Village Voices - We don't write papers, we build scrapbooks

Eastland High School student-athlete Cadin Colehour continues his quest to re-write the records for the Amateur World Powerlifting Congress (AWPC) and the Amateur American Powerlifting Federation (AAPF).

Powerlifting, a strength sport in which athletes compete in the squat, the bench press, and the dead lift, has been a passion of Colehour since his sophomore year. In a powerlifting meet, there are three attempts for each lift. Each attempt is judged by 3 officials. 2 of the 3 officials must approve the lift for it to be ruled a good lift. At the end of the meet, each competitor's h...