Prep Roundup: Upperweight Power

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Raider lifters top Rams, winning 4 of last 5 divisions

  • Palatka’s Jace Akers steps on home plate to score a fifth-inning run against Alachua Santa Fe behind Raiders catcher Tyler Whitworth. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
    Palatka’s Jace Akers steps on home plate to score a fifth-inning run against Alachua Santa Fe behind Raiders catcher Tyler Whitworth. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
  • With head coach Troy Henry (right) looking on, Crescent City 219-pound weightlifter Jacob Westberry gets set to make a clean-and-jerk lift attempt Wednesday against host Interlachen. (COREY DAVIS / Palatka Daily News)
    With head coach Troy Henry (right) looking on, Crescent City 219-pound weightlifter Jacob Westberry gets set to make a clean-and-jerk lift attempt Wednesday against host Interlachen. (COREY DAVIS / Palatka Daily News)
  • Palatka second baseman Tanner Ortiz shows the ball to the umpire after tagging out Santa Fe base runner Cooper Ruppert on an attempted steal. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
    Palatka second baseman Tanner Ortiz shows the ball to the umpire after tagging out Santa Fe base runner Cooper Ruppert on an attempted steal. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
With three Raiders benching over 300 pounds, you knew it was going to be a good day for the Crescent City Junior-Senior High School boys weightlifting team. For the second straight year, Crescent…

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