Central’s Miller wins AA boys shot; Hough places in 3 girls events
Eagles have between 75-80 athletes out for spring football practice
Pageland – Central High School’s Tobias Miller won the shot put competition in the boys portion of the AA track and field state meet and Journey Hough placed in the three sprint events in the girls portion.
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Miller won the shot with a throw of 15.56 meters at Spring Valley High’s Harry Parone Stadium in Columbia.
Hough scored all 16 points for the Eagles girls, which was good for 16th in the team competition. Hough’s top finish was second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.02 seconds. She finished fifth in both the 100 and 200 dashes. She finished in a time of 12.37 seconds in the 100 and 26.05 in the 200.
Central finished 14th as a team, scoring 21 points. Also scoring points for the Eagles were Jordan Caldwell, Nicholas Bines and Kobe Davis.
Caldwell and Davis both placed in the discus. Caldwell finished fourth with a throw of 43.44, while Davis finished eighth with a throw of 38.22.
Bines finished fourth in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 15.00.
CENTRAL HAS BETWEEN 75-80 FOR SPRING FOOTBALL PRACTICE
The Central football team is coming off of a 10-3 season in which it reached the quarterfinals of the AA state playoffs in Jonathan Eason’s first season as the head coach at his alma mater. With eight starters back on offense and six on defense, there is plenty of excitement around the tradition-rich program.
` “The buzz around the program is very positive right now,” Eason said. “ I can tell that the kids and the community are excited about Central football again.”
And just how can Eason gauge the excitement among the student-athletes?
“We’ve had to order about 20 new helmets because kids keep showing up,” he said. “I’m excited to see what these guys can do this year.”
The Eagles just completed spring practice and had between 75-80 players participating among the four rising classes. Eason believes much was accomplished during the sessions.
Our main goal during the spring was to get as much installed as possible, so we can rep it this summer,” he said. “We have a lot of key guys back, but we are going to have a few guys that have to step into some key positions, so it was good to get them a lot of reps.”
Central returns its quarterback in junior Dwayne Louallen Jr. and tis two leading rushers in senior Ashten Wilson and senior Aiden Short.
Louallen completed 116 of 204 passes for 1,417 yards and 10 touchdowns against 10 interceptions. Louallen rushed for 519 yards and six touchdowns on 105 carries.
Wilson was the leading runner with 858 yards, scoring six times on 123 carries. Short had 723 yards and seven touchdowns on 121 carries. Short also caught 13 passes for 258 yards and three touchdowns while Wilson had 17 catches for 167 yards.
The Eagles did lose their two leading receivers in Tray Wilson and Jeffrey Bines. However, they do have senior Taveon Moore returning. He caught 20 passes for 266 yards and two touchdowns.
Moore may be more important to the Eagles on the defensive side of the ball. The cornerback had seven interceptions
Senior defensive end Marques Allen led the team in tackles with 80. He had three quarterback sacks.
