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DAILYW0RLD.COM 5D DAILY WORLD SUNDAY, DECMEBER 24, 2006 STM stuns Lady Tigers Parish Continued from Page IB The Red Devil also scored five times on punt returns this season. The first team offensive line included Opelousas Catholic's Dustin Ardoin (6-1 215, llTWatilfetH.IHrStt STM (56) onus Josepft 4. OeSrwiri Spam 7, Kan PosMsr 6. Malory GauMt It, SMy Bream 21. Team Totals: 14 (5) 13-17 56.

OPELOUSAS (49) Ucresha 4. Naomi Greens 6, Bianca Clues 11, Appakmia Babneauii 9, Deshara Ledoui 7. Wnrtray Ledoux Sharsba Owner 7, Team 16 assists for 50 total tackles. Frank also had a caused fumble, recovered fumble and two pass breakups. Westminster's David Mills (6-3, 259, Sr.) was a strong presence on both sides of the ball for the Crusaders, drawing All-State offensive honors.

But on defense the Crusader senior: defensive lineman recorded 64 solo tackles, 26 assists with 8.5 sacks to go with 6 forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. Eunice's Kyle Semien heads up the first team linebacking corp along with WCA's. Jake Savage and Logan Stelly from First team punter is Opelousas High's Harris (6-3, 230, boomed 54 punts for a 40.9 average. He was 11-of-13 on extra points and 7-of-9 field goals for the Tigers, including a school record 50-yarder. 2006 All-St.

Landry football team First Team OFFENSE QB-Ryan McCombie WCA 6-2 180 Sr. RB Rhen Comeaux EHS 5-1 0 200 Jr. RB Corey Pierret WCA 5-10 189 Sr. RB Brad Ortego St. Ed's 5-11 195 Sr.

0L-Dustin Ardoin 0C 6-1 215 Sr. 0L Josh LeJeune St. Ed's 5-9 200 Sr. 0L Lance Faul EHS 5-9 220 Sr. 0L Ben Corley WCA 5-10 260 Sr.

0L-Dylan Roberie, PB 5-8 195 Sr. WR Dominic Dupre WCA 5-9 1 65 Sr. WR Nick Talevich PB 5-8 160 Sr. Josh Duran EHS 5-9 175 Sr. ATH-Tommy Hebert OC 5-9 155 Sr.

ward Mallory Gauthier made them pay from behind the 3-point line. Gauthier hit four of the Lady Cougars' five 3-point-ers en route to finishing as STM's second leading scorer with 16 points. "We talked about it before the game that they were going to try and double-down on Shelly," Dorsey said. "Tonight we were able to find Mallory on the outside and she knocked down some big shots." Another unsung hero in the victory was junior guard DeShouri Spates, who made 5-of-6 free throws in the fourth quarter to seal the win for the Lady Cougars. "We have played a lot of close games this year," Dorsey said.

"Tonight we were able to pull out the win. We're finally growing up." Totals: H(2 11-16 49. SUP OHS 19 I 10 15 16 13-56 I 49 3-pointers: STM Gauther 4, PoaMer. OHS Greene, D. Ledoun.

Total Fouls: STM 17, OHS II. Foul Outs: none. Tectmcals: none. Records: STM 15-6, 2-0. OHS 13-2, 1-1 1-1) with her ability to get up and down the floor.

Breaux finished the game with a game-' high 21 points. fVe did a good job of getting the ball up the floor," Dorsey said. "We forced their post players to get down the floor and I think they got tired. I think because they started to get tired, Shelly began to score easily." And whenever the Lady -Tigers attempted to double-down on Breaux, senior for fouls BC: 1 3, NC: 7. Fouled out none.

Technicals none. Records BC: 6-8. Next Beau Chene at Northwest tournament Tu69ttaytns26tri. WniMmtir 67, Sacred Heart-VP 44 SHVP (44) Derek Fontenot 14, Kerr Nezat 5, Nick Colli-oan 8. Brock Vige 4, Ian David 3, Marcus Veillon 6, Alex Sylvester 6.

Totals: 14 (4) 4-5 44. WCA (67) Ben Frith 14, Ryan McCombie 10, Eric Scott 2, Shelby Low 2. James Fontenot 10, Andrew Chuka 6, Austin Mchet 2, John Myers 19, Michael IkKlerwcod 2. Totals: 30 (1)4-6 67. 5iW 14 7 13 10-44 WCA 16 16 14 18-67 3-pointers SHVP: Fontenot WCA: Fontenot 1.

