JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================n" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?EJQ\}c,ry⧏@F_ΥIb˧OZVPFGH{ T N (1(Opwi!êvEs"C'du'[94ϵ]8.4Ld)qMd;r}p)s)ňS~:v a\]#g4OH1U1sҁs 94qG坹0X#+۩4s, 'br3ڊit4Qa zU}Iv~P Ҍ2.ECLTUi*Χ]1@J5 ֭Jʗυ&_) KK*+[L\ϔ#m40n?b?9IKa;91 Zbq|⢴JLƈH4Ȍ2lIǽG&S@\N `FٸAF12׊MR,ǻ7Dh-O-Mi;\e,WGprqC(c 5$S.P zZ7dGaAMI*y>J)92'Cu+fP1tj6:RK?yW#Vél{Vuu$\;3[XzqeI^u88'沇äl5cktv+ֹ2I$OȤkfݔby\g-ۍ.xy-e-E%W{Ŷrx@ri޴nݜzaŤʐ: Mޫ!x'=fkŕ6nJV.C*( a,1@K) :,G6={ԖE.3yl-%*8Dہfc>A: B9L%\Mϵ& Ěв89ĺie˅@N+_oe$BR0gc犉i0DKƊdj]CWRպb[V=Kae^"?iՇcRYw3*(0i_x?S= ٳW}NYi Hcvժmd4 YPh]̯*╖ZW{SMxYw2 =r /PaV{kXٹ"l9,I`U:ev>yca5JM ,>9[֚t~F$mh8bgLN6?:CZnI}䉊\ hSdQ;#Ɓv?a4 /cҺ}Y`d4iE١VrCAƇu_{RAYʮmH.?QkCҏfڳݧ K_cKoi{4՜8ٮ[Ko{Rh=9hfOvQн9EfOvݨh=9amڏڏfڳ:?4ã mtv{VrFftLtZ~!fC6 >i>GAYȝ+6~Sh=5~GrJ>=*z( }zQJ,!@SQJr#ڏ zvr'ڏ'ڦ^H-X.EThe powerlifting program was created at Necedah in 1998. From the humble beginnings of five lifters and one advancing to state competition, they competed this year with a team of 41 an amazing 20 percent of the total high school enrollment.  I really didn t know what to expect at the first competition. As the coach, I just used the knowledge I had gained from BFS clinician Jim Brown and hoped for the best, said Mach.  The club qualified one lifter for the state meet that first year. However, that was only the seed. The best was yet to come. And come it did. <br>As the years have gone by, the club s numbers have grown not only with greater numbers of boys but also girls becoming attracted to the sport. Out of the 41 lifters for the 2003-04 season, 21 were girls. Returning lifters included two national champions, Tim Cross and Audrey Karbowski, as well as large numbers of former top-place finishers in both girls and boys events. According to Mach, he could see the possibilities for the season that was ahead.  I knew we had been blessed with talent. I also knew that if we stayed with the fundamentals learned from BFS and Jim Brown, we d be very hard to stop. <br><br>Pride at the Podium<br><br>The club breezed through the regional meets, placing first in all but one. When the 2004 state meet finally arrived on March 12, anticipation was high as lifting began. More than 300 lifters were competing at this year s WHSPA State Meet, one of the largest in history.<br>On the first day Necedah crowned its first champion in 97-pound sophomore Stevie Cross, who totaled 530 pounds on her three lifts. The next was senior Amy Seebruck,