LAPLACE – Students representing William Cothren’s TaeKwonDo plus karate school in LaPlace recently participated in regional championships at Gretna. More than 350 competitors from around the New Orleans metropolitan area and across Louisiana competed for trophies and awards.

Trophies and awards were provided in three categories: forms, free design forms and sparring.

The following students were recognized for excellence during the regional competition: 3- and 4-year-old Tiger Cubs – Chancey Cothren, third, forms; Kiera Burke, first, forms, first, sparring; and Reginald Ross, third, forms, first, sparring; White Belts – Taylor Hay, second, forms; and Brody Hay, third, forms, second, sparring; Green Belts – Tre’ Dawson, third, forms; Christopher Wade, second, forms; and Landon Jackson, first, forms; first, sparring; Blue Belts – Angela Lumenti, third, forms; Chris Sanchez, fourth, forms; Devin Burke, first, sparring; Cardell Eugene, fourth, forms; Nicholas Melara, third, forms, sparring; Drake Decker, third, sparring; Gregory Keller, third, forms; Kolbey Morgan, third, sparring; and Malik Morgan, third, forms, second sparring; Purple Belts – Terry Guynes, second, sparring; Donald Joseph, third, forms; Donaven Joseph, second, forms, first, sparring; and Corey Learson, third, forms; Red Belts – Aaron Power, second, forms, first, sparring; Black Belts – Dylan Johnson, third, sparring; Stephen Lane, third, forms, sparring; Jamond LaGrande, second, forms, first, free design forms, third, sparring; Damien Dinet, second, sparring; Trenton Dunn, third, forms; Kelsey Scott, third, forms, first, free design forms; Corey Scott, second, sparring; Nick Flournoy, second, forms, first, free design forms; David Flournoy, third, forms, first, sparring; Warren Lennix, third, sparring; Gregory Jackson, third, forms, second, sparring; Timothy Sibley, second, forms; Deborah Sibley, fourth, forms; Nancilyn Sibley, third, forms; Tim Sibley, third, sparring; and Gianna Cothren, third, forms, first, sparring.