Vernon Parish and West Central Louisiana were well represented on the recently announced 2024 Louisiana Sports Writers Association All State Class B&C teams.
Anacoco seniors, Bailey Davis and Hanna Jackson, were selected to the first team Class B team. Davis, a McNeese signee, batted .654 her senior season while picking up 19 wins on the mound. Davis would like to play first base for the Cowgirls of the Southland Conference in 2025. Her teammate Jackson is headed for LSU-A. The shortstop hit .467 this past season with 13 HR’s. The Anacoco duo are joined on the first team by Hicks freshman, Courtlyn Dousay, whose batting average her first year on the varsity was an impressive .550. Two players from the West Central area were also named to the All State first team: seniors, Summer Brumley and Avery Pine of Converse.
Vernon Parish had four players named to the Class B All State baseball first team. The Pitkin duo of SR Jaxon Perkins and JR Dayne Martin were selected. Perkins hit .405 to help lead the Tigers to the state semi-finals. Martin hit .476 for the year and had an ERA of 1.49. Joining them on the first team were Hicks SR Hayden Doyle, who hit .381 and started both games in the semifinals and finals for the Pirates and Anacoco JR Kyle Scott, who hit .405 with 8 HR’s. Two other area players were named to the All State first team; JR Brooks Boudreaux of Converse and JR Tanner Stockman of Elizabeth.
Daisy Jeane of Evans was the lone Vernon Parish athlete named to the Class C All State First Team in softball. Jeane batted .610. Two other players from West Central were selected to the first team: JR Madelyn Wilson of Ebarb and JR Madelyn Nolen of Starks.
Junior teammates Parker Alexander and Julius Johnson of Hornbeck were named to the Class C All State baseball squad. Parker batted .421 on the year and Johnson hit .422, so the Hornets have their hitters for 2025. Four players from the West Central area were also named All State first team: FR Drew Procell of Ebarb, SR Kolton Royer of Singer, SR Noah LaFArgue of Reeves, and JR Connor Dowies of Fairview.
The other classes will be released this week and included in the Friday edition of the Vernon Parish Journal.