LCCP, Barbe takes titles at Taussig Relays

Published 1:22 am Saturday, March 23, 2024

IOWA — Underclassmen led the Lake Charles College Prep boys and Barbe girls to team titles on Friday at the Taussig Relays at Iowa High School.

LCCP was paced by junior Careion Franklin and freshman Ayden Carter, while Barbe junior Kennedi Burks and sophomore Aniyah Lavan carried the Bucs to the title.

Barbe scored 146 points to easily outpace Huntington (86) and end St. Louis Catholic three year championship run. Barbe won the Taussig Relays girls team title for the first time since 2017.

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LCCP beat runner up Sam Houston 114-96 after scoring 25 points in the final three events.

Lavan excelled on the track and in field events, winning the high jump (5-4) and long jump (18-1) while running a leg in the first place 4×200-meter relay team and the second place 4×400 team. Burks was also part of the 4×200 and 4×400 team and won the 400 open with a time 55.51 seconds running in to a strong headwind in the final 100 meters.

Franlin won the 400 in 50 seconds flat and second in the 200 (22.66) and helped pace the Trailblazers to wins in the 4×200 (3:39.28) an 4×400 (3:39.28). Carter ran the first lead in the 4×200 and was part of the runner-up 4×100 team as well as a gold medal in the 100 dash (11.28) and bronze in the 200 (22.68).

Iowa senior Brianna Underwood set a school and meet record in the discus with a career best throw of 123 feet, 7 inches. She also won the javelin (132-4).

Other double-gold winners included Barbe’s Michael Fulton (shot put, discus), Washington-Marion’s Markel Senegal (long jump, triple jump), St. Louis Catholic’s Deacon Stantz (1600, 3200) and Sam Houston’s Trenton Monceaux (110 hurdles and 300 hurdles).

Taussig Relays

at Iowa HS

Boys

Team scoring

1, Lake Charles College Prep, 114; 2, Sam Houston, 96; 3, Barbe, 77; 4, Iowa, 53.5; 5, Huntington, 45; 6, St. Louis Catholic, 44; 7, DeRidder, 41; 8, Sulphur, 39.5; 9, Washington-Marion, 32; 10, Westlake, 24; 11, South Beauregard, 14; 12, Monsignor Kelly Catholic, 5; 13, LaGrange, 4.

Field

SP — 1, Michael Fulton, BAR, 47-2; 2, Damian Reed, Iowa, 45-1; 3, Dallas Taylor, WL, 41-9.

DIS — 1, Michael Fulton, BAR, 153-6 1/2; 2, Tyler Stricklin, SHHS, 131-10; 3, Colton Guillory, SLC, 129-5.

JAV — 1, Gavin Stout, SHHS, 185-1; 2, Luke Leger, BAR, 164-10; 3, Bryson Mier, SUL, 150-2.

HJ — 1, Landon Gibbs, HUNT, 6-4; 2, Chris Calloura, SHHS, 6-4; 3, Austin Ventroy, DER, 5-10.

LJ — 1, Markel Senegal, WM, 22-4 1/2; 2, Cameron Hill, LCCP, 21-6 1/2; 3, Phillip Kinchen, SHHS, 21-4.

TJ — 1, Markel Senegal, WM, 44-6; 2, Phillip Kinchen, SHHS, 42-2; 3, Cameron Hill, LCCP, 42-0.

PV — 1, Carter Hooks, BAR, 12-6; 2, Colin Laughlin, BAR, 10-0; 3, Carter Grindol, SUL, 9-6.

Running

100 — 1, Ayden Carter, LCCP, 11.28; 2, Sanjaya Falcon, HUNT, 11.57; 3, Braylon White, LCCP, 11.58.

200 — 1, Preston Summage, HUNT, 22.59; 2, Careion Franklin, LCCP, 22.66; 3, Ayden Carter, LCCP, 22.68.

400 — 1, Careion Franklin, LCCP, 50.00; 2, Preston Summage, HUNT, 50.27; 3, Javerion Johnson, LCCP, 51.30.

800 — 1, Wyatt Reinking, WL, 2:05.32; 2, Jonah Austin, SLC, 2:08.96; 3, Sean Ledesma, DER, 2:09.11.

1600 — 1, Deacon Stantz, SLC, 4:38.22; 2, Wyatt Reinking, WL, 4:42.24; 3, Wyatt Manchester, SHHS, 4:43.46.

3200 — 1, Deacon Stantz, SLC, 10:45.24; 2, Reese Furman, SLC, 11:03.95; 3, Austin Foster, BAR, 11:36.72.

110H — 1, Trenton Monceaux, SHHS, 16.24; 2, Cooper Cole, SB, 16.24; 3, Kalen Antoine, LCCP, 18.49.

