Jonesboro-Hodge and Quitman High Schools prepare to defend the state championships they won in 2025 as both compete in the Regionals of their respective classes this Monday and Tuesday. The action begins at Quitman High on Monday, the site of the Class B, Region 1 track and field meet, followed by JHHS traveling back to Lakeside High School in Sibley, LA, the site of the District 1-1A meet that was run this past Thursday for Division IV, Region 1 competition.

Both schools competed in track and field meets on Wednesday and Thursday, with Quitman winning the girls division and boys, minus a few key competitors, finishing as runner-up in the pre-region warm up comprising of District !B schools held at Quitman High School on Wednesday, April 22nd. In the District 1-1A track meet held at Lakeside High School in Sibley, LA on Thursday, the Lady Tigers won second place and the boys came in fourth.

Lady Tigers 2nd, boys 4th in District 1-1A Meet

Haynesville High School won both the girls and boys divisions of the 2026 District 1-1A track meet held at Lakeside High School in Sibley, LA, on Thursday, April 23rd, with Jonesboro-Hodge coming in second place in the girls division and the boys team placing fourth.

The Lady Tigers won seven events, including four by Ciara Gray, but the overall depth of Haynesville, which accumulated points in all 16 events except one, led the Golden Tornado to outpoint JHHS 140-129 for the district title. Cedar Creek was third with 114 points. The Tiger boys scored 67 points overall to come in fourth place behind Haynesville (154), Cedar Creek (112), and Ringgold (79).

Ciara Gray continued her stellar season by leading the Lady Tigers with four individual championships, taking the 100 and 300 hurdles, long jump, and triple jump. Her 14.33-second time in the 100-meter hurdles was her best of the season by nearly a full second and established a new all-time Jackson Parish and JHHS school record time in the event. The 46.26-second run in the 300-meter hurdles was also the 7th-best all-time in parish and school records. 

Carmon Livingston took the distinction of being the fastest girl in the district by winning the 100 meters with a time of 12;40 seconds, which was also good for a tie for 8th place in Jackson Parish and school annals. 

Additional gold medal winners were the 4×100 relay team of Carmon Livingston, Derryn Osborne, Sanaa Tatum, Jakhorielle Lard, and the 4×200 relay team of Zu’Wy’Neshya Johnson, Carmon Livingston, Derryn Osborne, Sanaa Tatum, both of whom are now in 9th place all-time in Jackson Parish and jHHS annals.

JHHS District 1-1A Meet Silver Medal Winners (Second Place)

Derryn Osborne – Girls 200 Meters
Sanaa Tatum – Girls Long Jump
Jalenya Jackson – Girls Shot Put
King Campbell – Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
Lon’Trevious Burns – Boys High Jump
Landon Boston – Boys Long Jump
Boys 4×200 Relays – Johnson, Bradley, Campbell, Burns

JHHS District 1-1A Meet Bronze Medal Winners (Third Place) 

Makiaya Cadet – Girls 400 Meters
Sanaa Tatum – Girls Triple Jump
Girls 4×400 Meter Relay (Johnson, Osborne, Lard, Cadet)
Jason Ayres – Boys 1600 Meters
Landon Boston – Boys Triple Jump

QHS Girls Win, Boys Second in Pre-Region Warmup

It wasn’t an official District 1B championship meet, but all but one of the schools that competed were from 1B, with the exception of Choudrant High, at what was classified as the 2026 Quitman Pre-Region Warmup held at the Quitman High track complex. 

In team competition, the Quitman girls ran away with the meet, scoring a phenomenal 192 points to far outpoint Castor and Weston, which finished in second and third with 92 and 72.5 points, respectively. Without Gage Horton running his three specialty events and who is the Class B leader in the 400, 800, and 1600 meters, the Wolverines finished in second place by a narrow 137-136 margin to Castor, with Weston coming in 6th place.  

Podium Placers at Quitman Pre Regional Warmup

Boys Gold Medal Winners (First Place)
Nathan Harvey – QHS in 300 meter hurdles (41.58)
Josiah Ramsey – QHS in 3200 meters (11:43.65)
Jayden Harts – QHS in long jump (21’0″)
Elijah Jackson – QHS in shot put (39’10”)
Asher Shultz – QHS in javelin (163’0″)
QHS 4×200 relay (1:34.67) Smith, Leach, Harvey, Harts
QHS 4×400 relay – (3:38.80) Smith, Harvey, Harts, Horton

Girls Gold Medal Winners (First Place)
Kaleigh King – QHS in 100 hurdles (17.49)
Kaleigh King – QHS in 300 hurdles (50.67)
Kaleigh King – QHS in pole vault (8’6″)
Sunni Altheimer – QHS in 200 meters (28.36)
Teyton Naron – QHS in 3200 meters (14:14.47)
Jana Potts – QHS in shot put (29’0″)
Kaleigh Webb – QHS in discus (88’3″)
Rachel Bandy – WHS in javelin (115’3″)
Gracie Gray – WHS in high jump (4’4″)
QHS 4×100 relays (55.02) Webb, Altheimer, Martin, Borland
QHS 4×400 relays (4:36.41) Altheimer, Kelley, Martin, King

Boys Silver Medal Winners (Second Place)
Nathan Harvey – QHS in 110 meter hurdles (17.42)
Brayden Smith – QHS in 200 meters (24.02)

Girls Silver Medal Winners (Second Place)
Taylor Borland – QHS in 100 hurdles (17.98)
Taylor Borland – QHS in 300 hurdles (53.85)
Taylor Borland – QHS in pole vault (7’6″)
Skyleigh Webb – QHS in 100 meters (14.02)
Megan Kelley – QHS in 1600 meters (5:58.99)
Kinley Walker – QHS in 400 meters (1:08.32)
Audrina Martin – QHS in 800 meters (2:43.40)
Mallory Maloine – QHS in long jump (13’8″)
QHS 4×200 relays (1:54.71) Webb, Altheimer, Walker, Martin
WHS 4×100 relays (56.32) Keiffer, Reeves, Waters, Gray

Boys Bronze Medal Winners (Third Place)
Brayden Smith – QHS in 100 meters (11.66)
Luke Sims – QHS in 800 meters (2:18.36)
Kayden Smith – WHS in long jump (19’1.5″)
Abel Leach – QHS in javelin (133’0″)
WHS 4×200 relay (1:43.79) Clifton, Spence, Phares, Allen
QHS 4×100 relay (46.95) Burns, Leach, Harts, Shultz

Girls Bronze Medal Winners (Third Place)
Gracie Gray – WHS in 100 hurdles (18.13)
Gracie Gray – WHS in 300 hurdles (53.88)
WHS 4×200 relays (2:01.18) Keiffer, Page, Waters, Spence
Addison Faber – QHS in 1600 meters (6:37.01)
Lindsey Woods – QHS in 400 meters (1:08.57)
Amelia Staggs – QHS in pole vault (6;6″)

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