1997 LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS - BOYS

Bernie Moore Stadium, LSU, Baton Rouge, May 8-10



HIGHLIGHTS: 5A -- Patrick Ramsey 231-6 JT over Nathan Junius

(229-4).  4A -- Walter Davis 51-5.25 TJ over Javon Walker (50-5.75).

3A -- Greg Scott 13.95.  2A -- Ryan Travis 4:15.54/9:19.27 (dns 800).



(Special thanks to Garey Hayes for historical notes.  Garey has

compiled the most comprehensive statistics I've ever seen in

Louisiana.)



For those unfamiliar: Louisiana has 7 classes of competition.  The

largest schools compete in 5A, and the smallest schools in C.

(Classes B & C are schools that do not have football teams.)



* = meet record for that class.  "Composite records" are meet

records for all classes.

BR = Baton Rouge

LC = Lake Charles

NO = New Orleans

Shr = Shreveport



CLASS 5A (May 10)



Teams - Catholic (BR) 103 (3rd win in a row) (highest total ever by

boys team above Class A); 2. New Iberia 40; 3. (tie) Istrouma (BR)

& West Jefferson (Harvey) 30; 5. Destrehan 24.



(63-point victory margin ties largest by non-Class C boys team;

previous set last year by Catholic)



100 (-1.0) - Aaron Boone (Catholic, BR) 10.90; 2. Robert Brown

(Istrouma, BR) 10.96; 3. Shantez Bean (West Jefferson, Harvey)

10.96.



200 (-0.5) - Talman Gardner (McDonogh 35, NO) 21.50; 2. Bean

21.73; 3. Brown 21.81; . . . 5. Boone 22.13.



400 - Travis Minor (Catholic, BR) 48.06; 2. Frank Thompson

(Higgins, Marrero) 49.48.



800 - Marcus Smith (Byrd, Shr) 1:53.99; 2. 1:57.33.



1600/3200 - Brent Martin (Catholic, BR) 4:29.04 / 9:47.99.



110H (0.8) - Calvin Williams (Catholic, BR) 14.20 (also ran on all

3 winning relay teams); 2. D'Artanian DeJean (Douglass, NO) 14.49.



4 x 100 - Catholic (BR) 41.84 (w/o Minor); 2. Captain Shreve (Shr)

41.92; 3. Glen Oaks (BR) 42.35; 4. St. Augustine (NO) 42.37.



4 x 200 - Catholic (BR) 1:27.19 (w/o Minor) (lane 9); 2. Istrouma

(BR) 1:27.28; 3. Captain Shreve (Shr) 1:27.28; 4. Fair Park (Shr)

1:27.86.



4 x 400 - Catholic (BR) 3:16.96 (Williams 48.2 [3], Minor 47.4

[4]); 2. West Jefferson (Harvey) 3:21.46.



     [Minor has signed with Florida State for football (running back).]



HJ - Sheldon Early (Baker) 6-8.



PV - Doug Foret (Holy Cross, NO) 14-0; 2. Brad Clause (New Iberia)

14-0.



LJ - Marcus Thomas (New Iberia) 23-11.5; 2. Terrell Walker

(DeLaSalle, NO) 23-2; 3. Sullivan Beard (Central Lafourche,

Mathews) 23-1.75; 4. Traun Smith (Destrehan) 22-11.25.



TJ - Thomas 47-1.5; 2. Smith 47-1.25.



SP - Dan Loup (Catholic, BR) 50-8.5.



DT - Nathan Junius (Jesuit, NO) 165-1.



JT - Patrick Ramsey (Ruston) 231-6; 2. Junius 229-4; 3. Edward Reed

(Destrehan) 195-11.  Series: Ramsey (231-5, 218-8, 226-5, 220-5,

211-4, 231-6), Junius (226-5, foul, 228-3, 229-4, 217-1, 205-2).





CLASS 4A (May 10)



Teams - Carroll (Monroe) 54; 2. St. Thomas More (Lafayette) 43; 3.

Wossman (Monroe) 34; 4. Baton Rouge 29.



100 (-0.2) - Leonard Scott (Zachary) 10.67 (junior); 2. Andre

Augustine (Carroll, Monroe) 10.77.



200 (-0.6) - Augustine 21.62; 2. Scott 21.65 (lane 1).



400 - Keith Smith (Leesville) 48.99.



800 - Johnny Marshall (Carroll, Monroe) 1:58.22.



1600/3200 - Mike Chalaron (Baton Rouge) 4:25.94 / 9:42.29 (will

attend Army next year).



110H (0.2) - Nicky Dugas (Crowley) 14.71.



4 x 100 - Wossman (Monroe) 41.19; 2. Carroll (Monroe) 41.56; 3.

Hammond 41.70; 4. Zachary 42.25; 5. Ellender (Houma) 42.36.



4 x 200 - Carroll (Monroe) 1:25.84 [ran 1:25.6 in regionals]; 2.

Wossman (Monroe) 1:26.23; 3. Ellender (Houma) 1:27.40;

4. Hammond 1:27.94.



4 x 400 - Landry (NO) 3:20.73; . . . dq - Carroll (3:20.2 in

regionals) (dropped stick on second exchange while leading;

2nd runner picked it up and threw it to 3rd runner) (finished c3:25).



HJ - Darrell Brown (Pineville) 6-6.



PV - Daniel Trosclair (Bourgeois, Gray) 14-0.



