The Parkway Panthers won the District 1-5A championship Friday, edging runner-up Airline by two points.
Parkway scored 112 points. Airline had 110. Huntington was third with 88, Captain Shreve fourth with 86 and Benton fifth.
The meet was suspended Thursday night because of inclement weather with five running events remaining. All field events had been completed.
The top four finishers in each event qualified for the Region I-5A meet Wednesday at Northwestern State.
Parkway had a 10-point lead going into the final event, the 4X400. The Panthers didn’t have a team entered. Airline finished second in 3 minutes, 27.12 seconds, a mere .43 behind Huntington. The eights points earned left the Vikings two points short.
Parkway’s Brennan Robin and Devon Oliver, Airline’s Zion Smith and Haughton’s John Brown were double winners.
Robin won the 1,600 in 4:24.05 and the 3,200 in 9:59.93. Airline’s Jayden Williams was second in the 1,600 in 4:33.21. Robins’ teammate Ben Ruliffson was second in the 3,200 in 10:15.23.
Oliver won the discus with a throw of 177 feet, 4.5 inches and the shot put with a 55-0
Captain Shreve’s Lionel Prudhomme was second in the discus with a 174-5 and the shot put with a 49-9.
Smith won the 110 hurdles in 14.01 and the long jump with a 22-5. Haughton’s Joseph Encinas finished second in the 110 in 14.99. Parkway’s Machi Harris was second in the long jump with a 21-11.
Brown took the 200 in 21.79 and the 400 in 47.56. Byrds Kristian Roberson was second in the 100 in 22.10. Airline’s Lathan Woodland was second in the 400 in 48.76.
Airline’s Williams and Parkway’s Alex Gomez finished 1-2 in the 800. Williams ran a 1:57.22 and Gomez a 1:59.74.
Encinas won the 300 hurdles in 39.22. Captain Shreve’s Tyrin Rambo was second in 41.07.
The Parkway foursome of Aiden O’Nishea, Andrew Kent, Gomez and Jesus Cordova took the 4X800 relay in 8:18.93. The Airline foursome of Jayden Singleton, Jordan Williams, Austin Bonney and Tyler Bartels finished second in 8:42.94.
Airline’s runner-up 4X400 team members were Jayden Williams, Woodland, Singleton and Jordan Williams.
Benton’s Miller Malley, the reigning Division I indoor and Class 5A outdoor champion, won the pole vault, clearing 16-0. That was more than a foot higher than his winning vault of 14-11.5 in last year’s state meet.
Malley’s teammate Caden Austin was second with an 11-0. Third-place finisher Alijah Burnside of Parkway also cleared 11-0.
Airline’s Woodland won the triple jump with a 44-5. Haughton’s Jamarion Gay was second with a 43-5.
Benton’s Malachi Zeigler took the javelin with a throw of 160-3.5. Captain Shreve’s Jaden Green finished second with a 134-9.
Parkway’s Savion Bell was second in the high jump with a leap of 6-0. His teammate Draylyn Jackson also cleared 6-0. Bell got second on fewer misses. Huntington’s Landon Gibbs won with a 6-4.
Third-place finishers from parish schools in individual events were Haughton’s Kyron Turner (200), Benton’s Case Austin (400), Benton’s Brody Hutchison (800), Parkway’s Ruliffson (1,600), Airline’s Jayden Williams (3,200), Airline’s Preston Hughes (110 hurdles), Parkway’s Jackson (high jump), Parkway’s Burnside (pole vault), Benton’s Ryder Dodson (discus) and Benton’s Jack Jayroe (javelin).
The Airline foursome of Singleton, Aiden Baker, Braylon Bryant and Smith was third in the 4X200 relay.