Football standouts to watch at 2024 track championships | 4A
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Three days of state championships this week punctuate the LHSAA’s outdoor track and field season. Top athletes from around the state will compete Thursday, Friday and Saturday at LSU’s Bernie Moore Stadium. And many of the events include notable football…
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Continue ReadingThree days of state championships this week punctuate the LHSAA’s outdoor track and field season.
Top athletes from around the state will compete Thursday, Friday and Saturday at LSU’s Bernie Moore Stadium.
And many of the events include notable football standouts, including some college-bound signees in their final high school events.
Here are several individual events to monitor Saturday as Class 4A helps wrap up the busy weekend.
———————————— CLASS 4A ————————————
(Complete Class 4A heat sheet)
JUMPS (AND MORE)
The Class 4A jump events are loaded with football athletes.
The long jump is particularly football-heavy in particular the long jump led by Evangel Christian’s Roy Morris Jr. (23-01.50), Lafayette Christian’s Trae Grogan Trae Grogan 6'1" | 180 lbs | WR Lafayette Christian | 2024 State LA (22-11.00), Istrouma’s Ky’ree Paul (22-03.50), St. Michael’s Preston Sentino (22-03.50), Warren Easton’s Miles Torres (21-06.00), Northwood (Shreveport)’s Duntavious Young (21-01.50) and Archbishop Shaw safety Jordan Evans Jordan Evans 5'10" | 170 lbs | DB Archbishop Shaw | 2024 State LA (21-00.00).
Sentino (43-06.50) will also compete in a triple jump field that includes Tioga receiver Kervin Johnson (44-06.00), Salmen athlete Tremon Joseph Tremon Joseph 6'2" | 180 lbs | DB Salmen | 2024 State LA (43-09.25), Belle Chasse’s Dillan Carter (43-08.00), Louisiana (Lafayette)-bound Tioga star Ja’Corian Norris Ja’Corian Norris 6'2" | 185 lbs | ATH Tioga | 2024 State LA (43-07.00), Cecilia’s Jermaine Davis (43-00.50) and Kenner Discovery defensive back Kenderick Powell (42-04.00).
Huntington quarterback/athlete Landon Gibbs Landon Gibbs 5'8" | 135 lbs | ATH LA (6-08.00) leads the high jump field, which includes Archbishop Shaw’s Corey Waits Jr. (6-06.00), Lakeshore’s Caleb Bourg (6-04.00), A.J. Ellender’s Travon James (6-02.00) and Pearl River running back Tashod Badon (6-02.00).
DeRidder’s Mason Kern (11-06.00), Grant’s Isaiah McKinney (11-06.00), Tioga’s Kaleb Woolery (11-06.00), Salmen’s Camron Robinson Camron Robinson 5'8" | 150 lbs | RB Salmen | 2026 LA (10-00.00) and Loranger teammates Amandre Harris (10-00.00) and Gordon Gros (9-00.00) are among the pole vault competitors.
HURDLES
Westgate defensive back Armidre Evans leads the 110-meter hurdles field with a 14.45-second qualifying time and is among the contenders in the 300-meter with a 40.13-second time.
Northwood (Shreveport) defensive back James Hollingsworth boasts the top 300-meter qualifying time at 39.52 seconds.
Tioga teammates Kadrmas Maximus (15.43 and 39.65) and Wyatt Smith (15.52 and 40.09) are scheduled to compete in both hurdles events.
Cecilia tight end and kicker Jonathan Boudreaux Jonathan Boudreaux 6'3" | 190 lbs | TE Cecilia | 2024 LA (15.10), Teurlings Catholic’s Robert Miller (15.15), Neville defensive back Richard White (15.50), Franklinton athlete Sebastian Magee (16.03) and Salmen receiver Lamarion Walker (16.09) help round out the 110-meter field.
And Salmen athlete Tremon Joseph Tremon Joseph 6'2" | 180 lbs | DB Salmen | 2024 State LA (40.64), mentioned above in the triple jump, and Teurlings Catholic defensive lineman Alex Richard (41.22) are in the 300-meter competition.
SPRINTS/RUNS
McNeese State-signed Lafayette Christian standout Treanders Marzell Jr. Treanders Marzell Jr. 5'9" | 190 lbs | ATH Lafayette Christian | 2024 State LA has the top-qualifying Class 4A 200-meter time at 21.51 seconds and second-best 100-meter time at 10.82 seconds.
Other football standouts competing in both sprints include West Feliciana’s Elstron Longs (10.92 and 21.60) and Frederick A. Douglass’ Kendall Washington (11.44 and 22.50).
Westgate athlete Davian Jackson Davian Jackson 6'2" | 170 lbs | ATH Westgate | 2025 State LA (10.94), Grambling State-bound Peabody Magnet star Dartavin Depass Dartavin Depass 6'2" | 180 lbs | ATH Peabody | 2024 State LA (11.04), Neville speedster Kaleb Vaughn Kaleb Vaughn 5'9" | 160 lbs | DB Neville | 2025 State LA (11.21), North Desoto running back Kenny Thomas (11.37) and Archbishop Shaw corner Dallas Borne Dallas Borne 5'9" | 150 lbs | DB Archbishop Shaw | 2024 LA (11.43) help fill out a football-heavy 100-meter field.
