PA jumpers, Hemmings, Krautz among champions

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PA jumpers, Hemmings, Krautz among champions

By Tom Halliburton

The Port Arthur News

NEDERLAND — Port Arthur Memorial rediscovered potential champion jumpers in all sizes and shapes Friday at Nederland’s very wet 44th Bulldog Relays.

Port Neches-Groves dusted off a well-rested discus thrower. Nederland might just be grooming a special quarter-miler, while West Orange-Stark knows it owns a mighty good sprinter and those Orange County redshirts from Deweyville and Bridge City own bragging rights to high-caliber distance runners.

An unwelcome drizzle and off-and-on showers became unwelcome intruders on this opening day of the Golden Triangle outdoor season. Barbers Hill also tried its best to spoil the party, too, by dominating the girls division with 161 points.

There was plenty of interesting developments from Mid- and South County, though.

Memorial finished second with 64 points behind boys team champ Beaumont Central at 101. Port Neches-Groves was a stout third with 59. Nederland and Memorial took third and fourth in the girls division with 86 and 71 points respectively.

Whether they tried a 6-4 boy or a 5-2 girl, the Titans figured out how to win the long jump rather impressively. A pair of former Junior Olympic competitors earlier in this decade with the now-defunct Port Arthur Track Club, Terrell “Tay-Tay†Robertson and Craig Bailey, Jr. — a pair of 18-year-old seniors — looked good in their coming-out parties with winning marks of 17-3 3/4 and 22-2.

“Tay-Tay†scratched on her competition’s first of four attempts and missed recording about a 17-9 by a hair. Her talent has been evident for awhile, now her dedication has been catching up to it.

Bailey is not a fluke either. He went 22-0 last year at the Texas Southern Tiger Relays and kept first place going into the final jump.

Besides that they’re both Memorial seniors and they’ve jumped together for half of their lives, Bailey and Robertson have another interesting common bond for now. They came into their season’s first meet without hardly doing any jumping before Friday.

Memorial is expected to have the final touches on its new all-weather track — and that includes long jump facilities — completed by the end of this month. Until then, the Memorial tracksters will work out about three days a week on the Ty Terrell track at Lamar University in Beaumont.

“I’ve just been running,†said Bailey, who also won the triple jump in 41-10 3/4. “I haven’t been doing any jumping... The new track ought to help a lot because I’ll be able to work more on my jumping.â€

“It was my first time to jump in a long time,†Robertson said. “I’ve just gotten to go out there and run and go for speed.â€

Oh well, if you can jump, you can jump.... PN-G senior Jake Hemmings — a star football player and two-time Super Team selection — learned if you can throw the discus in junior high, you can still throw it years later. Hemmings had not competed in the event since the eighth grade. He won the event at 135-4. His coach Carl Broussard believed Hemmings could be capable of throwing into the 140s or 150 feet.

Three more athletes who definitely expect to improve — Deweyville’s Joe Dooley, Nederland’s Justin Krautz and West Orange-Stark’s Josh Gloston were victorious despite the yucky weather conditions.

“The weather probably hurt my time (50.29) a little bit but it (the rainfall) probably helps to keep my mind off the race plus it’s a lot cooler,†Krautz said.

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Congrats to all the athletes that competed in not so ideal conditions. Also a big hand goes out to meet organizers and all the volunteers that helped and were able to get the meet in.

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From the PA News

44th Bulldog Relays

NEDERLAND — Here are Friday’s final results from the 44th annual Nederland Bulldog Relays held at Bulldog Stadium.

GIRLS DIVISION

Discus — 1. Rubiamber Torres, Dayton, 103-11; 2. Latasha Carrington, Barbers Hill, 95-10; 3. Whitney Nico, Kelly, 95-4.

Shot put — 1. Latasha Carrington, Barbers Hill, 35-4; 2. Raegan Richard, Ned, 33-4; 3. Crystal Blue, Ozen, 32-10.5.

High jump — 1. Alese Pinner, Ned, 5-2; 2. Maci Wilcox, LC-M, 5-0; 3. Jesi Noack, Dayton, 5-0.

Long jump — 1. Terrell Robertson, PAMem, 17-3.75; 2. Savanah Desmarais, Ned, 16-8.75; 3. Desiree Gray, PAMem, 16-3.5.

Triple jump — 1. Savanah Desmarais, Ned, 33-10; 2. Hannah Bell, Dayton, 33-2.5; 3. Miracle McMillan, West Brook, 32-9.5.

Pole vault — 1. Samantha Rhodes, BH, 10-0; 2. Jessica Griffin, BH, 8-6; 3. Chelsea Coleman, BC, 8-6.

Distance medley relay — 1. South Houston 13:50.29; 2. Barbers Hill 14:21.55; 3. PN-G 14:26.05.

3,200-meter run — 1. Reanna Edgerton, LC-M, 12:50.85; 2. Elizabeth Vega, South Houston, 12:56.32; 3. Amber Watson, BH, 13:03.86.

400-meter relay — 1. Beaumont Ozen 50.21; 2. South Houston 50.86; 3. PA Memorial 51.35.

800-meter run — 1. Samantha Rhodes, BH, 2:30.98; 2. Ashley Washburn, Ned, 2:32.43; 3. Mailaika Tezeno, PN-G, 2:33.09.

100-meter hurdles — 1. Hillary Poole, BH, 15.65; 2. Paris Collins, PAMem, 16.65; 3. Demetriss Rhone, Silsbee, 17.14.

