BASILE -- Track enthusiasts throughout the area were as giddy as a school boy with a crush on his classmate because of one simple event that took place this past Friday afternoon; the reinstatement of the Evangeline Parish track meet.
The meet which had been on hiatus for the past three years do to the closure of the Basile High track for repairs and the fact that no other high school in the parish has a track to host the meet.
However all of the track coaches in the parish were super excited to be able to once again compete for the title of Evangeline Parish Champion.
“The coaches talked about it before the meet began and we all agreed it was time to get this thing back on its feet,” stated Basile Athletic Director Kevin Bertrand. “We all get along in the parish, which makes this meet so fun. I think everything went really smooth. The only thing is that we could not long jump or triple jump because the pits were just too wet from all of the rain.”
Well after this year’s event, two teams emerged as the best in the parish, as the Mamou boys and the Ville Platte girls laid claim to the team titles in 2019.
The Mamou boys finished the meet with 95 total points, just eight points ahead of runner-up Ville Platte. Basile was third with 71 points while Sacred Heart took fourth with 57 points. Pine Prairie finished fifth with a total of 13 points.
The Ville Platte girls blew the door off all competition with 133 points. Basile finished as runners-up with 52 points. Pine Prairie was a close third collecting 49 points while Sacred Heart took in 39 points and Mamou ended with 33 points.
In the individual categories, Ville Platte’s Alex Soileau was named the Boy’s Outstanding Track person, finishing first in three events. The Lady Bulldogs had two outstanding performances as Vondrayua Wilson took home the Girl’s Outstanding Track person award and Alyssa Fontenot was named the Girl’s Outstanding Field person.
Wilson, an eighth grader, placed first in four events. Fontenot picked up two first place medals in the field. There was no boy’s award for Outstanding Field person.
Here are the first three places in each event:
Boys’ Results
Discus: Devin Nealms- Sacred Heart, First place; Quincy Bias- Ville Platte, Second place; Kaleb Matte- Pine Prairie, Third place.
Pole Vault: Issac Ingram- Basile, First place; Hayden Rozas- Basile, Second place.
Javelin: Justin Smith- Basile, First place; Wyatt Welsh- Pine Prairie, Second place; Sam Hol lier-Sacred Heart, Third place.
Shot put: Leandre Harrison- Mamou, First place; Kyle Williams- Ville Platte, Second place; CJ Boudreaux- Sacred Heart- Third place.
High Jump: Travis Monderas- Basile, First place; Korrin Coward- Ville Platte, Second place; Spencer Darbonne- Sacred Heart, Third place.
300M Hurdles: Trent Smith- Ville Platte, First place; Landon James- Basile, Second place; Evyn Soileau- Sacred Heart, Third place.
800M Relay: Mamou, First place; Basile, Second place; Ville Platte- Third place.
1600M Run: Alex Soileau- Ville Platte, First place; Tristan Soileau- Sacred Heart, Second place; Layton Dawson- Mamou, Third place.
100M Dash: Payton Vidrine- Mamou, First place; Kyrien Green- Mamou, Second place; Devonskie Thomas- Ville Platte, Third place.
110M Hurdles: Evyn Soileau- Sacred Heart, First place; Trent Smith-Ville Platte, Second place; Layton Dawson- Mamou, Third place.
800M Run: Alex Soileau- Ville Platte, First place; Logan Guillory- Basile, Second place; Layton Dawson- Mamou, Third place
400M Run: Devin Papillion- Mamou, First place; Breck Beaver- Sacred Heart, Second place; Spencer Darbonne- Sacred Heart, Third place.
200M Dash: Payton Vidrine- Mamou, First place; Kyrien Green- Mamou, Second place; Simon Ceasar- Basile, Third place.
3200M Run: Alex Soileau- Ville Platte, First place; Michael Cole Fontenot- Sacred Heart, Second place; Layton Dawson- Mamou, Third place.
1600M: Relay: Basile, First place; Mamou, Second place; Ville Platte, Third place.
Girls’ Results
Discus: Alyssa Fontenot- Ville Platte, First place; Rainie Ortego- Basile, Second place; Aletia Griffiith- Ville Platte, Third place.
Pole Vault: Emma Ingram- Basile, First place.
Javelin: Blaire Lafleur- Sacred Heart, First place; Nyah Jack- Mamou, Second place; Riley Johnson- Basile, Third place.
Shot put: Alyssa Fontenot- Ville Platte, First place; Lainey Soileau- Basile, Second place; Aletia Griffith- Ville Platte, Third place.
High Jump: Kayden Coward- Ville Platte, First place; Henley Lejeune- Basile, Second place; Blaire Lafleur- Sacred Heart, Third place.
300M Hurdles: Jamiya Fontenot- Ville Platte, First place; Torie Fontenot- Sacred Heart, Second place; Patience Pitre- Ville Platte, Third place.
800M Relay: Basile, First place; Ville Platte, Second place; Pine Prairie- Third place.
1600M Run: Vondreyua Wilson- Ville Platte, First place; Emily Vidrine- Sacred Heart, Second place; Alaijah Broussard- Mamou, Third place.
100M Dash: Kayden Coward- Ville Platte, First place; Asia George- Pine Prairie, Second place; Chandler Guillory- Mamou, Third place.
110M Hurdles: Patience Pitre- Ville Platte, First place; Anna Claire Parrott- Sacred Heart, Second place; Carly Cloud- Sacred Heart, Third place.
800M Run: Vondrayua Wilson- Ville Platte, First place; Frieda Alvarez- Basile, Second place; Alaijah Broussrd- Mamou, Third place
400M Run: Devin Papillion- Mamou, First place; Breck Beaver- Sacred Heart, Second place; Spencer Darbonne- Sacred Heart, Third place.
200M Dash: Kayden Coward- Ville Platte, First place; Asia George- Pine Prairie, Second place; Chandler Guillory- Mamou, Third place.
3200M Run: Vondrayua Wilson- Ville Platte, First place; Emily Vidrine- Pine Praire, Second place; Gracie McCall- Pine Prairie, Third place.
1600M: Relay: Mamou, First place; Ville Platte, Second place.