Pittsburgh-bound Evangel Christian standout Tyreek Robinson Tyreek Robinson 5'9" | 150 lbs | ATH Evangel Christian | 2024 State LA (22.32) is among the most notable challengers in the 200-meter dash, along with Neville corner Jaxson Parker (22.36) and L.W. Higgins corner Rashad Landry (22.42) and teammate Roy Morris Jr. (22.51).
Morris, mentioned above as the long jump favorite, will also join Robinson on the Eagles’ 4×100- and 4×200-meter relay teams that include ranked underclassmen Johnny Casey Johnny Casey 5'9" | 155 lbs | DB Evangel | 2026 State LA Jr. and Nathan Green Nathan Green 6'0" | 180 lbs | ATH Evangel Christian | 2026 State LA .
In addition to his 200-meter entry, Parker enters the 400-meter run with the best time in the field (48.43) and will compete in Neville’s 4×100- and 4×200-meter relay teams with Vaughn, White and company.
Northside’s Latrell Johnson (48.81), Huntington’s Preston Summage (48.89), Minden receiver Porter Neal (49.83), Lutcher’s
Trenton Chaney
Trenton
Chaney
5'9" | 160 lbs | ATH
Lutcher | 2025
LA
(50.11), the aforementioned Torres (50.49) of Warren Easton and Ben Franklin’s DeVonte Trask (50.68) join Parker in the 400-meter field.
The Willow School’s Anthony Allen (1:58.20), North DeSoto safety Dylan Compton (1:58.35), South Lafourche’s Cesar Gonzalez (1:59.36) and Neville’s Logan Ozbun (2:01.12) are among the 800-meter runners.
Several of those sprinters and mid-distance runners will also compete in their schools’ various relays.
And a long list of other notable football standouts involved in relay teams include, but are not limited to:
Desmond Harris
Desmond
Harris
5'9" | 160 lbs | WR
Northwood (Shreveport) | 2024
LA
, Jeremiah Johnson,
Justin Thomas
Justin
Thomas
5'11" | 160 lbs | DB
Northwood (Shreveport) | 2026
State
LA
and Elijah Crawford will Hollingsworth and Young on favored Northwood (Shreveport) 4×100- and 4×200-meter relay teams;
Trandin Benjamin
Trandin
Benjamin
5'10" | 175 lbs | DB
Westgate | 2026
State
LA
,
Tavias Gordon
Tavias
Gordon
5'10" | 185 lbs | RB
Westgate | 2025
State
LA
and
Khylon Antoine
Khylon
Antoine
5'10" | 175 lbs | DB
Westgate | 2025
State
LA
on Westgate’s 4×100-meter;
Landon Hammond
Landon
Hammond
6'2" | 160 lbs | DB
Opelousas | 2025
State
LA
,
Kyran Moore
Kyran
Moore
6'0" | 170 lbs | DB
Opelousas | 2025
State
LA
,
Zackeus Malveaux
Zackeus
Malveaux
5'10" | 160 lbs | ATH
Opelousas | 2025
State
LA
and Jaylon Owens on an Opelousas 4×100-meter; Corey Broussard,
Diesel Solari
Diesel
Solari
5'7" | 175 lbs | ATH
Cecilia | 2025
State
LA
,
Brent Gordon Jr.
Brent
Gordon Jr.
5'11" | 175 lbs | DB
Cecilia | 2025
State
LA
and
Ellis Stewart
Ellis
Stewart
6'0" | 170 lbs | WR
Cecilia | 2025
State
LA
joining Boudreaux on Cecilia’s 4×100- and 4×200-meter teams; LSU signee
Wallace Foster IV
Wallace
Foster IV
5'11" | 160 lbs | DB
Warren Easton | 2024
State
LA
, Louisiana Tech signee
Fred Robertson
Fred
Robertson
5'9" | 180 lbs | RB
Warren Easton | 2024
State
LA
and
Thomas Vaughn
Thomas
Vaughn
5'9" | 170 lbs | RB
Warren Easton | 2026
State
LA
on Warren Easton’s 4×100- and 4×200-meter teams.
