Woodberry wins silver at powerlifting state championship

Other area boy lifters place in the Top 10 in each of their weight classes

  • VERKOBE WOODBERRY
    VERKOBE WOODBERRY
  • SOMERVILLE’S Herschel Conway lifts to place fifth in the 123-pound weight class in Division 4 at the Texas High School Powerlifting Association (THSPA) State Meet last week in Abilene.
    SOMERVILLE’S Herschel Conway lifts to place fifth in the 123-pound weight class in Division 4 at the Texas High School Powerlifting Association (THSPA) State Meet last week in Abilene.

    Somerville’s Verkobe Woodberry was just inches away on his final deadlift at the Texas High School Powerlifting Association (THSPA) State Meet from winning the state championship.

    Woodberry’s total lift weight of 1,030 pounds earned him the silver medal in the 132-pound weight class in Division 4 at last week’s state meet in Abilene.

    He lifted 390 pounds in the squat, 205 in the bench press and 435 …