Meet the players selected for the Bayou vs. River All-Star boys and girls basketball games

Chris Singleton, The Courier

March 18, 2022 at 11:37 AM·4 min read

Houma-area high school senior boys and girls basketball players will play for the final time in a prep setting at the 11th annual Luke Ford Jr. Sports Medicine Center of Thibodaux Regional Bayou vs. River All Star Basketball Shootout on March 26.

The all-star games will be played in Stopher Gym on the Nicholls campus in Thibodaux. It will begin with the girls game at 5 p.m., a 3-point shooting competition at 6 p.m. and the boys game at 7 p.m. The game will be presented by the Thibodaux Lions Club.

Tickets cost $7 and can be purchased at the gate. All Biddy Basketball players and Recreation League basketball players wearing league shirts will be admitted free. All proceeds will go to college scholarships and to Thibodaux Lions Club causes such as the Louisiana Lions Camp and Eye Foundation.

Here are the players selected:

Boys

Bayou team

Christian Arceneaux, South Terrebonne: 12 points per game and seven rebounds.

Preston Bourda Jr., Ellender: 21 points per game and eight rebounds.

Jai Boyd, Thibodaux: 12.4 points per game and 5.6 rebounds per game.

Caleb Fleming, South Terrebonne: 13 points per game.

Zakyrus Gordon, Covenant Christian: 12 points per game and 14 rebounds.

Patrick Gisclair, South Lafourche: eight points per game, three rebounds and three assists.

Mason Lawless, E.D. White: 24 points per game and four rebounds.

Markell Marshall, South Terrebonne: 17 points per game with eight rebounds and five assists.

Kentrell Ross, Thibodaux: nine points per game and two assists.

Austin Savoie, South Lafourche: 14 points per game, three rebounds and three assists.

Falon Short, H.L. Bourgeois: eight points per game and eight rebounds.

Connor Smith, Houma Christian: 12.3 points per game, two rebounds and 2.5 assists.

Jordan Steward, South Terrebonne: eight points per game and 10 rebounds per game.

Hayden Verdin, Houma Christian: 13.5 points per game and five rebounds.

Ryan Williams, Ellender: 10 points per game, five rebounds per game and six assists.

Coaches: Henry Latten, Central Lafourche; Caleb White, South Terrebonne; Brian Callais, South Lafourche.

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River team

Lloyd Allen, Assumption: eight points per game and 10 rebounds.

Calvin Bullock, Destrehan: 15 points per game and seven rebounds.

Kobe Carter, St. Charles Catholic: 15 points per game and nine rebounds.

Devin Fourcha, Destrehan: 10 points per game, four rebounds, three assists.

Bryce Gilot, East St. John: 10 points per game and five rebounds.

J’Michael Gray, Franklin: 22.1 points per game and 4.7 rebounds.

Dillon Gunner, Patterson: 10 points per game, six rebounds and five assists.

Kylon Harris, East St. John: 20 points per game and five rebounds.

D.J. Lewis, Central Catholic: 19 points per game and 13 rebounds.

Kyler Paul, Patterson: 17 points per game, six rebounds and five assists.

Daquan Price, Hahnville: eight points per game, eight rebounds and three assists.

Kim Provost, Franklin: 17.6 points per game and 4.2 rebounds.

Tyler Smith, Central Catholic: 22 points per game and seven rebounds.

Brandon Sterling, Assumption: six points per game and eight rebounds.

Leonte Turner, East St. John: six points per game and four assists.

Coaches: Derek Szush, Hahnville; Ree Case, Central Catholic

Girls

Bayou team

Ty’Teanna Calloway, Terrebonne: eight points per game.

Abbi Collins, South Lafourche: eight points per game, four rebounds and two assists.

Jasi Jenkins, Ellender: 13.1 points per game, 12.3 rebounds and two assists.

Kierra Mills, Assumption: eight points per game.

Ava Pitre, South Lafourche: 14 points per game, four rebounds, three assists and two steals.

Maggie Portier, South Terrebonne: 9.1 points per game, seven rebounds, 4.2 blocks and 1.5 assists.

Alexandra Rodriguez, Central Lafourche: 10.3 points per game and 3.8 rebounds.

Madison Ryan, South Lafourche: 15.6 points per game, two rebounds, three assists and steals.

Coaches: Jerwaski Coleman, Vandebilt: Darian Jenkins, South Lafourche; Andrea Orgeron, Terrebonne.

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River team

Elizabeth Ayers, E.D. White: 10.8 points per game, 3.4 rebounds per game and 2.0 assists.

Enrea Bougere, H.L. Bourgeois: 17 points per game, four rebounds and three assists.

Rontrinia Hawkins, Franklin: 18.3 points per game and 16.2 rebounds.

Caitlin Howard, H.L. Bourgeois: eight points per game, seven rebounds and three assists.

Daniyla Johnson, H.L. Bourgeois: six points per game and five rebounds.

Christen Marcombe, E.D. White: 5.3 points per game, 3.1 rebounds, four assists and 1.5 steals.

Alysha Soniat, East St. John: seven points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals.

Fre’Naijah Young, H.L. Bourgeois: five points, four rebounds and six assists.

Coaches: Stevie Howard, H.L. Bourgeois; Beth Guidry, H.L. Bourgeois; Marcey Zeringue, E.D. White.

Reach Chris Singleton at 985-857-2213 or chris.singleton@houmatoday.com and on Twitter @courierchris.

This article originally appeared on The Courier: LHSAA basketball: Bayou vs. River All-Star games rosters released

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