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District 1-4A featured some of the area’sbest athletes in a season showcasing plenty ofnext-level talent.

Northwood wide receiver Marquez Ste-venson beat out worthy 5A candidates such asParkway quarterback Keondre Wudtee, aswell as Evangel running back JamarquezaMims, a Southern commit, to earn All-City Of-fensive MVP honors. Stevenson did a little bitof everything on his way to 1,933 total yardsand 17 touchdowns for the Falcons.

He also faced some stiff competition with-in his own district, including Woodlawn sopho-more running back Trivenskey Mosley andBenton quarterback Garrett Hable. The 5-foot-11, 270-pound senior called it the toughestthe district has been in his career and he facedplenty of adversity as Northwood went just 2-5in district play.

“It was pretty exciting,” said Stevenson,who committed to Houston over offers fromBaylor, Mississippi State, Notre Dame andmany power conference schools. “It gave me a

little bit of competition before I go to college.”North DeSoto running back Delmonte Hallearned the nod for All-Area Offensive MVP,and Minden made it a clean sweep for 4A in thetop All-Area awards. Dominant senior defen-sive end Zikerrion Baker won the DefensiveMVP, and coach Spencer Heard took Coach ofthe Year for leading the Crimson Tide to a 9-3season that ended with a 35-34 second-roundloss to Franklinton.

Calvary safety and Oklahoma commitChanse Sylvie prevented a clean sweep forDistrict 1-4A by winning the race for All-CityDefensive MVP. The Cavs were one of six areateams to lose to an eventual state champion inthe quarterfinals or later, and no one got closerthan District 1-5A co-champs Evangel.

Only a heartbreaking overtime loss toCatholic in the semifinals kept All-City Coachof the Year Byron Dawson from guiding adominant young defense to a shot at a 14thstate title in their first season back in 5A. He

said the Eagles played with a chip on theirshoulder all season and got a huge boost from a56-21upset of eventual 5A semifinalist Park-way in the district opener.

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The All-City Offensive Player of the Year isNorthwood's Marquez Stevenson.

All-City Offensive MVP

Marquez Stevenson, WR, Northwood, Sr.Even with defenses honed in on him as theprimary weapon all season for an inconsistentoffense, Stevenson thrived.He caught 50 passes for 900 yards and eighttouchdowns. But Stevenson wasn’t limited to

 just catching passes. He also ran 35 times for445 yards and five more touchdowns.Stevenson’s playmaking ability was evident inthe 1,933 total yards he amassed and 17 touch-downs.Stevenson is committed to the University ofHouston.

All-City Defensive MVP

Chanse Sylvie, DB, Calvary, Sr.The best player in perhaps the state’s

best secondary packed the physicalpunch at safety to complement shut-down cornerbacks Greedy and LeeLeeWilliams. When opposing offensesinevitably realized running the ballwould be the only way to beat Cal-vary, Sylvie made his presence felt. TheOklahoma commit and Class 2A All-State defensive back posted a team-high 103 tackles for a defense thatnever allowed more than two touch-downs in district play and held 5Achamp Zachary to its lowest total ofthe season in its only loss.

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The All-City Defensive Player of the Yearis Chanse Sylvie of Calvary.

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The All-City Coach of the Year is ByronDawson of Evangel.

All-City Coach of the Year

Byron Dawson, EvangelCompeting for a District 1-5A champi-onship against some of the state’s bestteams looked like a tall order for Evangel,considering the Eagles were moving upfrom 2A with a roster featuring more thantwo-thirds freshmen and sophomores. Butthe third-year coach got his team to playdominant defense and, with the help ofoffensive coordinator Denny Duron, util-ized the talents of Jamarqueza Mims tocreate a powerful running attack thatbowled over Parkway 56-21to open districtplay. Evangel won the next four districtgames by at least 24 points before a loss toByrd forced the Eagles to share the title.They still made the Division I playoffs as aNo. 2 seed and would have gone back tothe Dome if not for a remarkable second-half comeback by Catholic to erase a 21-0lead and eventually win 27-21in overtime.

ALL-CITY OFFENSE

C.J. Morgan, ATH, Parkway, Sr.Highlights: Thedo-it-all seniorfor the Pan-thers scored viarush, pass,catch, kickreturn andinterception inthe first three playoff gamesalone. Finished with 685 rushyards, 753 receiving yards and

23 total touchdowns.

