Football standouts to watch at 2024 track championships | 5A

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Three days of state championships this week punctuate the LHSAA's outdoor track and field season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Top athletes from around the state will compete Thursday, Friday and Saturday at LSU's Bernie Moore Stadium.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>And many of the events include notable football standouts, including some college-bound signees in their final high school events.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are several individual events to monitor Saturday as Class 5A helps wrap up the busy weekend.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>———————————— <strong>CLASS 5A</strong> ————————————<br>(<a href="https://www.lhsaa.org/siteuploads/editorimg/file/Outdoor%20Track/2024%20Outdoor%20Track/sat%20heat%20sheets%202%20col%20all%20events.pdf">Complete Class 5A heat sheet</a>)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>JUMPS (AND MORE)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Scotlandville defensive back <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='901039' first='Broderick' last='Davis'] </strong>(23-00.50) and Ruston defensive back <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='914207' first='Aidan' last='Anding'] </strong>(23-00.25) lead a Class 5A long jump field full of football flavor.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Catholic (Baton Rouge)'s <strong>Alex Huffine</strong> (23-00.00), St. Amant's <strong>Robert Wiliams</strong> (22-08.00), the Destrehan duo of <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1602060' first='Damien' last='Richard II']</strong> (22-01.00) and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='901566' first='Tai' last='Terrell']</strong> (21-10.00), Terrebonne's <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='710978' first='Alvin' last='Celestin']</strong> (21-08.25) and Alexandria's <strong>Marquis Butler</strong> (21-08.00) all bring varying football backgrounds to the group.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>High jump favorite <strong>Kyron Sumler</strong> (7-00.00) is a member of the John Curtis football roster and will try to hold off a cast of fellow multisport challengers that includes Dutchtown's <strong>Austen Nelson</strong> (6-07.00), Airline's <strong>Jeremiah Boudreaux</strong> (6-06.00), Southeastern Louisiana-signed John Ehret standout <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='421653' first='Darnell' last='O'Quinn']</strong> (6-06.00), Acadiana's <strong>Damon Lewis</strong> (6-06.00) and Scotlandville's <strong>Alden Dupree</strong> (6-05.00).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Butler (47-7.00), Richard (43-05.00) and Terrell (43-02.50) will compete in the triple jump as well, joining Scotlandville receiver <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1214132' first='Ferzell' last='Shepard'] Jr.</strong> (47-08.50), Carencro's <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1204703' first='Joni' last='Martin']</strong> (45-04.00) and John Ehret's <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='912296' first='Ke'ain' last='Shorts'] </strong>(44-04.00) in another football-heavy event. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>And a seemingly wide-open pole vault includes Walker's <strong>Aidan Brumfield</strong>, West Ouachita's <strong>Slade Sanford</strong>, Live Oak's <strong>Will Price</strong> and Benton's <strong>Miller Malley</strong> among the five athlete with matching 13-06.00 qualifying heights atop the field that also includes Barbe defensive back <strong>Carter Hooks</strong> (13-00.00) and Hahnville kicker <strong>Ryan Abadie </strong>(12-06.00) among the challengers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>HURDLES</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Scotlandville's <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='901039' first='Broderick' last='Davis']</strong>, scheduled for a busy day with six events total, leads the 110-meter field with a 14.29-second qualifying time.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Airline's <strong>Jeremiah Boudreaux</strong>, also in the high jump and 4x400-meter relay, is one of five athletes overall competing in both the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles with his qualifying times of 14.35 and 37.16, respectively — the second-fastest 110-meter and fastest 300-meter qualifying times in Class 5A.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>That group that also includes Zachary defensive back <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='901573' first='Vederek' last='Matthews']</strong> (14.45 and 38.48).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The 110-meter field also includes Jesuit's <strong>Ja'ir Burks</strong> (15.16), Hahnville's <strong>David Powell</strong> (15.18) and New Iberia's <strong>LeMarionze "Mario" Allen</strong> (15.36).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Scotlandville's <strong>Dylan Evans</strong> (38.99), Edna Karr's <strong>Jayden Hunter</strong> (40.17), New Iberia's <strong>Allen Hamilton</strong> (40.54) and Terrebonne's <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1257573' first='Braylon' last='Brown']</strong> (40.61) join Boudreaux and Matthews in the 300-meter group.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SPRINTS/RUNS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Destrehan wide receiver <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='426964' first='Phillip' last='Wright III']</strong> leads the 100- and 200-meter dash with qualifying times of 10.57 seconds and 21.41 seconds, respectively. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The highlight touted 2025 recruit is one of five total athletes competing in both events, including fellow football standouts in Dutchtown's <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1331302' first='Lekedrin' last='Harvey']</strong> (10.71 and 21.83), Holy Cross' <strong>Josh Brown </strong>(10.73 and 21.75) and Ruston's <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='914207' first='Aidan' last='Anding']</strong> (10.98 and 22.20).