High School
Gentry, Stanaland lead Jayton to first state title since 1980s
Colt Gentry and Sean Stanaland lead the Jayton Jaybirds to a 54-8 win over Oakwood to win the 2024 1A Division II UIL Football State Championship.
ARLINGTON -- Back when Jayton High School honored its 1984 state championship team before a regular season game against Valley, head coach Josh Stanaland had his boys turn around and look at the group of legends standing on the track. Then, he talked about legacy.
Stanaland knew early in the season his group had the chance to do what those men did back in the 1984 and '85 seasons, win a state championship and end the program's 39-year drought. In fact, others did too. Trey Richey, a Jayton alum and the only man to ever win a six-man state championship as both a player and coach, gave Stanaland a word of advice - don't get in the way.
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