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6 Shreveport-area boys track and field athletes make Louisiana all-state team
Highlights from a Shreveport track and field meet
Highlights from a Shreveport track and field meet
The Louisiana Track and Field Coaches Association recently released its all-state boys team based on times, jumps and throws from this spring. Here’s a look at the top two athletes in each event.
Benton’s Miller Malley, Calvary’s Jackson Burney, Airline’s Jeremiah Boudreaux and Woodlawn’s Roy Morris Jr., along with Parkway’s Brennan Robin and Devon Oliver, were among those making the team.
2024 LTFCA Outdoor Track & Field Boys All-State Team
100 Meter: Germain Smith-Mata, Warren Easton, 10.13
100 Meter: Josh Brown, Holy Cross, 10.35
200 Meter: Josh Brown, Holy Cross, 21.00
200 Meter: Na’Ryan Delone, Glen Oaks, 21.13
400 Meter: King Taylor, John Curtis, 47.13
400 Meter: Na’Ryan Delone, Glen Oaks, 47.16
110 Meter Hurdles: Broderick Davis, Scotlandville, 13.78
110 Meter Hurdles: Vederek Matthews, Zachary, 13.84
300m Intermediate Hurdles: Jeremiah Boudreaux, Airline, 36.76
300m Intermediate Hurdles: Herman Batiste, East Feliciana, 37.90
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4×100 Meter Relay: Scotlandville, 41.05 (Fayden Brown, Ferzell Shepard, Ashton Wiggins, Kyree Langley)
4×100 Meter Relay: John Ehret, 41.25 (Armani Cargo, Chad Jackson, Kurtis Milburn, Ke’ain Shorts)
4×200 Meter Relay: Scotlandville, 1:26.06 (Frederick Hitchins, Ferzell Shepard, Kyree Langley; Broderick Davis)
4×200 Meter Relay: Alexandria, 126.51 (Jordan Johnson, Jaylin Johnson, Ja’voric Allen, Jaiden Lindsey)
4×400 Meter Relay: Catholic High, 3:15.85 (Hunter Ullrich, Amari Clayton, Christopher McCullen, Cameron Brazell)
4×400 Meter Relay: John Curtis, 3:16.95 (Gabriel Gonzalez, Anthony Johnson, David Massicot, King Taylor)
4×800 Meter Relay: The Willow School, 7:56.34 (Amos Liles, Anthony Allen, Keith Andrews, Alexander Tillero)
4×800 Meter Relay: Central Lafourche, 7:56.85 (Benjamin Hodson, Hayes Grabert, Trevin LeBouef, Samuel Hodson)
800 Meters: Jackson Burney, Calvary Baptist, 1:53.23
800 Meters: Kyzer Dunbar, St. Augustine, 1:54.13
1600 Meters: Michael Vocke, Jesuit High, 4:12.33
1600 Meters: Brennan Robin, Parkway, 4:14.76
3200 Meters: Brady Mullen, Jesuit High, 8:48.36
3200 Meters: Brady Monahan, Jesuit High, 9:21.93
Discus: Douglas Hunter Rivet, Alexandria, 179-0
Discus: Devon Oliver, Parkway, 172-8
High Jump: Corey Waits Jr., Archbishop Shaw, 6-8
High Jump: Kyron Sumler, John Curtis, 6-8
High Jump: Aries Leis, Port Allen, 6-8
Javelin: Paul Catalanatto, Catholic, 205-9
Javelin: Jaxon Talley, West Monroe, 194-4
Long Jump: Broderick Davis, Scotlandville, 24-9
Long Jump: Roy Morris Jr., Evangel Christian Academy, 23-9.5
Pole Vault: Miller Malley, Benton, 14-11.5
Pole Vault: Maxwell Gautreau, David Thibodaux, 14-8
Shot Put: Michael Fulton, Barbe, 55-6.5
Shot Put: Kaden Adams, Central Lafourche, 55-3.75
Triple Jump: Ferzell Shepard, Scotlandville, 48-8.75
Triple Jump: Kane Hill, Mandeville, 47-10.5
Jimmy Watson covers Louisiana sports him for the USA TODAY Network. Email him at jwatson@shreveporttimes.com and follow on Twitter @JimmyWatson6.
Louisiana
Louisiana Families to Receive Summer EBT Funds Starting This Friday
Low-income families in Louisiana will start receiving their Summer EBT funds this Friday, June 21st.
About 300,000 families across the state will receive funds through the SUN Bucks program, providing grocery-buying benefits to these low-income families with school-aged children when schools are closed for the summer.
The program provides families $120 per child in a single payment, with benefits being issued in multiple phases beginning in June.
Those receiving funds on Friday are children ages 5 to 18 who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (also called SNAP.) These additional benefits will be loaded onto families’ SNAP cards.
The program will issue benefits in phases. Other program users will receive their EBT cards in the mail when their benefits begin. Following them will be children who received Medicaid or free or reduced lunch last year or other federal assistance. They’ll get their benefits in the next few weeks.
Families who do not qualify for the aforementioned forms of aid will need to fill out an application on the state’s Louisiana SUN Bucks website.
