Gold medals, top finishes highlight state meet for Memorial, Port Neches-Groves

Published 8:15 pm Friday, May 13, 2022

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PNG’s Cyrus Jacobs Jr. and Sanaria Butler competed in the track portion of the 5A UIL state meet in Austin Friday evening.

Butler came in second in the 400m dash with a time of 54.73. Earlier in the day, she earned a gold in the long jump and a bronze in the triple jump.

Jacobs finished 6th in the 800m run.

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Both PNG student athletes will attend Northwestern State University in the fall.

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For the second year in a row, Memorial High School came away with a medal in the high jump.

The Titans are well known at the state track and field meet in Austin.

Junior Ke’Andre Jones earned a gold medal after he cleared 6’8” in the high jump Friday morning.

Jones owns the school record after he jumped 6’9” at the Port Arthur Relays earlier this year.