Posted: Thursday, February 1, 2018 11:10 am
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Updated: 11:11 am, Thu Feb 1, 2018.
Stout youngsters and their large family members descended on Alpine on Jan. 27 for a Texas Region 1 powerlifting tournament in the high school gym.
Eighty-seven competitors arrived before dawn for boys and girls weigh-ins as the gym began to swell with activity. Down the road that morning, Baker’s Dozen would eventually run out of donuts.
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