By Malcolm Butler
After a banner year for some of our Lincoln Parish Class A teams and this weekend a number of players were rewarded with all-state honors.
Lincoln Prep’s Brayln Mayfield earned first team all-state honors and Cedar Creek’s Allie Furr was named second team all-state by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association while LP’s Brandon Heard and Creek’s Lizzie McAdams both earned honorable mention honors.
Panthers coach Antonio Hudson — an all-stater himself by in his playing days at Grambling Lab — was named the LSWA Class A Boys Coach of the Year after guiding the Panthers to a 24-5 record, the District 2-1A title and the Select School Division IV state title game against Northwood-Lena.
Mayfield, the Lincoln Parish Journal Defensive Player of the Year on the all-LPJ team, averaged 18.3 points per game for Lincoln Prep, poured in 32 points and added nine rebounds in the state title game loss to Northwood-Lena.
Mayfield and Heard led the Panthers to the program’s first state title game appearance in more than 30 years (1992).
Furr, named the Lincoln Parish Journal Defensive Player of the Year on this year’s all-LPJ team, earned second team all-state honors for the Cougars after leading Creek to a share of the District 2-1A title and a quarterfinal appearance in the Select School Division IV playoffs.
Furr and McAdams helped Creek win 22 games this season, one year after guiding the Lady Cougars to the Select School Division IV state title game against Southern Lab. Creek lost to eventual state champion Northwood-Lena in this year’s quarterfinals.
LSWA CLASS 1A BASKETBALL CHARTS
BOYS
FIRST TEAM
Omarion Layssard Northwood 6-1 Sr. 21.0
Bralyn Mayfield Lincoln Prep 6-4 Sr. 18.3
De’Vion Lavergne North Central 6-3 Sr. 26.9
Isiah Stevens Crescent City 6-0 So. 22.8
Jalan Washington White Castle 6-2 Sr. 18.0
SECOND TEAM
Bryson Colbert Hamilton Christian 6-2 Sr. 16.5
Damondrick Blackburn Central Catholic 5-10 Sr. 17.9
Randarius Morris Northwood 6-4 Sr. 13.0
Mckennis Savoie North Central 6-2 Jr. 20.8
Matt Weaver St. Martin’s 6-2 Jr. 18.1
OUTSTANDING PLAYER: DE’VION LAVERGNE, NORTH CENTRAL
COACH OF THE YEAR: ANTONIO HUDSON, LINCOLN PREP
HONORABLE MENTION: Dwight Magee, Crescent City; Ja’Marcus Fisher; Magnolia Charter; Rodtrevious Crawley, Arcadia;
Spencer Dunn, Homer; Ayden Warren, St. Mary’s; Joe Metoyer, St. Mary’s; Benjamin Case, Central Catholic; Brandon Heard, Lincoln Prep.
GIRLS
FIRST TEAM
Na’Kiyah Allen Northwood 5-11 Sr. 22.0
Rhianna Battles Northwood 5-5 Jr. 12.0
Laurielle Bias Central Catholic 5-5 Jr. 21.5
Shaila Forman Southern Lab 5-9 So. 17.8
Kiara Comeaux Highland Baptist 5-7 Sr. 18.2
SECOND TEAM
Anna Dale Melton Ouachita Christian 5-5 Sr. 15.0
Da’Zya Johnson Northwood 5-11 So. 16.0
Allie Furr Cedar Creek 5-6 Sr. 18.0
Layla Tell Haynesville 5-11 So. 15.0
Kori Wesley White Castle 5-1 8th 21.3
OUTSTANDING PLAYER: NA’KIYA ALLEN, NORTHWOOD-LENA
COACH OF THE YEAR: EDWIN COLBERT, HAMILTON CHRISTIAN
HONORABLE MENTION: DeAsia Alexander, Arcadia; Z’Riah Buggs, Homer; Asia Patin, Southern Lab; Lila Lewis, East Beauregard; Jade Oliney, Central Catholic; Alainah Felton, Riverside Academy; Lizzie McAdams, Cedar Creek; Asijah Wright, Lincoln Prep; McKenzie Deville, Hamilton Christian; Myracle Revon, Riverside Academy.
