Baton Rouge – Even without scoring any points in the high jump, the Breaux Bridge Tigers cruised to the state Class 4A track and field championship here last Saturday, piling up 62 points to claim their second consecutive state title.

Travin Dural, the defending state high jump champ, did not get to compete in the event as he was disqualified for showing up too late to check in. His season best effort of 6-10 set a new record at the parish meet last month and he almost certainly would have scored points at state.

But Dural still came away with gold medals, winning the 200-meter dash in 21.16 and ran a leg on the Tigers’ first place 4X200 relay quartet. He also earned third place honor sin the long jump.

Senior speedster Kavahra Holmes set a new state Class 4A record in the 400-meter dash with a time of 46.18, the second-fasted outdoor time in the nation. He also anchored the 4X200 and 4X400 relay teams that claimed the gold and finished third in the 200-meter dash.

Darrian Thomas was BB’s other individual blue ribbon performer, taking first in the triple jump with a 46-9¼ effort.

Cecilia’s best showings at the meet came from Kyler Perrault who finished second in the 800-meter run and Jeremy Doucette who finished fifth in the shot put.

Cecilia did have a state champ, however, with Lady Bulldog Monique Blanchard captured gold in the shot put with a heave of 37-6.

Also scoring points for the Lady ’Dogs were Carlie Calais, third in the 800; Mariah Dartez, fourth in the discus; and Dani Whitaker, fifth in the pole vault.



CLASS 4A STATE MEET

(Note: Only the events in which a St. Martin Parish athlete placed are listed)

Boys Team Standings

1. Breaux Bridge 62, 2. Edna Karr 41, 3. Opelousas 37, 4. Bastrop 34, 5. LaGrange 32, 6. Northside 30, 7. Archbishop Shaw 26, 8. St. Thomas More 25, 9. Washington-Marion 19, 10. Holy Cross 18, 11. Wossman 16, 12. (tie) Belle Chasse & Benton 15, 14. (tie) West Ouachita, Vandebilt Catholic, Broadmoor 14, 17. St. Louis Catholic 13½, 18. East Jefferson 12, 19. (tie) Cecilia, Tioga, Minden 10, 22. Huntington 9, 23. (tie) Neville & South Terrebonne 8, 25. (tie) Peabody & Helen Cox 7, 27. (tie) Teurlings Catholic, A.J. Ellender, DeRidder, O. Perry Walker, Riverdale 6. 32. Hammond 4½, 33. (tie) NOrthwood-Shreveport & Grant 2, 38. Alexandria 1½, 39. Salmen 1.

Running Events

200: 1. Travin Dural, BB, 21.16; 2. Jordan Lee, N’side, 21.26; 3. Kavahra Holmes, BB, 21.51; 4. Keenan Willilams, Bastrop, 21.52.

400: 1. Kavahra Holmes, BB, 46.18; 2. Reginald Williams, B’moor, 48.56; 3. Brian Verdin. Ellen, 48.83; 4. Justin Johnson, E. Jeff, 49.18.

4X200R: 1. Breaux Bridge (Chandler Thomas, Jamal Zenon, Travin Dural, Kavahra Holmes) 1:26.76; 2. Wossman, 1:27.67; 3. Bastrop, 1:28.17; 4. Northside, 1:28.81.

4X400R: 1. Breaux Bridge (Chandler Thomas, Jamal Zenon, Lamont Abraham, Kavahra Holmes) 3:21.06; 2. E. Jefferson, 3:23.27; 3. Bastrop, 3:23.40; 4. W. Ouachita, 3:23.97.



Field Events

Shot Put: 1. Justin Hanchett, Opel, 51-8¾; 2. Deonté Peters, LaGrange, 51-3½; 3. Eldrick Washington, Cox, 50-8¼; 4. Henry Cooper, Huntington, 50-6; 5. Jeremy Doucette, Cec, 48-10.

Long Jump: 1. Daquan Bellard, Opel, 23-4½; 2. Ed Eagan, Holy Cross, 23-0; 3. Travin Dural, BB, 22-5½; 4. Kerrell Robinson, Belle Chasse, 22-3¾.

Triple Jump: 1. Darrian Thomas, BB, 46-9¼; Daquan Bellard, Opel, 46-7; 3. Zhaquan Porter, Peabody, 45-3¼; 4. Brandon Wright, Tioga, 44-9¼.

Girls Team Standings

1. McDonogh #35 61, 2. Northside 59, 3. Plaquemine 50, 4. St. Michael the Archangel 30, 5. (tie) Northwood-Shreveport & Benton, 27, 7. Bastrop 25, 8. (tie) Ursuline Academy & Cabrini 22, 10. Cecilia 21½, 11. St. Louis Catholic 20½, 12. Leesville 20, 13. (tie) St. Thomas More & Helen Cox 18, 15. Teurlings Catholic 16, 16. Warren Easton 14, 17. Lakeshore 13, 18. Assumptin 12, 19. (tie) Vandebilt Catholic, Neville, Opelousas 11, 22. A.J. Ellender 9, 23. Lutcher 8, 24. Alexandria 7, 25. Edna Karr 6, 26. (tie) East Jefferson & Academy of Our Landry 4, 28. (tie) LaGrange & Salmen 2, 31. DeRidder 1½, 32. (tie) Ben Franklin, Minden, West Ouachita 1.

Running Events

800: 1. Danielle Rogers, N’side, 2:19.30; 2. Ashton Heinz, Benton 2:27.49; 3. Carlie Calais, Cec, 2:27.85; 4. Courtney Schmitt, Cabrini, 2:30.20.



Field Events

Shot Put: 1. Monique Blanchard, Cec, 37-6; 2. Michelle Hardin, Bastrop, 37-3½; 3. Malachi McQueen, Leesville, 37-3½; 4. Rayven Hayes, E. Jeff, 35-4.

Discus: 1. Dalisha Lawrence, Neville, 119-2; 2. Jamira Russ, Plaq, 110-5; 3. Darashi Brock, Leesville, 110-1; 4. Mariah Dartez, Cec, 109-10.

Pole Vault: 1. Bailey Daigle, Assump, 10-6; 2. Taylor Thompson, Lakeshore, 10-0; 3. Katie Watson, Vandebilt, 10-0; 4. Alexis Pickney, St. Michael, 9-0; 5. Dani Whitaker, Cec, 8-6.