Total fouls Sacred Heart 8, Westminster 7. Fouled out none. Technical fouls none. Records Westminster S4. Next Westminster plays it VC Yuletide Classic.

FRANKLIN (52) Adrian Johnson 17, Britney Williams 14, Tenisha Washington 8, Catinisha Washington 6, Kia Jack-ton 3, Marsha Simmons 2.Tolals 24 2-10 52. By Eric Narclsss The (Lafayette) Daily Advertiser The area's No. 8-ranked St. Thomas More Lady Cougars are on a mission to repeat as district champions and they are off to a great start in accomplishing that feat. After defeating the Abbeville Lady Cats on Tuesday night in the district opener, the Lady Cougars went on the road to upset the area's No.

4-ranked Opelousas Lady Tigers 56-49 to improve to 15-6 overall and 2-0 in District 54A. "This is a huge win for us," Lady Cougars coach Latasha Dorsey said. "It's hard to win on the road especially at Opelousas, so it's definitely a confidence booster for us." The Lady Cougars rallied around junior center Shelly Breaux, who presented problems for the Lady Tigers (13-2, Prep boxscores OPELOUSAS (50) Brandon Roberts 3, Arthur Fisher 14, Donown Williams 7, Brandon Lemon 9, Tremaine TN-bodeaux 5, Kenneth Demouchet 6, Aaron Hunt 2, Joshua Andrus 2. Totals 14 (3) 11-22 50. LAFAYETTE (60) Arsenlo Francis 12, Joshua Edison 2, Devin Figaro lOJoddtoung 22.

Joshua Wiltz 5. Brian Bowman 16, Andrew Smith 3, Xavier Frands 10. Totals 24 (6) 5-8 80. 5HF LAF I I 16 11 16 20 21 23 50 60 3-pontem: Lemon 2, Demouchet, Francis 2. Young 6, Smith.

Total Fours: OHS 14, LAF 20. Fouled Out: None. Technicals: None. Records: LAF 13-4. Next LAF In Sunk.st tourney tmbmU ICertnlJI BC (56) Michael Harvey 16, Justin Shaw 4, Aknzo WOalker 4, Rashorank Rami 12, Josh Cormier 16, Briam Chavis 2.

Team totals: 26(0) 04. NC (36) Randall 3, Robinson 6, Smen 13, Sturtock 6, Wilson 2, Chambers 6. Team totals: 12 (3) 5-13. BE 20 10 16 10-56 NC 1 14 12 8 3 36 McKnight NEW ORLEANS (AP) -John Curtis' Joe McKnight a senior who played running back, wide receiver, defensive back and kick returner for the Class 2A state champions, was named Louisiana's Farm BureauMr. Football for 2006 by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.

McKnight previously was cited as the Outstanding Player on the greater New Orleans All-Metro team as well as the LSWA's Class 2 A All-State" team. The award, initiated in 1995, was presented to running back Charles Scott of Jonesboro-Hodge in 2005. McKnight is the third New Orleans-area honoree, joining Jesuit running back Chris Markey in ol. ctua uuttu LeJeune (5-9, 200, Eunice's Lance Faul (5-9, 220, Corley (5-10, 260, Sr.) and Port Barre's Dylan Roberie (5-8, 195, First team Corley kicker was Eunice's Josh Duran (5-9, 175, Sr). The Bobcat senior special teamer was zt-of-27 in extra points and drilled 5-of-10 field goals, including a 47 yarder against Church Point.

Duran was selected as Class 4-A kicker, but he also averaged 40.4 yards per kick as the Bobcat's punter. First team Athlete was Opelousas Catholic's Tommy Hebert (5-9, 155. Hebert drilled 20-of-33 kick-offs into the endzone, while making 21-of-23 extra points to earn Class 1-A All-State honors. The Viking senior was 3-of-7 in field goals. Hebert missed most of the season on offense, fighting to come back from off-season shoulder surgery, but returned in district to his starting quarterback position for the Vikings.

Besides All-State Thomas highlighting the parish defense, there were several other standouts that performed well for their respec tive teams. Opelousas High's Marshall Harris (6-3, 230, Sr.) was named to the first team defensive line. Harris closed out his Tiger Harris senior season with 49 solo tackles including nine behind the line, two fumble recoveries, one fumble and 12- tipped Eunice's Ryan Frank (6-8, 335, a mainstay for the Bobcat defen- Frank sive line with 34 solo tackles, in it Duran fA named Mr. Football DEFENSE DL- Jama'al Thomas PB DL Marshall Harris OHS DL Ryan Frank EHS DL David Mills WCA LB Kyle Semien EHS LB -Jake Savage WCA LB -Logan Stelly PB DB Tim Taylor 0C DB Shaq Belson BC -DB-Jacorey Boast PB DB-Kaleb Deshotel EHS Marshall Harris OHS 6-2 260 Jr. 6-3 230 Sr.

