BrooksNDone Posted 13 hours ago Report Posted 13 hours ago [email protected] Tom Halliburton’s Track Volume 38, Number 8 Veteran track and field observers expected nearly half of the area’s season-best performances would improve last week at district meets. Sure enough, they did. Hey, it simply works that way. Athletes realize their seasons are finished if they don’t perform. They want those medals and they want to extend their season. First, we congratulate a few team champions. Coach Kendrick Johnson (standing far left in the above photo) guided West Brook to an impressive team title in 19-5A at Mont Belvieu. The Bruins had 179 points – 30 points more than runner-up Barbers Hill. The host school’s Lady Eagles, under coach Stacy Tucker, captured the girls team honors. Little Cypress-Mauriceville’s tracksters were not in such a sharing mood in the 18-4A meet at West Orange-Stark. Becca Peveto’s girls and Kurt Zihlman’s boys wanted to bring home all the team honors and they did. The Bears barely outdistanced Lumberton by two points while the Lady Bears more than doubled their closest competition coming from Bridge City. The Orangefield Lady Bobcats displayed plenty of dominance at the 22-3A meet in Anahuac. Girls coach Brittney Stevens took home the team title. Coach Fred Gilbert watched his Hardin Hornets claim the honors in the boys division. Individual performances enabled Golden Triangle-area athletes to improve our area-best season numbers in 10 boys and 6 girls events during the district championships. West Brook junior D’Andre Carter led the area in both the boys long and triple jump events. Carter had produced the first 44-0 long jump before the 19-5A meet but he cleared 44-4 at Mont Belvieu. Then there’s another junior who delivers steady late-season progress. And that would delight Nederland girls coach Dale Dial. Her name is Kiley Havard, and what a hard worker she must be. Kiley owned the area’s fastest time in the 100-meter hurdles at 15.34 by the end of March. When the calendar turned to April, Havard just turned it up a notch. She recorded a 15.12 on April 2 at LC-M’s Battlin’ Bear Relays. Her season-best time lowered to 14.57 last week at district. When it comes to a consistent champion, LC-M’s senior pole vaulter Janet Le (pictured here) delivers meet after meet. Her best had been 10-6 before district. Janet equaled that mark last Monday at West Orange. Year-in and year-out, Memorial’s Darrell Granger has a history of delivering the finest in area track athletes. Granger likes to Port Arthur’s Titans peak at the most significant events. They might do exactly that in 2026. The Lady Titans have been showcasing the work of shot and discus thrower Tatiyana Crain and sprinter Jalexis Neal. The guys don’t want to be overlooked with Brandon Richards and Matthew Christian producing area-best times, along with the 4x2 relay squad. Those Bruins have kept being champions, starting with Joe Bowser in the discus and John Fowler in the 800-, 1600- and 3200-meter events. Let’s all keep striving this week at the area meets. Here’s where they’re going this week WEDNESDAY 19-4A/20-4A Area Championship at Falcon Stadium, Huffman Hamshire-Fannett, Hardin-Jefferson, Huffman, Liberty, Livingston, Shepherd and Tarkington’s top four qualifiers at the 19-4A District championships. THURSDAY 19-5A/20-5A Area Championship at Bulldog Stadium, La Porte Nederland, Port Neches-Groves, Port Arthur Memorial, Beaumont United and Beaumont West Brook’s top four qualifiers at the 19-5A District championships. 17-4A/18-4A Area Championship at Mustang Stadium, Madisonville Bridge City, Jasper, Little Cypress-Mauriceville, Lumberton, Silsbee, Vidor and West Orange-Stark’s top four qualifiers at 18-4A District championships 21-3A/22-3A Area Championship at Gid Campbell Track, Anahuac Anahuac, East Chambers, Kountze, Warren, Hardin, Buna, Huffman, Hamshire-Fannett, Kirbyville, Newton, Warren, Woodville’s top four qualifiers at District 21-3A and 22-3A championships TAPPS 2026 POST-SEASON TRACK SCHEDULE District 4-5A Championships April 15 & 16: Glassell Stadium, Lutheran South Academy, Houston 5A South Regionals April 29: Matadors Stadium, Seguin TAPPS State Track & Field Championships May 7-8-9: Panther Stadium, Waco Midway High School, Hewitt GOLDEN TRIANGLE-AREA HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD LEADERS DISCUS – Girls: Tatiyana Crain, PA Memorial, 133-3; Boys: Joe Bowser, West Brook, 162-3 SHOT PUT – Girls: Madagyn Boudoin, Lumberton, 41-6; Boys: William Crosby, Orangefield, 48-10.5 HIGH JUMP – Girls: Addelyn Hooper, PN-G, 5-6; Boys: Kobe Prejean, Hamshire-Fannett, 6-7 LONG JUMP – Girls: Kelsey Banks, Hardin-Jeff, 18-8.75; Boys: D’Andre Carter, WB, 22-11.25 TRIPLE JUMP – Girls: Madison Hill, Silsbee, 36-8.25; Boys: D’Andre Carter, West Brook, 44-4 POLE VAULT – Girls: Janet Le, LC-M, 10-6; Boys: Gavin Rubio, Hardin-Jefferson, 14-0 100 M – Girls: Jalexis Neal, PA Memorial, 11.42; Boys: Willie Clark, WB, 10.53; Sage Gilder, Hamshire-Fannett (hand-held) 200 M – Girls: Jalexis Neal, PA Memorial, 24.43; Boys: Brandon Richards, PA Memorial, 21.47 400 M – Girls: Jada Guilbeau, PA Memorial, 57.85; Boys: Matthew Christian, PA Memorial, 48.88 100 M Hurdles – Girls: Kiley Havard, Nederland, 14.57 110 M Hurdles – Boys: Hayward Monceaux, Nederland, 14.11 300 M Hurdles – Girls: Kiley Havard, Nederland, 46.17; Boys: Shay Stacy, Vidor, 38.16 800 M – Girls: Meribeth Owens, Bmt Veritas Classical, 2:19.65; Boys: John Fowler, WB, 1:52.76 1600 M – Girls: Meribeth Owens, Bmt Veritas Classical, 5:11.77; Boys: John Fowler, WB, 4:19.19 3200 M – Girls: Ella Mecom, Nederland,11:27.04; Boys: John Fowler, West Brook, 9:28.87 400 M Relay – Girls: Silsbee (Ryann Norsworthy, Olevia Mitchell-Vaughn, Key’Shanti Hafford, Madison Hill) 47.99; Boys: West Brook (D’Andre Carter, Willie Clark, Aden Mills-Teate, Jay’vier Fair), 41.37 800 M Relay – Girls: LC-M (Amaya Meadows, Dinah Tippins, Brianca Barclay, Janet Le) 1:41.84; Boys: PA Memorial (Payton Bell, Cam’Ron Roberts, Malcolm McCrea, Brandon Richards), 1:27.43 1600 M Relay – Girls: Bridge City (Rylee Carver, Jada Juneau, Makya Augustine, Kylee Britten),4:06.15; Boys: PA Memorial (Matthew Christian, Malcolm McCrea, Cam’Ron Roberts, Jaylen Gibson), 3:20.59 Tom Halliburton is a senior sports correspondent with the Beaumont Enterprise Quote
BrooksNDone Posted 4 hours ago Author Report Posted 4 hours ago good grief... my bad... scratch Huffman and Hamshire-Fannett from participating in the 3A area meet, because they're in 4A Quote
JSnipes Posted 1 hour ago Report Posted 1 hour ago Paisley Angelle of LCM ran a 45.78 in the 300mH at district. I believe that should be the Area's best. Quote
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