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Allen Parish football players recognized with All-District honors


In a year when all three parish football teams again made the playoffs and one advancing to the quarterfinals, several players received honors for their on-field achievements by being named to their respective All-District teams.
Even with an up-and-down season, Oakdale produced seven players on the All-District first team list in District 5-2A. 
Jacob Black cracked the list on the offensive and defensive sides. At the wide receiver position, he hauled in 28 catches for 418 yards and five touchdowns. As a defensive back, he accounted for 28 tackles, five passes broken up, three interceptions, and one fumble recovery.
Running back Javon Hayward made the list with his 124 carries for 682 yards and seven touchdowns.
Daniel Rodriguez kicked his way onto the first team list as he went 25 of 28 on extra point attempts and three of three on field goal tries. His longest field goal was 38-yards and had two touchbacks on kickoffs.
Also making the first team on offense from Oakdale was Aaron McDaniel.
On the defensive side, two other Warriors beside Black made first team. 
Garrett Kingan did so with his 18 tackles, three tackles for loss, and one safety.
Hunter Longino with his 114 tackles, five forced fumbles, one interception, and four sacks was named Defensive MVP in the district.
On the second team were wide receiver Nic Holmes, offensive lineman Kingan, running back Longino, linebacker Gabe Rodriguez, and defensive back Brennan Taylor. 
Making the honorable mention list of the All-District team for Oakdale were quarterback Gabe Rodriguez; offensive linemen Trey Rollins and Charlie Strother; defensive linemen McDaniel, Cornell Brown, and Dallas Daniels; and linebackers Hayward and Tristan Ballard.
In District 6-2A, Kinder produced five players on the first team All-District list in a year when the Yellowjackets lost to Franklin in the second round of the playoffs.
The lone offensive player was offensive lineman Tyler Hayes. 
On the defensive side,   Elijah Lavan made the list at the defensive lineman position with 30 tackles, 12 assists, six caught behind line of scrimmage, two sacks, one hurry, and one forced fumble. 
Joining Lavan were linebacker Gavin Johnson and defensive back Skyler Leckelt.
Johnson accounted for 45 tackles, 14 assists, three caught behind the line of scrimmage, and two sacks. Leckelt also accounted for 51 tackles, 10 assists, six caught behind the line of scrimmage, one sack, two fumble recoveries, and four interceptions.
Punter Zack Lafargue made the first team list by averaging 35 yards on his 25 attempts. 
Making the second team list from Kinder were running back Ty Fuselier, wide receiver Matthew Robertson, offensive lineman Braylyn Larce, and kicker Lafargue.
In a year when the Oberlin Tigers made it to the quarterfinal round of the playoffs against Oak Grove, five players made the first team of the All-District Team in District 4-1A.
Wide receiver Jared Joubert notched his name on the list with 25 receptions for 544 yards and two touchdowns. He was also good for 114 yards on nine carries.
Collin Chatman at running back made the list as he carried for 1,004 yards on 117 carries and nine touchdowns.
Also on offense was offensive lineman Mackenzie Carrier.
Carrier and Chatman also made first team on defense.
At defensive lineman, Carrier was responsible for 36 tackles, 35 assists, nine tackles for loss, two sacks, 17 hurries, one pass defended, and one caused fumble.
Chatman as linebacker accounted for 50 tackles, 51 assists, four tackles for loss, three sacks, six hurries, and one pass defended.
Defensive backs Trevor Rider and Jonathan Cole also made the first team list.
Rider had 23 tackles, 18 assists, two tackles for loss, one interception, six passes defended, and one caused fumble; and Cole had 28 tackles, 27 assists, two tackles for loss, two hurries, two interceptions, one pass defended, and one fumble.
Rider’s interception went for a 33-yard return, and Cole’s pair of interceptions were returned for 60 yards.

On the second team in District 4-1A from Oberlin were offensive lineman Cameron Gradney, quarterback Levi Peloquin, running back Rider, and place kicker Joubert on offense as well as defensive lineman Marcel Frilot, linebacker Alex Fontenot, defensive back Jaden Johnson, and punter Joubert on defense.

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