Gabe Rodriquez, K, Airline,Sr.Highlights: Thetalented soccerplayer went aperfect 39 for39 on PATs inhis first year asa kicker andmade 7 of 8 field goals with along of 42. Also had 14 touch-backs on 56 kickoffs.

Keondre Wudtee, QB, Park-way, Sr.Highlights: Theleader of adynamic Pan-thers offenseand District

1-5A OffensiveMVP threw for3,466 yards, rushed for 401and scored 39 total TDs onthe way to a share of a dis-trict championship and a 5Asemifinal appearance.

Jamarqueza Mims, RB, Evan-gel, Sr.Highlights: TheDistrict 1-5Afirst teameroften carriedthe Eaglesoffense with1,212 yardsrushing and 18 total touch-downs. Finished with 166receiving yards for Division Isemifinalists.

Trivenskey Mosley, RB,Woodlawn, So.Highlights: Thesensationalsophomore hada breakoutseason with1,601 yardsrushing and

another 259 receiving. Scored25 touchdowns to lead Woo-dlawn to a 4A playoff ap-pearance.

Keldrick Carper, WR, PlainDealing, Jr.Highlights: Thehighly recruitedwide receiverdid everythingfor the Lions,

beginning withhis 66 recep-tions for 947 yards. He alsorushed for 716 yards andplayed defensive back, scor-ing 22 total touchdowns.

Terrace Marshall, WR, Park-way, Jr.Highlights: ThePanthers’ talldeep threatwent for an85-yard touch-down on hisfirst receptionof the season and caught 53passes for 1,348 yards and 14touchdowns, including six inthe postseason on the way toa semifinal appearance.

Tray Allen, FB, Byrd, Sr.Highlights: TheYellow Jackets’bruising full-back returnedfrom a season-ending injury asa junior to rushfor 890 yardsand nine touchdowns to helpByrd win a share of the Dis-trict 1-5A title.

Hunter Beatty, OL, Calvary,Jr.Highlights: Thebig tackle ledan efficient linefor anotherdominantCalvary offensethat handed

Class 5A champ Zachary itsonly loss of the season andnever scored fewer than 20until a quarterfinal loss in theDivision III playoffs.

Ethan Harvey, OL, Evangel,Jr.Highlights: The talented

guard set thetone for anoffensive linethat found itsstride in districtplay to capturea share of thetitle and open up the holesfor a 1,000-yard back.

Colton Prater, OL, Airline, Sr.Highlights: One

of the state’sbest offensivelinemen and aTexas A&Msignee, thesenior guardblocked for tworushers with at least 500yards to help carry the Vik-ings to a playoff appearance.

Lawson Scott, OL, Byrd, Sr.Highlights:Guard who wasperhaps thestrongest mem-ber of a domi-nant offensiveline that laidthe foundationfor another powerful YellowJackets rushing attack that

totaled more than 3,000yards on the ground.

Colton Sessions, OL, Benton,Jr.Highlights: Theanchor of Ben-ton’s line pavedthe way for anoffense thataveraged 34points and wenta perfect 7-0 to earn a 2nd-straight District 1-4A title.

Second Team OffenseQB: Garrett Hable, Soph., BentonRB: Jermaine Newton, Soph.,BentonRB: Kordavion Washington, Soph.,CalvaryWR: Deonte Crawford, Sr., GreenOaksWR: Clayton Festavan, Sr., BentonTE: Cameron Howell, Sr., AirlineOT: La’Darean Patterson, Sr., Park-wayOG: Garrett Malmay, Sr., ByrdC: Nick Holt, Sr. ParkwayOG: Johnnie Maiden, Sr., WoodlawnOG: Carson Faulk, Sr., EvangelATH: Robert Rochell, Sr., Fair Park

ALL-CITY DEFENSE

Lloyd Cole, DB, Parkway, Sr.Highlights: Theheart and soulof the Panthersdefense playedall over thefield with hisspeed andracked up 100.5tackles to go along with 9pass breakups and two in-terceptions.

Tre’Shawn Hill, DB, Booker T.Washington,Sr.Highlights: TheDistrict 1-3Aco-DefensiveMVP picked offeight intercep-tions andreturned five of them fortouchdowns. Also caught 24passes for 376 yards and hadtwo kickoff returns for touch-downs.

