Theriot, Lyons headline 6-3A All-District team
CROWLEY – The Notre Dame Lady Pios may have been short on numbers, but they weren’t exactly lacking in talent.
The Lady Pios, whose 2013-14 roster consisted of only eight players, had four of their five starters average double figures scoring on the season and walked through District 6-3A play with a perfect 10-0 record this year.
So it came as no surprise that all five Lady Pios were recognized recently when the league’s coaches released their All-District team.
Lady Pios’ coach Nolan Theriot garnered the league’s Coach of the Year honor while Sam Lyons was named the Most Valuable Player.
Alex Miller and Madelyn LeJeune were also named the to the league’s first-team and Gabbie Romero grabbed a spot on the second unit. Hanna Estay was named to the All-Defensive Team.
Theriot guided the Lady Pios to a 24-4 regular-season record after winning 17 straight games heading into the playoffs. His team’s losses were to Class 5A quarterfinalist and No. 4 seed Sulphur and No. 11-seed Northside as well as Class 4A semifinalist and No. 3-seed DeRidder and Class 2A semifinalist and No. 2-seed Lake Arthur.
The Lady Pios entered the Class 3A playoffs as the No. 5 seed and quickly disposed of Evangel, 70-52, in the first round. They then defeated Green Oaks, 57-29, before falling to No. 4 seed Albany, 59-56.
Lyons, a 5-foot 8-inch senior guard, was a guiding force in the Lady Pios’ success. While scoring from the perimeter and in the paint, she averaged 12.1 points per game while also grabbing 7.4 rebounds and dishing out 4.3 assists.
Miller, also a 5-foot 8-inch senior guard, scored 11.5 points per game and averaged nine rebounds and 5.1 assists. LeJeune, a 5-foot 9-inch junior, led the Lady Pios in scoring with 14.9 points per outing. She also grabbed 8.3 boards and had two assists.
Also earning first-team honors were Erath’s Gabby Harrington and Abbeville’s Arrayia Starland.
Romero heads up the second-team after averaging 10.5 points per game, mostly from beyond the three-point line. The 5-foot-4 senior guard also had 3.5 rebounds and 5.2 assists per outing.
Joining Romero on the second team were Abbeville’s Christina Hackshaw and Bianca Levy as well as North Vermilion’s Simone Pillette and West St. Mary’s Amber Joe.
Estay, a 5-foot 6-inch junior guard who averaged 8.7 points and 8.5 rebounds, was named to the All-Defensive team along with West St. Mary’s Sequoya Ferguson, North Vermilion’s Simone Pillette, Abbeville’s Arrayia Starland and Kaplan’s Lexi Breaux.
On the boys’ side, Notre Dame’s Tre Milstead was named to the 6-3A All-District first-team while Bryce Brandon was tabbed as an honorable mention.
Milstead led the Pios in scoring with 15.5 points per game while also grabbing 7.2 rebounds. Brandon, who hit 43 3-pointers on the year, averaged 9.9 points and 4.4 rebounds.
GIRLS FIRST TEAM
Sam Lyons Notre Dame
Alex Miller Notre Dame
Madelyn LeJeune Notre Dame Gabby Harrington Erath
Arrayia Starland Abbeville
SECOND TEAM
Gabbie Romero Notre Dame
Amber Joe W. St. Mary
Simone Pillette North Vermilion
Christina Hackshaw Abbeville
Bianca Levy Abbeville
DEFENSIVE TEAM
Hanna Esthay Notre Dame
Sequoya Ferguson West St. Mary
Simone Pillette North Vermilion
Arrayia Starland Abbeville
Caitlin Domingues Erath
Lexi Breaux Kaplan
COACH OF THE YEAR
Nolan Theriot, Notre Dame
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Sam Lyons, Notre Dame
Honorable Mentions: Erath’s Jasimine LeJeune, Alexis Harrington and Ashley Dubois; Notre Dame’s Elise LeBeouf; North Vermilion’s Morgan Harrington; West St. Mary’s Sequoya Ferguson, Rhaya Marks and Jakyrin Connor; Abbeville’s Jaqueline Braxton; Kaplan’s Kailey LeJeune and Lauren Touchet.
BOYS FIRST TEAM
Devante Davis Kaplan
Tre Milstead Notre Dame
Desmond Taylor Abbeville
Nick Cooper North Vermilion
Jordan Windmon North Vermilion
SECOND TEAM
Jalen Bates Kaplan
Kaylen Rudd Kaplan
Jawuan Windmon North Vermilion
Travis Jones West St. Mary
Jordan Brooks Abbeville
COACH OF THE YEAR
Jack LeBlanc, North Vermilion
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Devante Davis, Kaplan
Honorable Mentions: Notre Dame’s Bryce Brandon and West St. Mary’s Glenn Marsh.