LSWA Class 4A All-State Basketball teams announced

By JAMES BEWERS
Written for the LSWA
History-making head coaches highlight the Louisiana Sports Writers Association’s Class 4A All-State basketball teams.

Breaux Bridge boys coach Chad Pourciau and Lee Magnet girls coach Valencia Wilson, who each led their teams to state championships for the first time in school history, have been named the Class 4A Coaches of the Year.

Pourciau, who served as Breaux Bridge’s interim football coach this past season before transitioning to basketball, brought the Tigers to the state tournament for the first time since 1972. Before upsetting top-seeded Bossier in the Class 4A title game, Breaux Bridge’s semifinal victory against Leesville was its first state tournament win in its fourth try.

Wilson guided the Patriots to a 34-2 record and the top seed in Division II. In its third straight state tournament trip and second consecutive championship game appearance, Lee bested second-seeded St. Louis for its first-ever state crown.

Bossier’s Jacoby Decker, a second-team pick in 2018 who led the Bearkats to the state championship, has been named the Most Outstanding Player on the boys’ team. DeRidder’s Dominique Davis, a returning first-team selection who signed with LSU, was chosen as the Most Outstanding Player on the girls’ squad.

Decker (19.7 ppg) is accompanied by Breaux Bridge’s Seth Alexander (14.8), Carencro’s Joseph Charles (18.8), St. Thomas More’s Jaden Shelvin and Woodlawn-Shreveport’s Tra’Michael Moton (25.0) on the boys’ first team.

Joining Davis (25.4) on the girls’ first team is A.J. Ellender’s Terris McKay (14.2), Warren Easton’s Cabria Lewis (12.0), Benton’s Emily Ward (20.2) and Lee’s Diamond Hunter (22.0).

LSWA CLASS 4A CHARTS
BOYS
First team
Player School Ht. Cl. Avg.
Seth Alexander Breaux Bridge 5-8 Sr. 14.8
Joseph Charles Carencro 6-8 So. 18.8
Jaden Shelvin St. Thomas More 6-2 So. 16.3
Jacoby Decker Bossier 5-9 Sr. 19.7
Tra’Michael Moton Woodlawn-Sh 6-2 Sr. 25.0

Second team
Player School Ht. Cl. Avg.
Deandre Hypolite Breaux Bridge 6-3 Jr. 10.3
Julian Landor Carencro 6-5 Sr. 16.2
Duwon Tolbert Leesville 6-5 Sr. 12.7
Jaden Tyler Assumption 5-11 So. 26.0
DT Wicks Plaquemine 6-3 Sr. 16.6

OUTSTANDING PLAYER: JACOBY DECKER, BOSSIER
COACH OF THE YEAR: CHAD POURCIAU, BREAUX BRIDGE

Honorable mention
Robert Coleman, Franklin Parish; Ty Sanders, Tioga; Dontrell Hill, Franklin Parish; Seginald Bryant, Leesville; Carlos Sepulvado, Leesville; Keydrain Calligan, Westgate; Leon Smith, Rayne; Frank Robinson, Ellender; Dionjahe Thomas, Ellender; Kaalas Roots, Bossier; Herman Key, B.T. Washington; Zion Crawford, Minden; Jarred Singleton, Morgan City; Eric Thibodaux, South Lafourche; Marlon Robinson, Assumption; Quinn Strander, E.D. White Catholic; Josh Ratcliff, Assumption; Hunter Dean, Lakeshore; DeVaughan Gross, Woodlawn-BR.

GIRLS
First team
Player School Ht. Cl. Avg.
Domonique Davis DeRidder 5-7 Sr. 25.4
Terris McKay Ellender 5-5 Sr. 14.2
Cabria Lewis Warren Easton 5-6 Sr. 12.0
Emily Ward Benton 6-0 Sr. 20.2
Diamond Hunter Lee 5-8 Jr. 22.0

Second team
Player School Ht. Cl. Avg.
Elizabeth Ratcliff Teurlings Catholic 5-7 Sr. 19.5
Raven Franklin Neville 5-7 Sr. 14.4
Chloe Fleming South Terrebonne 5-6 Sr. 19.2
Breanna Sutton Warren Easton 5-5 So. 18.0
Ashanti Eden Salmen 5-6 Sr. 22.0

OUTSTANDING PLAYER: DOMONIQUE DAVIS, DERIDDER
COACH OF THE YEAR: VALENCIA WILSON, LEE

Honorable mention
Cordel Batiste, Cecilia; Johnae Thomas, Northside; Jasmine Sanders, Grant; Makayla Bynum, South Lafourche; Ra’von Robertson, Assumption; Trastasia Hester, Ellender; Tanisha Hester, Ellender; Sh’Diamond Holly, Morgan City; Mya Phillips, Helen Cox; Jatlen Henderson, Salmen; Brionne Woods, Cabrini; Derrica Gilbert, Minden; A’Niya Lagarde, Lee; Brittany Theriot, Vandebilt Catholic; Ava Pitre, South Lafourche; Ja’rielle James, Leesville; Brooke Kendrick, Buckeye; Qua Chambers, Benton, Junior; Bre Rodgers, Minden; Ty Nevels, North DeSoto, Senior; Tytianna Wynn, BTW; Shakalyn Cotton, Livonia.