Under federal regulations, SUN Bucks must be used within 122 days from the date the benefits were issued, or they will be removed from the card.
Once the benefits expire, they cannot be added back to the card.
To learn more about the SUN Bucks program, visit sunbucks.la.gov.
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Two Orange residents killed in same-day wrecks in Louisiana – Orange Leader
Two Orange residents killed in same-day wrecks in Louisiana
Published 10:23 pm Monday, June 17, 2024
Two men from Orange were killed this weekend in separate vehicle wrecks less than 10 miles apart in Starks, La.
The first single-vehicle accident took place about 3 a.m. on Sunday on Green Moore Road near Doyle Cemetery Road, according to information from the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office.
The initial investigation revealed a truck was traveling north on Green Moore Road when it crossed the centerline, running off the roadway and striking a tree. The driver of the truck, Shawn D. Dreyer, 21, of Orange, Texas, was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger of the truck was air lifted to a local hospital with serious bodily injuries and was listed in critical condition.
Officials said the crash is under investigation but speed appears to be a factor; seatbelt use is unknown at this time. As mandated by state law a toxicology report will be conducted.
Shortly after 1 p.m. on Sunday, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to a single vehicle accident involving a motorcycle on Green Island Road in Starks.
The initial investigation revealed the driver was traveling north on Green Island Road when he failed to negotiate a curve causing the motorcycle to run off the roadway. The driver Rick J. Hampton, 37, of Orange, was ejected from the motorcycle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The fatality is still under investigation, but speed is believed to be a factor in the crash, officials said. As mandated by state law a toxicology report will be conducted.
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NSSF Applauds Louisiana Gov. Landry for Signing Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act
June 17, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, applauds Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry for signing SB 301, the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, into law last week. This NSSF-supported law protects the privacy and sensitive financial information of people purchasing firearms and ammunition in The Pelican State. With Louisiana, there are now 16 states with laws that protect the Second Amendment financial privacy of their citizens.
The law prohibits financial institutions from requiring the use of a firearm code, also known as a Merchant Category Code (MCC), from being assigned to firearm and ammunition purchases at retail when using a credit card. The law also forbids discriminating against a firearm retailer as a result of the assigned or non-assignment of a firearm code and disclosing the protected financial information. Additionally, the law prohibits keeping or causing to be kept any list, record or registry of private firearm ownership.
“Governor Jeff Landry’s signature on the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act is a powerful statement that the Second Amendment rights of Louisianans are not negotiable. This law will protect Louisiana’s citizens from unlawful intrusion on their private purchases when purchasing firearms and ammunition with a payment card,” said Darren LaSorte, NSSF’s Director, Government Relations – State Affairs. “‘Woke’ Wall Street banks, credit card companies and payment processors won’t be able to collude with government entities to spy on Louisianans’ private finances when they exercise their rights. No American should fear being placed on a government watchlist because they choose their Constitutionally-protected rights to keep and bear arms.”
NSSF worked closely with Louisiana legislators to protect private and legal firearm and ammunition purchases from political exploitation. The Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act is designed to protect the privacy of lawful and private firearm and ammunition purchases from being abused for political purposes by corporate financial service providers and unlawful government search and seizure of legal and private financial transactions. NSSF is grateful to state Sen. Blake Miguez and state Rep. Troy Romero for guiding this legislation to passage and enactment.
The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) admitted to U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) in a letter that it violated the Fourth Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens that protect against illegal search and seizure when it collected the credit card purchase history from banks and credit card companies of individuals who purchased firearms and ammunition in the days surrounding Jan. 6, 2020. Treasury’s FinCEN had no probable cause, and sought the information without a warrant, to place these law-abiding citizens on a government watchlist only because they exercised their Second Amendment rights to lawfully purchase firearms and ammunition.
The idea of a firearm-retailer specific MCC was borne from antigun New York Times’ columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin and Amalgamated Bank, which has been called “The Left’s Private Banker” and bankrolls the Democratic National Committee and several antigun politicians. Amalgamated Bank lobbied the Swiss-based International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for the code’s creation. NSSF has called on Congress to investigate Amalgamated Bank’s role in manipulating the ISO standard setting process for political purposes.
Sorkin admitted creating a firearm-retailer specific MCC would be a first step to creating a national firearm registry, which is forbidden by federal law.
Louisiana joins a growing list of states that are standing against the invasion of financial privacy when exercising Second Amendment rights, including Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Iowa, Kentucky, Wyoming, Indiana, Utah, Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Texas and West Virginia. These states passed laws protecting citizens’ Second Amendment privacy. Other states are considering similar legislation. U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) introduced S. 4075, the NSSF-supported Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act in the Senate. U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 7450, with the same title in the U.S. House of Representatives. Only two states – California and Colorado – have laws requiring payment card processors to report purchases by a firearm retailer-specific MCC. New York’s legislature passed similar legislation, which is expected to be signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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About NSSF
NSSF is the trade association for the firearm industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has over 10,5000 members including manufacturers, distributors, firearms retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen’s organizations and publishers nationwide. For more information, visit nssf.org.
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NSSF Media contact:
Mark Oliva
202-220-1340
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