County Girls Weightlifting Championship: A Fine Line To No. 9

  • With head coach Ron Whitehurst grabbing the bar to put it back, Interlachen High weightlifter Marissa McKibben completes her 200-pound bench press in the unlimited weight class on Wednesday. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
    With head coach Ron Whitehurst grabbing the bar to put it back, Interlachen High weightlifter Marissa McKibben completes her 200-pound bench press in the unlimited weight class on Wednesday. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
  • Interlachen High first-place winners Marissa McKibben (left) and Sierra Boynton hug after winning the title by one point over Crescent City as Rams coach Ron Whitehurst looks on. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
    Interlachen High first-place winners Marissa McKibben (left) and Sierra Boynton hug after winning the title by one point over Crescent City as Rams coach Ron Whitehurst looks on. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
  • Crescent City’s Faith Thomas makes a successful lift en route to winning the 183-pound county title at Interlachen High on Wednesday. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
    Crescent City’s Faith Thomas makes a successful lift en route to winning the 183-pound county title at Interlachen High on Wednesday. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
INTERLACHEN – The Interlachen High School girls weightlifting team needed the third- and fourth-place finishes in each weight class in a most desperate way. If the Rams had not gotten those points,…

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