The North DeSoto baseball team celebrates after defeating Lutcher.
The North DeSoto baseball team celebrates after defeating Lutcher 3-2 to advance to the LHSAA championship series.
- Doyle’s Kylee Savant and Sterlington’s Miller Sheets were named Outstanding Players in softball and baseball, respectively, for Louisiana’s Class 3A.
- Doyle’s Kyle Wieck earned Coach of the Year in softball after leading his team to a state title victory over Jena.
Doyle softball’s Kylee Savant and Sterlington baseball’s Miller Sheets captured Outstanding Player honors on the Louisiana Sports Writers Association’s Class 3A all-state teams.
Savant hit .434 with a .598 on-base percentage. The Houston signee recorded 14 homers, 12 doubles and 60 RBIs. She also stole 15 bases during Doyle’s state championship year. Savant hit a grand slam in a semifinal victory over No. 1 Kaplan and knocked in three runs in Doyle’s 4-3 victory against Jena in the Non-Select Division III State Championship.
Sheets, a Baylor commit, boasted a .435 average with three homers, 23 doubles and 57 RBIs while only striking out four times on the year.
Doyle’s Kyle Wieck and Erath’s Jeremy Picard collected coach of the year honors in 3A.
Wieck led his team past last year’s state champion Sterlington in the quarterfinals before upsetting No. 1 Kaplan 13-3 and earning an opportunity to play for a state title. Doyle defeated Jena 4-3 to earn the school’s first state championship in softball since 2018.
Making school history allowed Picard to take the top coaching honor in baseball despite not winning a state title. His Bobcats made the school’s inaugural appearance in the state finals in baseball and finished with a 26-13 record.
LSWA CLASS 3A ALL-STATE CHARTS
SOFTBALL
Pos Player School Cl Avg
P Allie Chrislip Sterlington Sr. 14-4
P Kiette Cooper Jena Jr. 22-6
P Ashtyn Rogers Patrick Taylor Jr. 8-6
P Kynnedi Ware Pine Prairie Fr. 28-4
C Kylee Savant Doyle Sr. .434
IF Callie Decker Jena Jr. .469
IF Jolie Gawlik Parkview Baptist 8th .419
IF Bailey McLin Doyle Sr. .411
IF Hayden Schexnayder Iota Sr. .500
OF Sullivan Cannon Sterlington Jr. .419
OF Adysen Mitchell Buckeye Sr. .406
OF Shelby Taylor Doyle Sr. .500
UT Addison Cormier Iota Sr. .444
Ut Abbi Ford Kaplan Sr. .406
UT Lexie Greene Kaplan So. 28-3
Ut Katie Elizabeth Holeney Marksville Fr.498
UT broken nitz buckeye sr. .443
OUTSTANDING PLAYER: KYLEE SAVANT, DOYLE
COACH OF THE YEAR: Kyle Wieck, Doyle
Honorable Mention
Aila Brassieur, St. Louis; Addi Daigle, South Beauregard; Alyson Fletcher, Doyle; Addyson Hebert, Kaplan; Rylee Ryan, Buckeye; Camryn Jackson, South Beauregard; Melanie Pomar, De La Salle; Kylie Price, Jennings; Aubrianne Redditt, South Beauregard; Rosalee Richey, Buckeye; Sadie St. Pe, Buckeye; Jalayah Slaughter, Parkview Baptist; Charli Sonnier, Iota, Emma Venable, Jennings; Evie West, Sterlington; Kumarigrace Nadar, Berwick; Shiya Steib, St. James.
BASEBALL
Pos Player School Cl Avg.
P Landon Johnston Sterlington Jr. 12-1
P Seth Leger Erath Sr. 10-2
P Kyle Stansbury Berwick Sr. 7-3
P Grant Sunstrom University Jr. 7-3
C Remy Broussard Kaplan Sr. .328
IF Travis Adams Sterlington Sr. .345
IF Devyn Downs Sterlington So. .366
IF Jake McCann University Sr. 373
IF Miller Sheets Sterlington Jr. .435
OF Dylan Downs Sterlington Sr. .408
OF Clayton Fontenot Parkview Baptist So. .525
OF Henry Thorguson Berwick Sr. .404
UT Brody Anderson Westlake So. .493
Out Adam Broadnax Buckeye Sr. 9-3
UT Cade Durbin Parkview Baptist Sr. 7-0
UT Sam Mitchell Parkview Baptist Sr. 6-2
Ut alton shorts from the Sr. .358
OUTSTANDING PLAYER: MILLER SHEETS, STERLINGTON
COACH OF THE YEAR: JEREMY PICARD, ERATH
Honorable Mention
Landon Bernadou, Patterson; Konnor Boudreaux, St. Louis Catholic; Brennan Broussard, Erath; Luke Brister, South Beauregard; Landon Bernadou, Patterson; Liam Cazenave, St. James; Landen Derouen, Erath; Jeremy Gibson, Patrick Taylor; Kadin Grimmett, Buckeye; Maddox Hebert, Jennings; Jed Henry, South Beauregard; Chance Joubert, Lake Charles College Prep; Caden Kossum, Vidalia; Jayce Lantier, Iota; Justin Lartigue, Lake Charles College Prep; Kash Martin, Westlake; Karter Meaux, Kaplan; Trace Moreau, St. Louis Catholic; Cayden Mursch, Jena; Ty Poole, De La Salle; Sebastian Rideaux, Acadiana Renaissance; Grayden Ross, Westlake; Mason Sanders, Buckeye; Riley Sinclair, Caldwell Parish; Lucas Surcouf, Haynes; Joe Sutherlin, Caldwell Parish; Zeke Wall, Iota; TJ Williams, Vidalia; Christian Wold, South Beauregard.
