JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================q" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?b8T)>yb'Q8LP' ֦AƘ 4)~ q 9$/PH?.T{QJq)ԁUN052 L:L>MVC{$n/,xi ӊEFJF皇Zֵ uxbN#Se<]9[/nIWR7n&+;X$e8u ٔ5cٱPR<Ɏ]:"B>17 3TOwn hIoKwbA,8$s#uQ ֭~DI}*b iS@m7^pߵ02I4BsEHTLeu9^=0O#<br>Rising to the Challenge<br><br>At this school it s not just the guys taking BFS into the weightroom and onto the field the girls are now coming into prominence. Kris Saylor, head volleyball and softball coach says,  Our girls athletic programs are experiencing a rapid ascent. You definitely can t make that climb unless you have good athletes which we have but BFS is what is going to help get us over the top. As proof, the most important changes can be seen in the rapid rise of the powerlifting team to statewide prominence. <br>The 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 bless