Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Powerlifter Sophia Trevino Totals 1,000 Pounds, Takes Third at State

Sophia Trevino walked off the platform at Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg with a state podium finish, totaling exactly 1,000 pounds across the three competition lifts to claim third place at the Texas High School Women's Powerlifting Association state championships on March 20.

The result gives Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco High School, located in the Alice area of Jim Wells County, a rare seat among the top three programs in Texas at the class level. Reaching four digits in the combined squat, bench press, and deadlift total is a benchmark that separates competitive lifters from elite ones at the high school level, and Trevino hit it precisely on the state's biggest stage.

The Class 4A state championship finals were held at Bert Ogden Arena, which served as the host venue for the full THSWPA 2026 State Championships in Edinburg. The multi-day event saw over 100 individual powerlifters and nine teams crowned state champions. Finishing third in that field, drawn from Class 4A programs across the entire state, represents the kind of achievement that rarely comes out of a small district like Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco.

The Lady Badgers' strength program now has verifiable state-level proof of its development pipeline. Trevino's 1,000-pound total puts her performance in company with some of the strongest numbers posted across all classifications at this year's meet, a field that included champions from the Rio Grande Valley and beyond.

For a school the size of Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco, placing an individual lifter on the state podium with a four-digit total signals that the program is building something sustainable, not just producing one-off results.