pounds. He squatted 230-pounds, bench-pressed 130-pounds and deadlifted 275-pounds.

Hamm lifted a combined total of 1,220 pounds with a 485-pound squat, a 285-pound bench and a 450-pound deadlift.

Coach Adam Smith and Loyd Star will have two lifters making it to state in freshman LaJavion Nelson and freshman Cedric Sanders. Nelson was second in the 275-pound weight class. His combined three lift total was 1,210 pounds. Nelson squatted 465-pounds, benched 225-pounds and deadlifted 520-pounds.

Sanders won the 308+-pound class with a 1,030 total. He squatted 420 pounds, benched 225-pounds and deadlifted 385-pounds.

Also qualifying for state by finishing in the top three in their class for West Lincoln were junior Tyler Hall and junior Chance Stewart.

Hall was second in the 123-pound class with a three-lift total of 635-combined pounds. Hall squatted 230-pounds, bench-pressed 130-pounds and deadlifted 275-pounds.

Stewart was second in the 148-pound class with a three-lift total of 925 combined pounds. Stewart squatted 305-pounds, bench-pressed 215-pounds, and deadlifted 405-pounds.

Boyte, Hamm, Hall, Stewart Nelson and Sanders will lift again at the state meet in Jackson on April 6.