LSWA All-State Team (Class 3A): C.J. Jones named MOP
The Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) recently convened to select the state’s top players in Class 3A and below are their selections for the 1st and 2nd Teams, as well as honorable mentions.
Wossman’s C.J. Jones earned the distinction of the Class’ top player as the Most Outstanding Player and he’ll continue his basketball career on the next level at Northwestern State. Jones led the Wildcats to a 29-10 record as a senior and Wossman was the Class 3A runner-up to Peabody (73-54), who placed two players on the first team in Kevin Norman and Cedric Russell, a Louisiana-Lafayette signee.
Check out the LSWA All-State teams for Classes 5A and 4A at the respective links and Classes 2A and 1A will be released on Saturday while B and C will be released on Sunday.
First team
Name School Ht. Wt. Cl Avg.
C.J. Jones Wossman 5-11 Sr. 21.0
Larry Owens Carroll 6-8 Sr. 21.0
Cedric Russell Peabody 6-2 Sr. 22.4
Kevin Norman Peabody 6-5 Sr. 23.6
Dexter Dennis Baker 6-5 Sr. 23.4
Second team
Sean Sykes Albany 5-11 Sr. 25.0
DeVonta Smith Amite 6-1 Sr. 18.0
Kevin Johnson E.D. White Catholic 6-0 Sr. 19.3
John Jones University 6-0 Sr. 15.5
Hayden Gunter South Beauregard 5-10 Sr. 22.2
OUTSTANDING PLAYER: C.J. JONES, WOSSMAN
COACH OF THE YEAR: PAUL KELLY, DE LA SALLE
Honorable mention
Jordan Butler, Patterson; Larenz Clark, Berwick; Spencer Mays, University; Eric Reed, University; Jatarrius Turpin, Wossman; Cam Wells, Madison Parish; Melvin Baker, Independence; Malik Criner, North Vermilion; Jason Holliday, Brusly; Troy Nisby, De La Salle; Ahmad Taylor, De La Salle