6-8 335 Sr. 6-3 259 Sr. 5-9 185 Sr. 5-9 182 Jr. 5-10210 Sr.

5- 10 165 Sr. 6- 0 205 Sr. 5-9 155 Jr. 5- 8 165 Sr. 6- 3 230 Sr.

Second Team OFFENSE QB-JobyThomasseePB nanana RB-Shaq Belson BC 6-0 205 Sr. RB Dylan Guillory PB 5-10 185 Jr. RB Jordan Doucet WCA 5-10 180 Sr. 0L Julien Rideaux NC na na na 0L-Seth Turner EHS na na Sr. 0L Matt Autrey, BC nanana 0L-Bradley Jordan EHS na na Sr.

0L- Lance LalondeOC nn na Jr. WR Alex Owens OHS 6-11 200 Sr. WR-James AndrusBC nanana Brennan Ardoin na na Sr. ATH -Tim Taylor 0C 5-10 165 Sr. DEFENSE DL Jacob BihmOC 6-1 185 Jr.

DL-Jarred Henry PB 6-0 220 Jr. DL-Corey Neville EHS na na Sr. DL Casey Comeaux OHS 6-1 200 Sr. DL-Lee IssacOHS 5-10 285 Sr. LB -Will Ryan 0C 6-0 175 So.

LB Quinn Arnaud St. Ed's 5-7 170 Jr. LB Donavon Papillion EHS na na Jr. DB Jordan Doucet WCA 5-10 180 Sr. DB Travis Vidrine St.

Ed's5-11 175 Sr. DB Malcolm Darby EHS na na So. DB- Jeremiah Jenkins NW na na na -Tommy Hebert 0C 5-9 155 Sr. OFFENSIVE MVP Ryan McCombie, Westminster DEFENSIVE MVP Jamaal Thomas, Port Barre COACH OF THE YEAR Paul Trosclair, Eunice HONORABLE MENTION: Beau Chene: Haydel Smith Eunice: Steve Pete, Chris Boone, Dion Guillory and Quincy Lafleur, Tyler Fran-cols, Jarret Guidry and Steve Sonnier. Northwest: Larry Gloston, Jeremiah Jenkins, Malcolm Sam, Jessie Nix and Ryan Boutte.

North Central: Korey Spurlock and Corey Morgan Opelousas: Jarvis Malbreaugh, Rahim Sonnier, Brandon Roberts, Quindon Robinson, Chris Comeaux and Lance Barbour. Opelousas Catholic: Lance Hebert, John Grant Hebert, Jonathan Irving, Nathan Kimble Port Barre: Dustin Mistrlc, Joseph Gilyard, Josh Belleau, Chris Lalonde, Dexter Boast and Kalyn Cormier St. Ed's: Tyler McGee, Jeff Fontenot, Nick Dalgle Westminster: Ben Frith, Sam Weln-stein, John Ross Prudhomme, Brandon Brown Acadiam Prep: The Eagles did not participate for district honors. This story was written by Daily World Sports Editor Tom Dodge. In Opelousas, rort Barre.

Semien (5-9. 185, Sr.) closed out the season with 62 solo and 52 assists for 114 total tackles. He also recorded 1 two sacks, two forced fumbles. Semien six tackles for loss and an interception for the Bobcats. Savage (5-9, 182, Jr.) finished with 99 total tackles for the Crusaders with 60 solo and 39 Stelly (5-10, 210, Sr.) closed out the Red Devil season with 104 total tackles, including four sacks.

The first team defensive secondary is led by Opelousas Catholic All-Stater Tim Taylor. Taylor (5-10, 165, Sr.) was a utility player for the Vikings as he saw action at quarterback, wide receiver, running back and defensive back this season. Taylor finished with 18 solo tackles, three assists, four intercep tions, 12 pass breakups and 1 Taylor torced fumble. On offense, he gained 831 yards on 11 carries with 12 touchdowns; caught 16 passes for 303 yards and three scores and completed 2-of-4 passes for 59 yards and a touchdown. The other defensive backs were Beau Chene's Shaq Bel- son (6-0, 205, Port Barre's Jacorey Boast (5-9, 155, Kaleb Deshotel (5-8, 165, Sr.) from Eunice.

a recorded 63 Belson tackles and five interceptions for the Red Devils, while Deshotels had 55 solos, 27 assists for 82 total tackles with two interceptions, five tackles for loss and a return for a touchdown. 1717 S. Union 942-8753 N. CENTRAL (42) Tare Turner 16. Vtl Hams 14, Shin Joseph 5, Asia Harris 2, Ben Feiaon 2, Shay Levine 4.

