FHSAA 1A Boys Weightlifting Championship Preview: Inexperienced 4 And Ishmael

Other than Palatka’s Foster, every lifter heading to the state championship has never been there before

  • With teammate Ishmael Foster watching behind him, Palatka 154-pounder Braxton Anderson competes in the clean and jerk at the Putnam County Championship meet in February. Foster and Anderson are two of the county’s five competitors at Saturday’s FHSAA 1A championship. (COREY DAVIS / Palatka Daily News)
    With teammate Ishmael Foster watching behind him, Palatka 154-pounder Braxton Anderson competes in the clean and jerk at the Putnam County Championship meet in February. Foster and Anderson are two of the county’s five competitors at Saturday’s FHSAA 1A championship. (COREY DAVIS / Palatka Daily News)
Five left. That’s it. Last Friday afternoon,  the amount of Putnam County qualifiers for a state boys weightlifting individual championship was sliced and diced from 34 to just five. Five hopefuls…

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