By Michael A. Lough

The Sports Report

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          Six Central Georgians and a team will go to bed Thursday night, at some point, as GHSA state track champions.

          Three Laurens Countians won gold, with two from West Laurens and one from Dublin.

Hundreds of Central Georgia tracksters converge for GHSA state meets, championship defenses, and medals

          Action resumes Friday morning, with 6A, 3A, and Adapted at Grisham Stadium in Carrollton, 5A and AA at Kinnett Stadium in Columbus, 4A and A Public at Hugh Mills Stadium in Albany, and A Private and 7A at McEachern High in Powder Springs.

          Makayla Register of West Laurens won the girls 4A shot and took second in discus. She took second and fourth last year.

          Teammate Maleah Tidwell won the triple jump.

          Putnam County multi-sport standout Jalon Kilgore won the long jump in AA boys, while teammate and brother Gerald took third, by less than a foot.

          Dublin’s Ramontei Dardy topped the field in the discus, with two more area athletes scoring, third-place Ken-Wan Felton of Macon County and Troy Averett of Hawkinsville.

          Felton topped the medal stand with a win in the shot, Averett taking third. A year ago, Felton won and Averett took fifth, fourth in the discus.

          Keondre Glover became the latest state high jump champ at Stratford, giving the Eagles’ five straight winners in the event. His 6-8 tied the school mark, sharing it with Jack Miscall and McKinley Thompson.

          He also took second in the triple jump.

          GMC’s boys won the Class A Public 4x800.

Warner Robins’ girls are tied for seventh in 5A, while Putnam County’s boys are tied for seventh in AA, Northeast’s girls in fifth.

Dublin’s boys are in third in A Public, three points ahead of Macon County, while GMC’s girls are eighth. Stratford’s boys are tied for second place in A Private, 11 points behind Landmark Christian, and FPD’s girls are fourth. West Laurens’ girls are third in 4A and Baldwin is eighth. West Laurens’ boys are tied for seventh.

Thursday’s point-scorers (top 8)

All results/schedule

Class 6A
Girls
Discus-7. Marquia White, Houston County, 115-4
Boys
Triple jump-5. Laurence Hill, Houston County, 45-0.75
Pole vault-4. Brandon Peeples, Houston County, 13-6

Class 5A
Girls
Discus-5. Zemaya Carson, Warner Robins, 126-0
Long jump-3. Jailah Lee, Veterans, 18-5
Shot put-2. Zemaya Carson, Warner Robins, 38-10.75
Triple jump-5. Amaris Ridgeway, 36-3.5
Boys
Discus-5. Vic Burley, Warner Robins, 158-1
Pole vault-8. Aiden Moore, Warner Robins, 12-6

Class 4A
Girls
Discus-2. Makayla Register, West Laurens,115-8
Shot put-1. Makayla Register, West Laurens, 41-4
Long jump-8.Mackenzie McDuffie, Westside, 16-9.25
High jump-2. Jazmine Walker, Baldwin, 5-0; 8. Keira Davis, West Laurens, 4-10
Triple jump-1. Maleah Tidwell, West Laurens, 37-5
4x800 relay-6. Baldwin ‘A’ (Ja’Myah Cummings, Josefa Tchamnakouna, Jasmine Williams, Amilliana Simmons), 10:16.55
Boys
Discus-3. Evan Guyton, West Laurens, 150-1
Shot put-3. Evan Guyton, West Laurens, 49-2.75

Class AAA
Girls
Discus-7. Qua’Nesha Brown, Mary Persons, 113-6
Triple jump-7. Anaja Lucear, Mary Persons, 35-0.5
4x800 relay-7. Mary Persons (Gabriella Hoover, Abbey Stembridge, Alanna Wood, Jessica Goodwin), 10:37.74
Boys
High jump-6. Ty Dumas, Mary Persons
Class AA
Girls
High jump-2. Jakia Little, Northeast, 5-2; 6. Tamia Thomas, Washington County, 4-10
Triple jump-6. Jakia Little, Northeast, 36-0; 8. Talaiah Hall, Washington County, 35-9
Long jump-8. Ashley Gray, Washington County, 16-6.5
4x800 relay-3. Bleckley County ‘A’ (Kayslen Armstrong, Johna Bowen, Tristen Crosby, Lauren Kitchens), 10:15.55
Boys
Triple jump-3. Zion Odoms, Northeast, 44-8; 5. Jayden Kemp, Washington County, 43-8.75
Discus-6. Antonio Altman, Lamar County, 137-7
Shot put-8. CJ Allen, Lamar County, 45-6
Long jump-1. Jalon Kilgore, Putnam County, 23-7; 3. Gerald Kilgore, Putnam County, 22-8.75; 6. Jayden Kemp, Washington County, 21-2.75
4x800 relay-6. Bleckley County (Logan Camp, Luke Churchwell, Caleb Darsey, Briggs Dominy), 8:34.67

Class A Public
Girls
Discus-4. Kyra Dobler, GMC, 95-11; 7. Erica Walker, Hawkinsville, 90-10
Shot put-7. Sonoviaq Reynolds, Hancock Central, 32-9
4x800 relay-3. GMC (Lily Ryan, Maria Knapp, Sophia Arias, Jada Warren), 10:52.72
Boys
Triple jump-4. Zion Davis, Dublin, 44-0; 7. Deon King, Dooly County, 42-9
Discus-1. Ramontei Dardy, Dublin, 139-8; 3. Ken’Wan Felton, Macon County, 129-1; 5. Troy Averett, Hawkinsville, 126-4
Shot put-1. Ken’Wan Felton, Macon County, 50-2.5; 4. Troy Averett, Hawkinsville, 47-9.5
Triple jump-4. Zion Davis, Dublin, 44-0
4x800 relay-1.GMC ‘A’ (Jacob Sanford, Julian Council, Alex French, Walker Bloodworth), 8:38.65; 5. Dublin ‘A’ (Antonio Benjamin, Marrius Watson, Trai Baldwin, Malachi O’Neal), 8:59.57

Class A Private
Girls
Triple jump-5. Jordan Kelly, Mount de Sales, 37-1
Shot put-4. Claire Harrison, FPD, 34-9;
Discus-2. Claire Harrison, FPD, 117-5; 4. Destinee Lanham, FPD, 109-10
Boys
Triple jump-2. Keondre Glover, Stratford, 43-7
High jump-1. Keondre Glover, Stratford, 6-8; 6. Brady Roper, FPD, 6-2
Discus-3. Tyler Brown, Stratford ; 4. Eli Miscall, Stratford; 7. D’Aren Armster, FPD
Shot put-8. Tyler Brown, Stratford, 44-3