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tulane-signed John Ehret standout <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='285621' first='Armani' last='Cargo']</strong> (10.65), Mississippi Valley State-signed Scotlandville standout <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1203329' first='Kyree' last='Langley']</strong> (10.75) and Acadiana receiver <strong>Omari Dumas</strong> (10.97) will compete in the 100-meter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Parkway's <strong>Will Achee</strong> will is the lone athlete competing in both the 200-meter (21.64) and 400-meter (48.03) races.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The aforementioned <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='901039' first='Broderick' last='Davis'] </strong>(21.62) of Scotlandville, Edna Karr's <strong>Lance Williams</strong> (21.82) and New Iberia's <strong>Gregory Brooks III</strong> (22.37) are more football names to know in the 200-meter dash.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Barbe defensive back <strong>Darryl Washington</strong> (47.74), Acadiana's <strong>Tourean Campbell</strong> (48.99), Catholic (Baton Rouge)'s <strong>Hunter Ullrich</strong> (49.10) and previously mentioned multi-event Scotlandville standout <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1214132' first='Ferzell' last='Shepard'] Jr.</strong> (50.02) bring some additional football flair to the 400-meter group. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Many of those individual runners will also compete in various relays, including Shepard, Davis and Langley in Scotlandville's favored 4x100-, 4x200- and 4x400-meter teams.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Edna Karr and Acadiana represent the top challengers in the 4x100- and 4x200-meter races with the Cougars' group highlighted by receivers <strong>Taron Francis</strong>, <strong>Oliver Mitchell</strong> and <strong>Bryant Sanchez</strong> and the Wreckin' Rams' group that includes <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='426961' first='Russell' last='Babineaux']</strong>, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='913924' first='Braylon' last='Noel']</strong>, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='913922' first='Keeman' last='Thibodeaux']</strong>, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='710087' first='Jonah' last='Gauthier'] </strong>and the aforementioned Dupas and Campbell.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Wright, Richard and Terrell, star 2026 receiver <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='212340' first='Jabari' last='Mack']</strong> and 2025 running back <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1221216' first='Shane' last='Ward']</strong> are among the top football names on Destrehan's 4x100-meter relay.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Among the other most recognizable relay teams for football fans: the John Curtis 4x200-meter that includes LSU-signed receiver/corner <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='139627' first='Michael' last='Turner'] Jr.</strong>, running backs <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='421525' first='Jason' last='Gabriel Jr.'] </strong>and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='285662' first='Marlon' last='Prout']</strong> and defensive back <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1221211' first='Trey' last='Brown'] </strong>and the Ruston 4x100-meter that includes the aforementioned <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='914207' first='Aidan' last='Anding']</strong>, quarterback <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='710076' first='Joshua' last='Brantley']</strong> and running back <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='618676' first='Dylone' last='Brooks']</strong>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>THROWS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Highly touted defensive line recruit <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='912286' first='Devon' last='Oliver']</strong> of Parkway leads the field in the discus with a 176-04 qualifying distance and is second in the shot put (53-08.75).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Central Lafourche lineman <strong>Kaden Adams</strong> (57-00.50) boasts the top qualifying mark in the shot put.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ponchatoula defensive lineman <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='901034' first='Troy-Kee' last='Butler']</strong> will also participate in both events, qualifying at 48-11.00 in the shot put and 139-01 in the discus.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Barbe's <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='912288' first='Michael' last='Fulton']</strong> (52-09.50), Lafayette's <strong>Triston Cormier</strong> (51-07.00), Scotlandville's <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='285285' first='Tyler' last='Knighten']</strong> (51-06.00), top-ranked St. Augustine sophomore defensive lineman <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='212341' first='Jahkeem' last='Stewart'] </strong>(50-06.00), Zachary offensive lineman <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1737475' first='Keidrick' last='Bailey Jr.']</strong> (49-03.00) and Jesuit offensive lineman <strong>Spencer Waguespack</strong> (47-08.00) will compete in the shot put.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>And Airline's <strong>Malik Word</strong> (164-03), Woodlawn (Baton Rouge)'s <strong>Khamory Gipson</strong> (158-09), Catholic (Baton Rouge)'s <strong>Jack Torrance</strong>, Thibodaux's <strong>Luke Guidry</strong> and Archbishop Rummel linebacker <strong>Robert Vaughn Jr. </strong>(130-09) provide further football representation in the discus.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Catholic (Baton Rouge) star <strong>Paul Catalanatto</strong> (205-07), who played football prior to this year, is the favorite to claim another javelin title.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>John Curtis edge rusher <strong>Zach Drake</strong> (198-00), quarterbacks <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1644727' first='Gavin' last='Stout']</strong> (183-09.50) of Sam Houston and <strong>Jeffery King</strong> (183-03) of Benton, Walker's <strong>Maddox Reine</strong> (182-09) and Brother Martin's <strong>Landon Craig</strong> (168-00) are among the challengers in the event.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->