Webb wins fifth straight state karate championship – GSKS students bring home 31 awards from this year’s tourney

Webb, a second-degree black belt who trains at Gary Steele Karate Studio, captured the state championship in black belt forms for an unprecedented fifth consecutive time at the recent tournament in Cookeville, helping lead the GSKS team to an impressive 12 state titles and 31 awards in fighting, team fighting, forms and weapons.

Multiple winners from the state tourney included black belt Shawn Green, who won in fighting and team fighting, Kacie Goodson, who took third in team fighting as well as first in fighting and forms, and Josh Powers, who was first in both team fighting and forms and second in fighting.

Justice Woodside won her division of black belt fighting and was fourth in weapons, while McKenzie Vickers took first in fighting and third in team fighting. Daren Oakley and Tim McGill both brought home championships in fighting and were second in team fighting, while Katelyn Vickers won first place in team fighting.

Other winners included Adara Scott, who had a second-place fighting honor and was fourth in weapons, while Megan Tate took fourth in forms and second in the weapons competition. Victor Ordonez was second in team fighting and third in fighting, Mark Canterbury took third in forms and fourth in fighting, Dante Wiley was third in both forms and fighting, Hunter Coppinger finished third in team fighting, Samantha White was second in fighting and Katelyn Jarvis finished fourth in fighting.