Salmen relay teams include
Jacobi Jefferson
Jacobi
Jefferson
5'9" | 175 lbs | ATH
Salmen | 2024
State
LA
,
Cameron Dorsey
Cameron
Dorsey
6'1" | 190 lbs | QB
Salmen | 2024
State
LA
,
Desmond Beasley
Desmond
Beasley
5'11" | 185 lbs | DB
Salmen | 2025
LA
and
Tayshawn Scott
Tayshawn
Scott
6'0" | 150 lbs | ATH
Salmen | 2025
LA
. LSU signee
Ju’Juan Johnson
Ju’Juan
Johnson
6'0" | 195 lbs | ATH
Lafayette Christian | 2024
State
LA
, young star
Sky Ryan
Sky
Ryan
6'0" | 175 lbs | DB
Lafayette Christian Academy | 2027
State
LA
and other ranked Lafayette Christian playmakers
Brayden Allen
Brayden
Allen
5'11" | 155 lbs | WR
Lafayette Christian | 2026
State
LA
, Braylon Walker and
Calvin Parker III
Calvin
Parker III
5'8" | 180 lbs | ATH
Lafayette Christian | 2025
State
LA
will join Marzell and Grogan on the Knights’ 4×200-meter team, and a McDonogh 35 4×100-meter includes LSU target
Jakai Anderson
Jakai
Anderson
6'0" | 160 lbs | WR
McDonogh 35 | 2026
State
LA
,
Santana Price
Santana
Price
5'11" | 180 lbs | QB
McDonogh 35 | 2024
LA
, Dameon McCloud and
Thai Brown
Thai
Brown
5'10" | 175 lbs | DB
McDonogh 35 | 2024
State
LA
. Northwestern State football signee
Gylen Ford
Gylen
Ford
6'0" | 190 lbs | DB
Teurlings Catholic | 2024
State
LA
is part of Teurlings Catholic’s 4×200-meter, and Riverdale’s 4×200-meter includes
Dwain Swilley
Dwain
Swilley
6'3" | 185 lbs | DB
Riverdale | 2026
State
LA
and
Toren Signal
Toren
Signal
6'0" | 160 lbs | ATH
Riverdale | 2026
State
LA
.
Leesville’s favored 4×400-meter relay includes ranked athlete
Izaiah Farley
Izaiah
Farley
5'9" | 165 lbs | ATH
Leesville | 2024
LA
. North DeSoto’s notable challenger includes the aforementioned Compton and fellow defensive standout
Lake Bates
Lake
Bates
5'10" | 180 lbs | DB
North DeSoto | 2024
State
LA
among familiar names, as does St. Thomas More’s group that includes
Brian Broussard
Brian
Broussard
5'10" | 170 lbs | DB
St. Thomas More | 2025
State
LA
Jr., Gabe Mocek and Tripp Gossen. Foster is also part of Warren Easton’s 4×400-meter. And Westgate’s 4×400-meter includes
Khylon Antoine
Khylon
Antoine
5'10" | 175 lbs | DB
Westgate | 2025
State
LA
, Armidre Evans and Bryant Leon.
THROWS
Three defensive linemen lead the throwing events: West Feliciana’s Ted Jackson Ted Jackson 5'11" | 240 lbs | DL West Feliciana | 2024 State LA (52.62m) in the discus, Breaux Bridge’s Braxton Simon (51-09.00) and Tioga’s Delaney Gunnar (170-01.50) in the javelin.
Southeastern Louisiana-bound Belle Chasse standout Jaedon Voisin Jaedon Voisin 6'2" | 240 lbs | ATH Belle Chasse | 2024 State LA is the only athlete slated to compete in multiple throws with qualifying distances of 42.26m in the discus and 48-08.00 in the shot put.
Tioga’s Justin White (44.37m), Belaire’s
Jordell Baise
Jordell
Baise
6'3" | 245 lbs | OL
Belaire | 2026
State
LA
(42.06m), A.J. Ellender’s Terrell James (41.93m), Eunice’s Caleb Arceneaux (41.50m), DeRidder’s Landon Smith (38.43m) and Franklinton’s
David Moore
David
Moore
5'11" | 175 lbs | ATH
West Monroe | 2024
State
LA
(38.27m) are in the discus heat.
Belaire’s Christian Hill (51-08.00), Grant’s Landon Vallee (50-11.00), Breaux Bridge’s Ashton Joseph (50-01.00), Grambling State-signed Archbishop Shaw defensive lineman Kilas Francis Kilas Francis 6'2" | 300 lbs | DL Archbishop Shaw | 2024 State LA (48-05.00), De La Salle’s Ian Fields (48-01.50), Neville defensive lineman Anzelon Perkins (45-08.00) and Tioga’s Preston Ivey (43-02.00) will compete in the shot put.
And Neville’s Jayson Parker (163-06.50), Northside’s Keagan Dugas (160-05), South Terrebonne’s Trey Pinell (156-04), college-bound Huntington offensive lineman Quan’Travious Bradford Quan’Travious Bradford 6'1" | 290 lbs | OL Huntington | 2024 State LA (155-09), Cecilia defensive lineman Demarco Roberts Demarco Roberts 6'3" | 210 lbs | DL Cecilia | 2024 State LA (152-07), Warren Easton quarterback/athlete Greg Donaldson Greg Donaldson 5'11" | 180 lbs | ATH Warren Easton | 2024 State LA Jr. (149-07) and Riverdale standout Colby Lufkin (144-11) are among the javelin contenders.