All-Parish football team released

It was another eventful year for Ascension Parish football. Three of the six parish teams made the postseason.

St. Amant finished with Ascension's best record at 8-2 and reached the second round of the playoffs. Dutchtown finished 7-3, won a share of the District 5-5A title and made a second-round playoff appearance as well. East Ascension finished 5-5 and made the postseason for a third straight season.

In Class 3A, Donaldsonville finished 3-7, and in 1A, Ascension Christian went 6-4 but missed out on the postseason. Ascension Catholic went 3-7.

With so many great area athletes having tremendous seasons, here is the Weekly Citizen's 2015 All-Parish Football Team.

Offensive First Team:

Quarterback - Hayden Mallory (St. Amant)

Running backs - Fitell Bolding (Dutchtown), Nathan Taylor (St. Amant)

Wide receivers - Stephen Sullivan (Donaldsonville), Briggs Bourgeois (St. Amant), Cornelius Washington (Dutchtown), Averee York (Dutchtown)

Tight end - Chris Falgoust (Dutchtown)

Tackles - Lloyd Cushenberry (Dutchtown), Gus Gutierrez (East Ascension)

Guards - Mylik McWilliams (Dutchtown), Trevor Fleming (East Ascension)

Center - Prentiss Stanley (St. Amant)

Kicker - Briggs Bourgeois (St. Amant)

Punter - Beau Trabeau (St. Amant)

Athlete - Kyran Irvin (East Ascension)

Defensive First Team:

Defensive linemen - Tyarise Stevenson (Donaldsonville), Elliot Turner (St. Amant), Jayvin Johnson (East Ascension), Garett Stephens (St. Amant)

Linebackers - Terrence Lymon (Dutchtown), Cade Roddy (St. Amant), Sean Pruet (Dutchtown)

Defensive backs - Coney Durr (Dutchtown), Johnny Baker (East Ascension), Rickey Thomas (Dutchtown), Kaleb Winchester (Ascension Catholic)

Returner - Kaleb Winchester (Ascension Catholic)

Offensive Second Team:

QB - Jared Sparks (Dutchtown)

RB - Josh Bates (East Ascension), Kaleb Winchester (Ascension Catholic)

WR - Jaylin Williams (Donaldsonville), Jacob Cheatwood (St. Amant), Peyton Bahlinger (Ascension Christian), LaMarcus Jefferson (East Ascension)

TE - Ira Washington (East Ascension)

T - Josh Banks (St. Amant), Wyatt Walker (St. Amant)

G - Seth Savoy (East Ascension), DJ Giroir (Ascension Catholic)

C - Micah Freeman (Ascension Christian)

K - Cale Kernan (East Ascension)

P - Candon Story (Dutchtown)

A - Tyler Brown (Donaldsonville)

Defensive Second Team:

DL - Ryan Trahan (Dutchtown), Devon Sherman (East Ascension), Justin Harris (East Ascension), Stephen Sullivan (Donaldsonville)

LB - Xavier Anderson (St. Amant), Cole Amedee (Ascension Catholic), Depore Rosemond (Donaldsonville)

DB - Jamie LeBlanc (St. Amant), Patrick Wolfe (St. Amant), Jonathan Bryant (East Ascension), Cody Simmons (St. Amant)

RT - Mark Darby (St. Amant)

Offensive MVP: Stephen Sullivan (Donaldsonville WR - 57 catches for 1,158 yards, 10 TDs)

Defensive MVP: Coney Durr (Dutchtown DB - 55 tackles, 1 forced fumble, 1 TD)

Coach of the Year: Benny Saia (Dutchtown)