By Chris Kinkaid
The Daily News

Varnado’s Quincy James was victorious in a pair of events and three more Wildcats qualified for regionals in the District 8-1A Meet held Tuesday at West St. John.
James won the high jump and the long jump.
James tied West St. John’s Trenton Grows with a height of 5-foot-10. The tiebreaker is fewest misses, so James won and Grows was second. Also in the high jump, Varnado’s Quovadia Bickham was seventh at 5-2.
James also won the long jump with a distance of 20-3. Teammate Benny Jarvis was ninth at 16-11.
James took second for the 400 meters with a time of 52.19 seconds. KIPP Booker T. Washington’s Robert Sears won in 49.94. Also, Varnado’s Jalen James was eighth at 1 minute, 8 seconds.
Tuesday’s meet was a qualifier. The top four finishers from each event advanced to regionals. Varnado’s qualifiers will compete in the Region 3-1A Meet on April 23 at Ponchatoula High School.
Three more individuals and two relay teams qualified.
Jarvis, Jarvis James and Caleb Allen — along with the 4×100 and 4×200 teams — are headed to regionals.
Jarvis made it with a third-place finish in the 300 hurdles after clocking a 49.64. Covenant Christian Academy’s Michael DeCou won in 44.71.
James qualified after running fourth in the 800 with a time of 2:17. St. Martin’s Episcopal’s Samuel Kellum won at 2:04.
Allen was fourth in the triple jump with a 37-9. Covenant Christian Academy’s Collin Davis won at 39-2. Varnado’s Bickham was seventh at 32-10.
Varnado’s 4×200 relay team, which featured Darrius Harry, Allen James and Kievs Brooks, ran a 1:36 to finish second. West St. John won in 1:33.
Harry, Jarvis, Bickham and Brooks ran the 4×100 in 47.96 and were third. Covenant Christian Academy won in 44.20.
Also for Varnado, the 4×400 team was fifth in 4:30. The runners were Jason Bell, T’Andew Foster, Jalen James and Jarvis James.
KIPP Booker T. Washington won in 3:32.
Brooks and Bell ran sixth and seventh in the 200 at 24.72 and 26.48. Sears won in 22.05.
Jarvis was seventh in the 100 with a time of 12.14. Grows won in 11.33.
Jalen James took sixth for the 1,600 in 6:16. Kellum’s 4:57 was the winning time.
Foster was ninth in the shot put at 27-0. Houma Christian School’s Jeremy Bardarson won at 41-5.
Bickham took 10th for the javelin at 93-1. Houma Christian School’s Zacharian Trujillio won with a throw of 145-10.