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Students watch as senior Helena Moon bench presses 175 pounds Tuesday during the Strongest Eddie contest at Edward Little High School in Auburn. Moon was declared the Strongest Eddie for girls during March Madness, which is a weeklong competition between classes for spirit week. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Mayson Larochelle deadlifts 385 pounds Tuesday during the Strongest Eddie contest at Edward Little High School in Auburn. Larochelle competed during the contest for a team of juniors for March Madness, which is a weeklong competition between classes for spirit week. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Freshman Izaac Martin-Poole puts on a weight belt before his squat attempt Tuesday during the Strongest Eddie contest at Edward Little High School in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Rilee Fournier deadlifts 275 pounds Tuesday during the Strongest Eddie contest at Edward Little High School in Auburn. Fournier competed during the contest for a team of juniors for March Madness, which is a weeklong competition between classes for spirit week. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Connor Turcotte congratulates Cam Dufour on Tuesday after Dufour deadlifted 405 pounds during the Strongest Eddie contest at Edward Little High School in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Helena Moon bench presses Tuesday during the Strongest Eddie contest at Edward Little High School in Auburn. Moon was declared the Strongest Eddie for girls during March Madness, which is a weeklong competition between classes for spirit week. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Dawson Breton squats 335 pounds Tuesday during the Strongest Eddie contest at Edward Little High School in Auburn. The sophomore was declared the Strongest Eddie for boys during March Madness, which is a weeklong competition between classes for spirit week. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Senior Cam Dufour, center, gives junior Mayson Larochelle a fist bump Tuesday after the two squared off during the Strongest Eddie contest at Edward Little High School in Auburn. The contest involving weightlifting was just one of many events during March Madness, a weeklong competition between classes for spirit week. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Mayson Larochelle bench presses 265 pounds Tuesday during the Strongest Eddie contest at Edward Little High School in Auburn. Larochelle is a junior at the school. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Dawson Breton reacts Tuesday after deadlifting 405 pounds to win the Strongest Eddie contest at Edward Little High School in Auburn. Breton needed to make the lift in order for the sophomore team to out-lift the junior team during the March Madness contest. The four classes of students are competing in various events during the weeklong March Madness for spirit week. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Daryn Slover always pulls for the underdog - what would you expect from someone that was raised in Cleveland and lives in Lewiston. He drinks cheap coffee and cheap beer so that he can afford to put his...