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Latta has several student-athletes recognized for outstanding seasons

Dennis Brunson hssr.com Associate Editor • Dec 23, 2023

Cobb, Jones earn Region 6-Class A football awards, Marsh volleyball Region Player of the Year

Latta Latta High School quarterback La’Bron Cobb was named the Region 6-Class A Athlete of the Year, running back Jamarion Jones was named the Region Back of the Year and Latta volleyball player Rylyn Marsh was named the Region Player of the Year.

 

Cobb threw for 807 yards and eight touchdowns while rushing for 936 yards and nine touchdowns in leading the Vikings to a 9-2 overall record and a second-place finish in the region.

 

Jones, who was also selected as the Class A Lower State Offensive Player of the Year by the South Carolina Football Coaches Association, rushed for 1,634 yards and 23 touchdowns.

 

Vikings kicker Conley Dailey was selected as the Region Special Teams Player of the Year. Making the All-Region first team for Latta were linebacker Eli Jones and defensive back Kartrell Townsend.

 

Townsend was selected to play in the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl and had 60 tackles and two interceptions, Jones had a team high 111 tackles and 15 tackles for loss.

 

For volleyball, Marsh was also named to the All-State team along with being the Region Player of the Year. The senior had 325 assists, 203 service points, 39 kills, 30 service aces and 19 digs.

 

She was joined on the All-Region first team by Katelynn Roberts and Aubrey Allen. Roberts, a senior who was selected to play in the North-South All-Star Game, had 25 aces, 82 kills and 30 blocks. Allen, an eighth-grader, had 134 kills and 24 aces.

 

           Latta finished with a 15-10 record and reached the third round of the state playoffs.

 

           “I am very proud of every one of my players this season,: said Gensis Anderson, who just completed her first season as head coach. “Our postseason journey ended in the third round of playoffs with a loss to (eventual state runner-up) Bridges Prep. No matter the end result, we were determined grow this season, and we did just that. We learned so much about the game of volleyball, and we're eager to use that knowledge to propel us into next season."

 

Senior Kristina McCormick made the girls cross country All-Region team due to her fourth-place finish in the region meet. Latta finished second in the region meet with senior Isabella Freunderberg sixth, freshman Adalie Taylor seventh, freshman Maliyah Bethea 10th and freshman Abigail Page 11th.

 

           In boys cross country, Latta had no one make All-Region even though it did finish second in the region meet. Sophomore Hayden Bullard led the Vikings by finishing sixth. Senior Kristian Hennegan was seventh, sophomore Christian Hamilton was 12th, junior Blake Hamilton was 13th and freshman Cooper Grainger was 15th.

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