Leverett's Chapel wins district meet

Courtesy photo from Leverett's Chapel FOUR STRONG - The Leverett's Chapel junior high track team (above) recently won its fourth straight district meet, both girls and boys. The Leverett's Chapel boys and girls swept the District 20-A track meet last week.

The girls finished with 170 points; the boys finished with 214. Trinidad was second in both (166 in the girls division; 181 in boys). Tenaha was third in girls track, with 136 points; Laneville was third in boys, with 54.

Girls results for LC:

 Discus: Jordan Corpier finished first for coach Patty Hammontree's Lady Lions. Crissy MacDonald was third.

 Shot put: LC's Toni Taylor was first.

 Triple Jump: Melanie Thompson finished third for LC; Tasha Roper was fourth, and Jordan Corpier fifth.

 Long jump: Amanda Harris of LC was fifth.  2400 meter run: LC runners finished 1-2-3. Harris was first; Kristina Carroll was second; Carmen Chavez was third.

 400 meter relay: LC's girls finished third.

 800 meter run: Amber Ragan finished first; MacDonald finished second.

 100 meter dash: Thompson was fifth.

 800 meter relay: LC again was third.

 400 meter dash: Corpier won this event for the Lady Lions. Ragan was second, and Taylor was fifth.

 200 meter run: Nikki Roper was fifth in this event; Thompson was sixth.

 1600 meter run: Harris won this one, too. Carroll was again second, and Chavez was fourth.

 1600 meter relay: LC won this relay. Boys results (LC only):  Discus: Daniel Still won, with Kyle Youngblood second and D'Land Jones fifth.

 Shot put: Still and Youngblood again finished 1-2.

 Triple jump: Luncel Martin was second.

 Long jump: Martin was second and Brent Fleming fourth.

 2400 meter run: Joseph Armstrong won, with Cole Brian second and Miguel Falcon third.

 400 meter relay: LC took third.

 800 meter run: Still won this event, too. Skyler Moye was fourth and Cole Brian fifth.

 110 meter hurdles: Taylor Jordan finished second.

 800 meter relay: LC's boys took third.

 400 meter dash: Martin won this race. Still was second and Dillon McCoy third.

 300 meter hurdles: Taylor Jordan was second.

 200 meter run: Luncel Martin was first, Brent Fleming fourth for LC.

 1600 meter run: Armstrong won; Moye was second and Falcon fourth.

 1600 meter relay: The LC boys won, just like the girls.

"The kids really came on at the District Meet," said Hammontree said. "The girls were tied with Trinidad coming into the 1600 meter relay and won by about one minute. "

This is the fourth consecutive year, Hammontree noted, that the junior high girls and boys have won the district meet. The coaches, he said, are very proud of the hard work and effort the kids showed over the season. Rickey Hammontree and Matt Everett, the school's football coach, are Hammontree's assistant coaches.