Christmas came early for the Screaming Devils this year. Warren County students returned to school Wednesday morning to find totally new weight equipment where their old weights had been just one day earlier.
A big part of Warren County's success on the football field the past few years can be attributed to an increased emphasis on weight lifting. One of the first things Coach Lee Hutto did when he came to Warren County was to transform a classroom into a weight room. The weight room had previously been housed in the cramped equipment room located in the gym. While a noticable improvement, the weight room still consisted of old and dated equipment.
One of Dr. Preston's main goals for the athletic department this year was the upgrading of the weight room and the weight equipment. Progress was made with the installation of four new weight racks that accomodate two stations each. The new equipment takes up much less room than the old equipment and will allow more athletes to work out at the same time. Future plans call for new dumbbell racks as well as bumper plates for the weights.
Dr. Preston also hopes to expand the weight program beyond the football team to include other sports as well. Two goals for the weight training program are to get more girls involved in lifting weights and to expand the weight lifting program into the middle school in order to better prepare Warren County students for high school athletics.
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