2014 Class C All-State teams announced

After leading their teams to state titles, Destiny Simon and Javier Roper have been named the Most Valuable Players in Class C by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
Simon, a 5-foot-10 center from Hackberry, landed the award and a spot on the LSWA’s Class C girls first team after averaging 21.6 points per game and leading the Mustangs to their first state title since winning three in a row from 2002-04.
Roper, New Living Word’s 6-6 junior center, averaged 19 points and 10 rebounds per game while leading the Lions to the first state title in the school’s four-year history in the LHSAA.
Simon’s coach, Jay Bergeron, was named the girls Coach of the Year, while Sicily Island coach Curtis Shavers, who guided the Fighting Tigers to their first Top 28 runner-up finish, earned the boys Coach of the Year honor.
Joining Simon on the girls first team were Summerfield’s Nicole Bursey, Elizabeth senior Erin Maddox, Plainview sophomore Shy Thompson and Simon’s Hackberry teammate, senior Jolie Trahan.
Bursey, a 5-7 sophomore, scored 10.1 points per game on a balanced Summerfield squad that was the Class C girls runner-up. The 5-7 Maddox (12 ppg) and 5-5 Thompson (14 ppg) led their teams to the Ladies Top 28, while Trahan finished the season averaging 11.3 points per game.
Sicily Island’s sensational eighth-grader, Devion Dunbar, also was named to the boys first team along with Elizabeth junior guard Colby LaFauci, Atlanta senior guard Kentrel Sapp and Family Christian senior guard Gummie Williams.
Dunbar averaged 19.2 points per game during the season and 29.5 points at the Top 28. The 6-3 LaFauci scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds per game to help lead Elizabeth to the top seed and a berth in the semifinals. Sapp, a 6-foot guard, scored 18 points per game as Atlanta advanced to the semifinals, and the 6-3 Williams averaged 17.8 points, eight rebounds and five assists per game.
Plainview junior Kelli Crager (12 ppg), Ebarb senior Shelby Etheridge (17.2 ppg), Atlanta sophomore T’Keyah Henson (13.5 ppg), Epps sophomore Alexus Holt (18 ppg) and Pleasant Hill freshman Samiah Scott (20 ppg) made up the girls second team.
Elizabeth sophomore Colby Friday (14 ppg, 14 rpg), Phoenix senior Matthew Jiles (25.6 ppg), Sicily Island sophomore Larry Plummer (14.7), Atlanta junior Taren Sapp I (15.2 ppg) and New Living Word junior Xavious Williams (20 ppg, 10 rpg) comprised the boys second team.

Class C Boys
First Team
Player School Ht. Cl. Avg.
Devion Dunbar Sicily Island 6-1 8th 19.2
Colby LaFauci Elizabeth 6-3 Jr. 20.0
Javier Roper New Living Word 6-6 Jr. 19.0
Kentrel Sapp Atlanta 6-0 Sr. 18.0
Gummie Williams Family Christian 6-2 Sr. 17.8
Most Valuable Player: Javier Roper, New Living Word
Coach of the Year: Curtis Shavers, Sicily Island
Second Team
Player School Ht. Cl. Avg.
Colby Friday Elizabeth 6-3 So. 14.0
Matthew Jiles Phoenix 5-10 Sr. 25.6
Larry Plummer Sicily Island 6-1 So. 14.7
Taren Sapp I Atlanta 5-11 Jr. 15.2
Xavious Williams New Living Word 6-2 Jr. 20.0
Honorable Mention: Bradley Barnes, Claiborne Christian; Jacquez Coleman, Summerfield; Demarcus Evans, Pleasant Hill; Michael Ferguson, Ebarb; Cameron Hare, Johnson Bayou; Jacolby Holmes, Pleasant Hill; Alijwon Mason, New Living Word; Collin McClellan, Elizabeth; Larry Plummer, Sicily Island; Lashard Powell, Atlanta; Jaleen Scott, Pleasant Hill; Javante Smith, Sicily Island; Travis Schultz, Reeves; Zack James, Plainview; Quiante Scott, Family Christian; Lyric Turner, Phoenix.
Class C Girls
First Team
Player School Ht. Cl. Avg.
Nicole Bursey Summerfield 5-7 So. 10.1
Erin Maddox Elizabeth 5-7 Sr. 12.0
Destiny Simon Hackberry 5-11 Sr. 21.6
Shy Thompson Plainview 5-5 So. 14.0
Jolie Trahan Hackberry 5-8 Sr. 11.3
Most Valuable Player: Destiny Simon, Hackberry
Coach of the Year: Jay Bergeron, Hackberry
Second Team
Player School Ht. Cl. Avg.
Kelli Crager Plainview 5-7 Jr. 12.0
Shelby Etheridge Ebarb 5-7 Sr. 17.2
T’Keyah Henson Atlanta 5-8 So. 13.5
Alexus Holt Epps 5-6 So. 18.0
Samiah Scott Pleasant Hill 5-8 Fr. 20.0
Honorable Mention: Tirea Henson, Atlanta; JaNell Holmes, Pleasant Hill; Daria Jinks, Johnson Bayou; Sydney LaFauci, Elizabeth; Tanner Maxwell, Georgetown; Angel Penny, Atlanta; Jarquesha Washington, Epps; Avonna Wilson, Calvin