Andreaz “Greedy” Williams,DB, Calvary, Sr.Highlights: Themulti-talentedLSU commitmade 47 tack-les at corner-back andintercepted 2passes while also returning

three kicks for touchdowns.

Rodarius “LeeLee” Williams,DB, Calvary, Sr.Highlights: Asanother shut-down corner inthe Cavs’ sec-ondary, hepicked off ateam-high fourpasses and returned two ofthem for touchdowns to gowith his 38 tackles.

Davin Cotton, DL, Evangel,So.Highlights: Thetalented youngdefensive endwreaked havocat the line ofscrimmage,making 51tackles, including 14 for lossand three sacks for the Eagles’dominant defense.

David Fitz-water, DL,Calvary, Sr.Highlights: Theimposingdefensive endmade 91 tackles

and five sacks to earn All-StateHonorable Mention for Class2A on a defense that held fiveteams to single digits.

Malik Leary, DL, Byrd, Sr.Highlights: Oneof the keyreturners for astrong frontseven made 30tackles, in-cluding 14 forloss and sevensacks. Also broke up sevenpasses.

Micah Minter, DL, Byrd, Sr.Highlights:Another keypiece on theYellow Jackets’stout defensiveline who made40 tackles,including 10 forloss and foursacks.

Ryan Black, LB, Parkway, Jr.Highlights: Thebest player on afront seven thatshut out Byrd’soffense andslowed downAcadianaenough for a

big second-round win. He made 90.5tackles, including 16 for lossand 2.5 sacks to go with sixforced fumbles.

A.C. Gilliam, LB, Evangel, Sr.Highlights: TheDistrict 1-5ADefensive MVPprovided vitalleadership for ayoung, tal-ented Eagles’defense andmade 64 tack-les, including 12 for loss and5.5 sacks.

Ashton Lacaze, LB, CaptainShreve, Sr.Highlights: Thestandout on aGators defense

made 117tackles, in-cluding 49 soloand 20 tacklesfor loss. He alsoforced seven fumbles, recov-ered three and blocked twopunts.

Brian Barber, P, Calvary, Fr.Highlights: Impressive first-

year punteraveraged 40.8yards on 29punts, four ofwhich landedinside the 20.

Second Team DefenseDE: Tyler McCallister, Sr., AirlineDL: Felton Caldwell, Jr., Green OaksDL: Chauncey Taylor, Sr., BentonDE: Sha’Mikel Ashton, Sr., Hunting-

tonLB: Micah Baskerville, Soph.,EvangelLB: Josh James, Jr., AirlineLB: Nick Rogers, Sr., CalvaryDB: Zeke Barnett, Sr., BentonDB: Matthew Williams, Sr., Woo-dlawnDB: Julian Charles, Sr. CaptainShreveDB: Trent Jones, Sr., ByrdK: Trevor Stevens, Sr., CalvaryP: Seth Green, Sr. Evangel

Honorable Mention: CoreyHenderson, WR, Evangel; Shun’CeeThomas, RB, Airline; Tysen Hard-

man, RB, Byrd; Robert McKnight,RB, Parkway; Carter Windham, RB,

Loyola; Zach Ward, OL, Byrd;Ardarius Washington, DB, Evangel;

TaJarez Marshall, LB, Huntington;Toriaun Sergent, DL, Green Oaks;Semaj Tarver, LB, Parkway; Colton

Sessions, OL, Benton; RhykimeSmith, OL, Bossier; Jordan Kellum,OL, Northwood; Pedro Hernandez,

K, Minden; Peyton Bogan, P,Northwood; Chauncey Taylor, DL,Benton; Dontae Cawthorne, DL, Fair

Park; Egbert Phillips, LB, North-wood; Deshantric Watson, DB,

Northwood; Trent Touchet, DB,Byrd; Orlando Puryear, DB, Evangel;Jeremiah Wilson, DB, Haughton;

Aaron Calcote, DL, Evangel; LutherDallas, DB, Byrd; Deuce Caston, QB,Byrd; Connor Curry, QB, Evangel;

Deonte Hawkins, WR, Parkway;Antonio Woodfork, WR, Haughton;Jaylon Carey, QB, Green Oaks; CB

Steele Netterville, Jr., Byrd; ShannonGilliam, DB, Green Oaks; Tristain

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