300H — 1, Trenton Monceaux, SHHS, 42.86; 2, Kalen Antoine, LCCP, 43.18; 3, Cooper Cole, SB, 45.20.

Relays

400 — 1, Iowa (Guillory, Natali, Walker, Deville), 43.66; 2, Lake Charles College Prep, 44.06; Sam Houston, 44.07.

800 — 1, Lake Charles College Prep (Carter, Franklin, Higginbotham, White), 1:29.74; 2, Iowa, 1:31.80; 3, Huntington, 1:33.20.

1600 — 1, Lake Charles College Prep (Franklin, Higginbotham, Arvie, Antoine), 3:35.78; 2, DeRidder, 3:38.83; 3, Barbe, 3:39.28.

3200 — 1, DeRidder (Lowe, Washington, Ledesma, Johnson), 8:23.51; 2, Lake Charles College Prep, 8:23.86; 3, Sulphur, 8:52.21.

Girls

Team scoring

1, Barbe, 146; 2, Huntington, 86; 3, St. Louis Catholic, 80; 4, Iowa, 75; 5, Sulphur, 56; 6, Washington-Marion, 32; 7, Monsignor Kelly Catholic, 28; 7, Lake Charles College Prep, 28; 9, DeRidder, 20; 10, South Beauregard, 15; 11, Westlake, 13; 12, Sam Houston, 6; 13, LaGrange, 4.

Field

SP — 1, Ta’Khara Johnson, WM, 37-7; 2, Mya Charles, SUL, 34-10; 3, Kaci Fulton, BAR, 34-2.

DIS — 1, Brianna Underwood, Iowa, 123-7; 2, Kenzie Hudler, SB, 117-0 1/2; 23, Jolie Jones, BAR, 107-0 1/2.

JAV — 1, Brianna Underwood, Iowa, 132-4; 2, Morgan David, BAR, 121-7; 3, Ashtyn Henry, Iowa, 109-3.

HJ — 1, Aniyah Lavan, BAR, 5-4; 2, Taylor Bennett, BAR, 5-0; 3, Ella Butler, SLC, 5-0.

LJ — 1, Aniyah Lavan, BAR, 18-1; 2, Demetria Harris, HUNT, 18-1; 3, Jaya Gradney, Iowa, 17-0.

TJ — 1, Demetria Harris, HUNT, 41-0; 2, Kendall Judge, 34-5; 3, Anna Kathryn Walker, SB, 33-3.

PV — 1, Anna Duhon, BAR, 10-6; 2, Jillian Gaudet, SUL, 9-6; 3, Aaliyah Landaverde, SUL, 9-6.

Running

100 — 1, T’La Dewitt, HUNT, 12.82; 2, Laila Royster, Iowa, 12.93; 3, Brylee Williams, SLC, 12.96.

200 — 1, Sydney Doctor, MKC, 26.96; 2, Taylar Brown, WM, 27.20; 3, Nyla Ware, HUNT, 27.62.

400 — 1, Kennedi Burks, BAR, 55.51; 2, Halee Jackson, SLC, 59.46; 3, Janayah Dotson, HUNT, 1:00.84.

800 — 1, Jayla King, LCCP, 2:32.27; 2, Camille Rembert, BAR, 2:33.14; 3, Rylee Keating, SLC, 2:35.40.

1600 — 1, Londynn Randolph, BAR, 5:58.62; 2, Alicia Cuppins, WL, 6:07.62; 3, Campbell Louviere, BAR, 6:11.66.

3200 — 1, Sydney Guinn, SLC, 12:29.09; 2, Natalie Obluda, SLC, 12:29.44; 3, Li Mei Chen, BAR, 13:24.32.

100H — 1, Demetria Harris, HUNT, 14.81; 2, KaraLee Cormier, Iowa, 17.36; 3, Isabella Borel, Iowa, 18.06.

300H — 1, Zaniya Flanagan, MKC, 49.49; 2, Gabby Trent, SUL, 50.12; 3, Danyele Wallace, BAR, 51.18.

Relays

400 — 1, Huntington (Marshall, Dewitt, Evans, Harris), 48.49; 2, St. Louis, 49.74; 3, Barbe, 50.57.

800 — 1, Barbe (Lavan, Garner, Garner, Burks), 1:41.92; 2, Huntington, 1:42.63; 3, St. Louis, 1:43.89.

1600 — 1, St. Louis Catholic (Jackson, Williams, Pousson, Boullion), 3:59.23; 2, Barbe, 4:04.18; 3, Lake Charles College Prep, 4:23.63.

3200 — 1, St. Louis Catholic (Guinn, Obluda, Guidry, Keating), 10:40.98; 2, Barbe,11:12.89; 3, Washington-Marion, 11:45.14.