100-meter dash — 1. Patrisha Johnson, Silsbee, 12.64; 2. LaTrenia Scott, South Houston, 12.72; 3. Kileen Felix, PN-G, 13.29.

800-meter relay — 1. South Houston 1:49.69; 2. West Brook 1:51.67; 3. Barbers Hill 1:51.83.

400-meter dash — 1. Mailaika Tezeno, PN-G, 63.80; 2. Hannah Bell, Dayton, 64.07; 3. Ra’nell Lee, Bmt Central, 64.14.

300-meter hurdles — 1. Hillary Poole, BH, 47.98; 2. Meagan McCoy, BH, 49.36; 3. Paris Collins, PAMem, 50.46.

200-meter dash — 1. Miracle Jernigan, South Houston, 27.40; 2. Whitney Hudson, PAMem, 27.91; 3. Britney Boulard, Bmt Central, 28.18.

1,600-meter run — 1. Samantha Rhodes, BH, 5:49,41; 2. Reanna Edgerton, LC-M, 5:54.73; 3. Catherine Reuter, BH, 5:59.56.

1,600-meter relay — 1. Beaumont Central 4:17.60; 2. Barbers Hill 4:21.88; 3. Nederland 4:22.18.

Final standings — 1. Barbers Hill 161; 2. South Houston 88; 3. Nederland 86; 4. PA Memorial 71; 5, Dayton 54; 6. PN-G 47; 7. Bmt Central 42; 8. Bmt Ozen 28; 9. Bmt West Brook 27; 10. LC-M 26; 11. Silsbee 16; 12. Bridge City 12; 13. Orangefield 7.5; 14. Lumberton 6.5; 15. Kelly 6; 16. Deweyville 4.

BOYS DIVISION

Discus — 1. Jake Hemmings, PN-G, 135-4; 2. Stefan Huber, Ned, 134-5; 3. Jonathon Ward, Lum, 132-9.

Shot put — 1. Weekendfer Saurit, South Houston, 54-4.5; 2. Jonathan Rideau, Ozen, 49-7.5; 3. Kheeston Randall, Kelly, 44-4.75.

High jump — 1. Jared Williamson, Vidor, 6-5; 2. Jeffery Thomas, Bmt Cent, 6-4; 3. Dylan Richards, PN-G, 6-2.

Long jump — 1. Craig Bailey, PAMem, 22-2; 2. Kendrex Salter, LC-M, 22-0.5; 3. Matt Johnson, PN-G, 21-3.5.

Triple jump — 1. Craig Bailey, PAMem, 41-10.75; 2. Ortavious Hypolite, WO-S, 41-9; 3. Matt Johnson, PN-G, 41-6.

Pole vault — 1. Jordan Begnaud, PN-G, 11-0; 2. Kyle Fontenot, Orangefield, 10-6; 3. Trent Myers, Bridge City, 10-6.

Distance medley relay — 1. Barbers Hill 11:26.98; 2. Bridge City 11:39.07; 3. West Brook 11:44.82.

3,200-meter run — 1. Romar Bradley, Ozen, 10:36.11; 2. Hunter Bradshaw, Lum, 10:40.86; 3. Tim Ramsey, BH, 10:53.16.

400-meter relay — 1. Bmt Central 41.68; 2. WO-S 42.54; 3. PAMem 43.04.

800-meter run — 1. Joe Dooley, Deweyville, 2:06.17; 2. Derrick Connors, PAMem, 2:08.15; 3. Fredrick Granger, Bmt Ozen, 2:09.13.

110-meter hurdles — 1. Donovan Harris, Silsbee, 15.02; 2. Cory McGee, Vidor, 16.07; 3. Xeryus Jones, Bmt Central, 16.39.

100-meter dash — 1. Josh Gloston, WO-S, 11.16; 2. Randy Wilson, Bmt Central, 11.43; 3. Daleon Sinette, PAMem, 11.56.

800-meter relay — 1. Bmt Central 1:29.07; 2. Bmt West Brook 1:30.77; 3. WO-S 1:31.23.

400-meter dash — 1. Justin Krautz, Ned, 50.29; 2. Rashaud Brown, PAMem, 50.42; 3. Travis Wilkerson, Lum, 52.37.

300-meter hurdles — 1. Adrian Guillory, Bmt Central, 42.96; 2. Tyler Wright, PN-G, 43.38; 3. Kevin Johnson, BH, 43.58.

200-meter dash — 1. Deajon Mitchell, Bmt Central, 23.01; 2. Caleb Worthy, Orangefield, 23.17; 3. Aaron McCrary, Ned, 23.32.

1,600-meter run — 1. Joe Dooley, Deweyville, 4:42.58; 2. Jess Williams, BH, 4:46.91; 3. Ryan Kelly, BC, 4:49.74.

1,600-meter relay — 1. Bmt West Brook 3:28.05; 2. Bmt Ozen 3:34.99; 3. Bmt Central 3:36.72.

Final standings — 1. Beaumont Central 101; 2. PAMemorial 64; 3. PN-G 59; 4. (tie) Bmt West Brook and Bmt Ozen 56; 6. Nederland 55; 7. WO-S 52; 8. Barbers Hill 50; 9. Bridge City 41; 10. Silsbee 26; 11. (tie) Lumberton and Deweyville 24; 13. Orangefield 20; 14. Vidor 19; 15. Dayton 11; 16. Pasadena South Houston 10; 17. LC-M 8; 18. Bmt Msgr. Kelly 6.

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