Our weather improved and so did several of the area’s HS track and field performances at the Woodville, Nederland and Vidor track meets last week.

The area scenes shift to Port Arthur, Anahuac and Jasper on this next-to-last March weekend and it’s getting late early, as Yogi Berra once said about another spring sport.

It’s getting late before the district meets yet early in the ‘21 season for coaches to sort out their relay teams into the best possible order.

With spring break in progress, the participation at the meets Is quite uncertain. However a star-studded field of athletes is scheduled to converge on the Memorial campus artificial track for the Titan Relays.

Port Arthur coach Darrell Granger listed both BISD schools, Nederland, Dickinson, Barbers Hill and Humble to join his host Memorial squad on Friday.

Kirk Moore and the blue-ribbon Anahuac coaching staff will host its annual Gid Campbell Relays on Thursday in Kyle White Stadium. East Chambers, Hamshire-Fannett, Orangefield and

Hardin-Jefferson are four area squads originally committed to join Anahuac on that one. The 35th annual Campbell event also will entertain Crosby, Liberty, Baytown Lee, and Evadale.

Little Cypress-Mauriceville included Thursday’s Jasper meet on its pre-district schedule. LC-M is paced by the sophomore on the left Annabelle Fisher who continues to lower her best times in both the 1,600 and 3,200 meter events.

Vidor’s girls and Orangefield’s boys deserve congrats for the team title honors in the Pirate Relays. Barbers Hill’s fine teams swept both team trophies at Nederland. The name which got my attention in that meet was PN-G junior Sanaria Butler who garnered 35 points with three individual gold medals and a leg on a gold-medal winning relay squad.

My gratitude goes out to the stat crew at those meets for their outstanding help. We also wish to thank BC girls coach Jamie DeShazo for helping to fix some inaccurate stuff on last week’s list of area leaders. Most of my time, as you know, is having to be directed to my wife who has cataract surgery on March 22 in addition to being a kidney dialysis patient. Otherwise, I would be at the meets as usual.

2021 AREA OUTDOOR HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD LEADERS

DISCUS — Girls: Emily Williamson, Silsbee (senior), 109-6; Boys: Kollyn Brown, LC-M (senior), 153-9.

SHOT PUT — Girls: Amaris Larkin, Bridge City (sophomore), 36-10; Boys: Tre’Vantae Caine, PA Memorial (senior), 57-6.75.

HIGH JUMP — Girls: Raegan Stephenson, Vidor (freshman), 5-5; Boys: Colin Dorsey, Hamshire-Fannett (junior), and Layton Fielder, Hardin-Jefferson (senior) 6-2.

LONG JUMP — Girls: Sanaria Butler, PN-G (junior), 17-5.25; Boys: Shawn Mouton, Bmt West

Brook (senior), 21-2.

TRIPLE JUMP — Girls: Sanaria Butler, PN-G (junior), 37-0; Boys: Maleek Jones, PA Memorial (senior), 44-1.75.

POLE VAULT — Girls: Morgan Louvier, Bridge City (sophomore) and Katherine Page, PN-G (freshman), 9-0; Boys: Harrison Gauthier, Bridge City (junior), 14-6.

100 METERS — Girls: Amya Barfield, Hardin-Jefferson (freshman), 12.37; Boys: Tyrence Augusta, PA Memorial (senior), 10.76.

200 METERS — Girls: Amya Barfield, Hardin-Jefferson (freshman), 25.66; Boys: Tony Brooks, PA Memorial (senior), 22.46.

400 METERS — Girls: Sanaria Butler, PNG (junior), 60.22; Boys: Cyrus Jacobs, PN-G (senior), 50.02.

800 METERS — Girls: Amelia Wright, Vidor (senior), 2:31.91; Boys: Cyrus Jacobs, PN-G (senior), 2:01.99.

1,600 METERS — Girls: Annabelle Fisher, Little Cypress-Mauriceville (sophomore), 5:41.0; Boys: Caleb Wilson, Bmt West Brook (senior), 4:37.94.

3,200 METERS — Girls: Annabelle Fisher, Little Cypress-Mauriceville (sophomore), 12:30.6; Boys: Payton Wrinkle, Orangefield (senior), 10:27.9.

100-METER HURDLES — Girls: Caryss Carpenter, Bridge City (junior), 15.90.

110-METER HURDLES — Boys: Jaden Jones, West Orange-Stark (senior), 15.22.

300-METER HURDLES — Girls: Kaylyn Dosch, Bridge City (junior), 50.27; Boys: Jerren Terrell, West Orange-Stark (senior), 42.72.

400-METER RELAY — Girls: PA Memorial (Paris Martin, Antoineia Bohanon, Saniah Bethea, Alexia Lewis) 50.52; Boys: PA Memorial (Jah’Mar Sanders, Tyrence Augusta, Jaylon Guilbeaux, Edward Brown), 41.82.

800-METER RELAY — Girls: PA Memorial (Erial Fontenot, Antoineia Bohanon, Alexia Lewis, Jeryne McZeal) 1:49.20; Boys: Bmt West Brook, (Terrell Smith, Clifford Bradley, Travis Fredrick, Leedrick Senegal) 1:30.44.

1,600-METER RELAY — Girls: Lydia Garza, Katherine Page, Kyleigh Bushnell, Sanaria Butler) 4:15.17; Boys: PA Memorial (Edward Brown, Jaylon Guilbeaux, Jelani Chevalier, Ayden Chatman) 3:29.20.

Remainder of 2021 Area Track & Field Schedule

Date Event Site

Mar. 25 43rd Barbara Rainey Relays Evadale

Mar. 25 Eagle Relays Newton

Mar. 25 C.L. Hanna Gator Relays Dickinson

Mar. 26 Bayshore Olympics La Porte

Mar. 26 51st Dayton Bronco Relays Dayton

Mar. 26 27th annual Battlin’ Bear Relays Little Cypress

Mar. 26 79th annual Rockhold Relays Baytown

Mar. 29 District 22-4A prelims & field finals West Orange

Mar. 30 District 21-4A prelims & field finals Splendora

Mar. 31 District 22-4A running finals West Orange

Mar. 31 District 21-4A running finals Splendora

Apr. 1 East Chambers Buc Relays Winnie

Apr. 5 District 22-3A prelims & field finals Anahuac

Apr. 7 District 21-5A prelims & field finals Mont Belvieu

Apr. 7 District 21-6A prelims & field finals Humble

Apr. 7 District 22-3A running finals Anahuac

Apr. 8 District 21-5A running finals Mont Belvieu

Apr. 8 District 21-6A running finals Humble

Apr. 14 Area 4A championships (Districts 21&22) West Orange

Apr. 14 Area 3A championships (Districts 21&22) Woodville

Apr. 15 Area 5A championships (Districts 21&22) Mont Belvieu

Apr. 15 Area 6A championships (Districts 21&22) Galena Park

Apr. 23-24 Regional 3A championships Waco Midway

Apr. 23-24 Regional 4A championships League City

Apr. 23-24 Regional 5A championships Humble

Apr. 23-24 Regional 6A championships Humble

Apr. 30-May 1 State TAPPS track and field championships Waco

May 7-8 109th UIL state track and field championships UT-Austin