LJ - Michael Hunter (Rabouin, NO) 22-7.5.



TJ - Walter Davis (Beau Chene, Arnaudville) 51-5.25 (0.8) (also

50-5.25); 2. Javon Walker (St. Thomas More, Lafayette) 50-5.75

(0.7) (also 50-2); 3. Orlando Frederick (Breaux Bridge) 48-7.25;

4. Tony Taylor (Pineville) 47-11.



SP - Ken Johnson (Opelousas) 56-1.25.



DT - Brandon Whittlesey (Woodlawn, BR) 162-5.



JT - Craig Nall (Alexandria) 208-6; 2. Cooper Collins (Abbeville)

202-7; 3. Blake Theriot (St. Thomas More, Lafayette) 199-6.



     [Nall has signed with LSU for football (quarterback).  He just

     finished baseball season a week ago.  Won regionals at 205-3;

     reportedly has thrown 219-9 this season.]





CLASS 3A (May 10)



Teams - Donaldsonville 62; 2. Bossier (Bossier City) 55; 3. West

Feliciana (St. Francisville) 52; 4. Port Allen 50.



100 (-0.3) - Robert Jupiter (Parkview Baptist, BR) 10.77.



200 (-0.1) - Jupiter 21.52.



110H (1.0) - Greg Scott (Donaldsonville) 13.95; 2. 14.89.



Relays - Kaplan 42.58, Donaldsonville 1:28.62 (also 2nd in 42.65;

Scott anchored both), Port Allen 3:26.00.



HJ - Jarvis Gilliam (Lake Charles-Boston, LC) 6-10; 2. Miguel Pate

(West Feliciana, St. Francisville) 6-10.



LJ - Pate 23-10.75.



TJ - Pate 48-11.5; 2. Jerome Eby (West Feliciana, St. Francisville)

48-2.25; 3. Joe Judge (Kaplan) 47-11.5; 4. Aaron Butler (Vandebilt

Catholic, Houma) 47-11.25.



JT - Eby 186-9.



     [Eby has signed with Nicholls State for football.]





CLASS 2A (May 9)



Teams - Episcopal (BR) 97; 2. Northeast (Zachary) 57.



100 (2.0) - Daniel Ryland (Buckeye) 10.73; 2. Quantrell Toney

(Northeast, Zachary) 10.82.



200 (2.1) - Toney 21.90w.



400 - Keithan Leblanc (DeQuincy) 49.16; 2. Ryland 49.48.



1600 - Ryan Travis (Sumner, Kentwood) 4:15.54 * [splits: 60.7, 63.7

(2:04.4), 65.4 (3:09.8), 65.8 - 3:59.9 @ 1500m]; 2. 4:28.



3200 - Travis 9:19.27 * (split ranged 69-73, except last lap in

60.8 - 8:50.1 @ 3000m); 2. 9:55.



     [Travis reportedly committed to Arkansas on Thursday.]



     [Travis did not run the 800, reportedly due to lingering

     effects from a 10-day bout with bronchitis.  He doubled with

     wins in 1600/3200 in '95, and tripled (with 800) last year.

     His 8 career state outdoor wins is the most ever in this meet

     in any class by a male distance runner.]



110H (2.8) - Ryland 14.90w.



4x100/4x200/4x400 - Delhi 43.18 / 1:29.14 / 3:24.72.



PV - Ryland 15-0.



     [Ryland missed twice at 16-6.  Within the next 45 minutes he

     won the 110H and 100, then another 45 minutes later took 2nd

     in 400.  Looks like a good decathlon prospect.  Reportedly has

     not signed for a college next year.]



LJ - Toney 24-6w (no legal); 2. Williams 23-0.25.



TJ - Williams 47-3w (no legal).



     [Williams has signed with Vanderbilt for football.]



SP - Jeff Duhon (Notre Dame, Crowley) 60-5.5.



JT - Brent Miller (Iota) 208-1 (also won DT 153-8); 2. Clifton

Grady (Newman, NO) 192-7.





CLASS 1A (May 9)



Teams - Southern Lab (BR) 67; 2. Vermilion Catholic (Abbeville) 58.



200 (1.8) - Arthur Goodly (Elton) 22.14.



110H (1.5) - Raymond Walls (Kentwood) 14.50.



4x100/4x400 - Southern Lab (BR) 43.13 / 3:27.34 (DQed in 4x200).



HJ - Goodly 6-8.



LJ - 2. Goodly 22-4.25.



TJ - Arlyn Dozier (Vermilion Catholic, Abbeville) 47-4.25w (46-

10.75); 2. Goodly 47-1.5.



     [Goodly, LJ/TJ champ last year, has signed with McNeese State

     for football (defensive back), but will still compete in T&F.]



SP - Donnie Ourso (St. John, Plaquemine) 61-0 *.





CLASS B (May 8)



Teams - Epps 73; 2. Grand Lake 60.



800/1600/3200 - Chris Baker (Choudrant)

2:04.55 / 4:33.16 / 10:24.58.



PV - Brad Thompson (Epps) 14-0 *.



JT - Jody Singleton (Lacassine) 191-5.





CLASS C (May 8)



Teams - Pecan Island (Kaplan) 106; 2. Saline 104.



PV - Rory Abshire (Pecan Island, Kaplan) 15-0 *

(also won LJ/TJ at 21-3.5w / 43-5).



 -- Howard Willman

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