Totals 16 (2) 4-10 42. Fits 12 16 11 13-52 NCHS 12 4 I 16-42 3-pointers: Harris, Turner. Total Fouls: FHS 12, NCHS 16. Fouled Out: None. Technicals: None.

Records: FHS 10-2. Next: FHS in W. St. Marys Tourney ItitMitsf St OtrisMi btiettC OC (43) Emily Manuel 2, Amandee Fontneot 34, Arista Doucet 2, Janea Richard I.Team totals: 12(3) 10-21. WCAISIlDanreMecrelO.AbcvOlMA.rVrjcksArOMi 21, Kathenne Myers 18, 2 (1) e-14.

se i ie 9 i WCA 20 11 14 6 3iinters OC: Fontenot 3, WCA: Meche I.Total louls OPEL 15, WCA: 19. Foutded out WCA: OSvier, Meche. Technicals none. Records WCA 7 ctat Nexl-. WestmistertravteAcacPrepcnJantti.

McKnight scored 182 points in 14 games. As a junior, because of Hurricane Katrina, McKnight started the 2005 season with Class 1A state champion Evangel Christian of Shreve-port and completed it with 2A champion Curtis. Considered one of the premier players in the nation and in Curtis' history, McKnight will take part in the U.S. Army All-Star game in San Antonio, Texas on Jan. 6.

"You could certainly put him in the category with the greatest players we have ever had here," said Coach J.T. Curtis. "Visually, he has very good instincts. He has that acceleration, that second gear that not many players have and he is physically strong." at Magnolia yard touchdown pass late in the first quarter. Memphis' Michael Gibson completed a 2-point conversion pass to Jon Hamlett of North Carolina after Thomas' touchdown plunge to make it 18-0 early in the second quarter.

Babb followed with a 25-yard pass to Hamlett for a 25-0 lead athalftime. Terrell Jordan of Northwestern scored the Green team's second-half touchdown on an 11-yard run. He finished with 57 yards rushing, Teammate Anthony Merritt of North Alabama had four catches for 69 yards. Aries Nelson of Mississippi Valley State led the Red offense with 161 total yards, including 64 rushing. i j.

1 I a 2003 and East St. John quarterback Ryan Perrilloux in 2004. In nine regular-season games, McKnight averaged 16.4 yards per carry as a running back and 36.7 yards per reception as a receiver. In 14 games, he carried 45 times for 709 yards and 14 TDs, an average of 15.7 yards per carry. As a receiver, he caught 24 passes for 735 yards and 13 TDs, an average of 30.6 yards per reception.

McKnight had one interception and 10 tackles on defense. On special teams, he returned 12 punts for 268 yards and 3 touchdowns, an average of 22.3 yards per return. He returned five kick-offs for a 34.6-yard average. Thomas scored on a 1-yard run and the Green team ran away with the game, Babb completed 5 of 7 passes for 71 yards as the I-A all-stars amassed 386 yards of offense. Edgar Jones of Southeast Missouri State was the game's defensive MVP.

He had four sacks for the lower-division all-stars. Jamal Pittman of Jackson State and Eldra Buckley of Tennessee-Chattanooga scored on runs of 1 and 7 yards late in the second half to rally the Red team. But by then the game was well out of reach. After a 47-yard field goal by John Deraney of North Carolina State, Brasic hit Tulane's Demarcus Davis with a 15- Babb leads Green to win i.iiiiwiiwi .111111.11 I) IP .11 II II 7--. JACKSON, Miss.

(AP) Jerry Babb of Louisiana-Lafayette passed for a touchdown and led the Green team to a strong offensive showing in a 32-14 win over the Red team in the Magnolia Gridiron Classic. The Green team, made up of Division I-A and lower-division all-stars, jumped out to a 25-0 lead midway through the first half on the way to its second straight win over a Red team made up of Division I-AA all-stars. The game is for players considered possible pro prospects whose teams didn't make the postseason. Offensive most valuable player Babb and Tim Brasic of Illinois passed for touchdowns in the first half, Illinois' Pierre the i I usuitmmnimm Photo by David Gremillion Eunice head coach Paul Trosclair celebrates as the clock winds down against Istrouma. The Bobcats advanced to the Class 4-A quarterfinals with the 1 3-1 2 win.

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