Cubs take 16th straight district track title
By submitted, 05/20/19 9:24 AMGENOA – The Prescott Curley Cubs traveled to Genoa for the 2019 7-3A Junior High District Track Meet looking to win their 16th straight district title.
After a long day of battling the weather and six other schools the Curley Cubs were able to pull away and win the meet with 205 points. Ashdown finished as runner-up with 186.5 points, Genoa was third with 96 points, Centerpoint was fourth with 58 points, Bismarck fifth with 32 points, Smackover sixth with 24.5 points, and Fouke did not score.
Jaylen Hopson led the Cubs in scoring as he won the high point award with a perfect 45 points. He won the long jump with a jump of 18-10, triple jump with a jump of 41-0, won the 100-meter dash (11.55), 200-meter dash (24.52), and was on the winning 4×100 meter relay and winning 4×400 meter relay. Caleb Harris was second in scoring with 26 points as he won the shot put with a throw of 53-5 to remain unbeaten on the season, finished second in the discus with a throw of 133-3, and finished second in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 18.54. Harris was injured near the end of the 110-meter hurdles or he would have won the race handily. This also kept him from competing in the 300-meter hurdles where he would’ve been the favorite. Harris broke the school record earlier in the year in the shot put with a throw of 54-5.5. The previous record was set in 1978 by Cole with a throw of 51-9. Jacaylon Zachery and John Luke Kaiser both scored 14.5 points for the Cubs. Zachery did it by finishing 3rd in the 100-meter dash (12.12), 3rd in the 200 meter dash (25.51), and anchored the winning 4×100 meter relay team. Zachery also competed in the long jump (16-4), and the triple jump ((33-5). Kaiser finished in a tie for 5th in the pole vault with a jump of 9-6, 4th in the 110 meter hurdles (18.74), and 3rd in the 300 meter hurdles (48.24). Carston Poole was next in scoring with 12 points. Poole finished 5th in the 1600 meter run with a time of 5:30.12, 5th in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:26.60, tied for 7th in the high jump with a jump of 5-2, anchored the winning 4×800 meter relay team, and also competed in the long jump (16-2), and triple jump (35-0). Jason Patrick Jr. scored 10 points by winning the discus with a throw of 153-1 to remain unbeaten on the season and filled in in the shot put (30-5).
The Curley Cubs swept the relays by winning all three relay events at the district meet. The 4×800 relay team of Armani Tidwell (2:18.12), Earnest Spencer (2:21.84), Avery Hubbard (2:26.93), and Carston Poole (2:23.83) won with a time of 9:31.05. The 4×100 relay team of Branen Bradley (11.97), Jaylen Hopson (10.92), Jacob Jackson (11.18), and Jacaylon Zachery (12.08) won with a time of 46.92. The 4×400 relay team of Jaylen Hopson (58.57), Bayliss Price (59.12), DeTavern Thompson (59.82), and Brayden Matthews (59.26) finished the night off right with a winning time of 3:56.99. Others scoring for the Curley Cubs at the district meet were as follows: Armani Tidwell (9.5), Jon Dorrough (9.5), Brayden Matthews (8.5), Bayliss Price (7.5), Branen Bradley (7), Earnest Spencer (6.5), Jacob Jackson (5.5), Avery Hubbard (5.5), Traci McClinton (5), Eli Quidera (5), Ty Koger (5), DeTavern Thonpson (4.5), Maddux Yates (2), Tryston Pettit (1), and R’Shawn Bell (1). Others competing at the district meet were as follows: Jerry Glass, Jakeylon Jones, De’Jon Nolen, Jay Zavala, Vance Kisselburg, Brady Simmons, Carlos Zacarias, Jackson Cornish, Tyquan Tribbet, Prentiss Simon, P.J. Gulley, Jaylen Johnson, T.J. Toliver, Luke Cole, Jayce Moore, Jon Rabadan, and Senxu Ly.
The Curley Cubs had another outstanding year as the team finished with an undefeated 6 and 0 record by winning the Dequeen Cub Relays (149), the Prescott Cub Relays (135), the Genoa Junior Dragon Relays (169), the Nashville Junior Scrapper Relays (120), the Ashdown Junior Panther Relays (162.5), and the 7-3A Junior High District Meet (205). Jaylen Hopson won the high point award at the Dequeen Cub Relays (36), the Prescott Cub Relays (39), the Genoa Junior Dragon Relays (32.5), the Ashdown Junior Panther Relays (42.5), and the 7-3A Junior High District Meet (45). The JV team also competed well scoring 17.5 points at the Prescott Cub Relays, 21.5 points at the Genoa Dragon Relays, 8 points at the Nashville Junior Scrapper Relays, and 18 points at the Ashdown Junior Panther Relays. The Curley Cubs scored an impressive 1,005.5 points on the season which is an average of 167.58 points per meet. Jaylen Hopson joined the Century Club with 217.5 points and Caleb Harris did as well with 144 points. Jacaylon Zachery was the third leading scorer with 87 points followed by Carston Poole (61), Jason Patrick Jr. (60), Brayden Matthews (52.5), Armani Tidwell (51.75), John Luke Kaiser (41), Eli Quidera (38), Branen Bradley (34.5), Ty Koger (29.5), Bayliss Price (25.5), Jacob Jackson (24), Avery Hubbard (19), Jon Dorrough (17.5), Carlos Zacarias (16), Earnest Spencer (15.25), DeTavern Thompson (12.5), Maddux Yates (12), Traci McClinton (10), Tryston Pettit (9), Vance Kisselburg (7), Kalijah Jenkins (6.75), De;Jon Nolen (6), Luke Cole (4.5), Brayshawn Eslick (1.25), R’Shawn Bell (1), Jaylen Johnson (1), and Tristan Wilson (.5). Other team members were Jackson Cornish, Tegan Faulkner, Hayden Hines, Senxu Ly, Kagan Martin, Brady Simmons, Prentiss Simon, Thomas Tribbett, Earnest Dudgeon, VaShawn Simpson, Colton Bailey, A.J. Dilworth, DaQuarius Hopper, Quinten Nolen, Jesus Ortiz, T.J. Toliver, Tyquan Tribbet, Jay Zavala, Caden Dice, Tydorian Thompson, Jeffrey Newton, Jaylon Young, Jayce Moore, Eli Delgado, P.J Gulley, Jon Rabadan, and Jakeylon Jones.
