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Southwood power forward Jeremiah Evans was named the Most Valuable Player and coach Brandon Gultery was chosen as the Coach of the Year on the District 1-5A All-District team selected by league coaches.

Evans, a 6-foot-8 junior, led the district in scoring and rebounding as the Cowboys won the district at 14-0, their first undefeated league season since 2003. He eclipsed 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in his career in a 59-40 win over Natchitoches Central to conclude the 2022-23 regular season.

Gultery led the Cowboys to a 24-8 overall record in his third season at the school.

Southwood also placed senior Darius Anderson on the first team. Second-place Captain Shreve had junior Jyrin Sowell earn first-team honors. Airline senior Colby O’Glee and Benton’s Greg Manning, a junior, made the first team.

Here is the complete boys’ All-District 1-5A team: 

First team

Jeremiah Evans, Southwood, Jr.

Darius Anderson, Southwood, Sr.

Colby O’Glee, Airline, Sr.

Greg Manning, Benton, Jr.

Jyrin Sowell, Captain Shreve, Jr.

Second team

Laythan Delaney, Haughton, Sr.

Tre’Von Jackson, Airline, Jr.

Brhaelyn Brown, Parkway Jr.

Logan Smith, Natchitoches Central

EJ McDonald, Captain Shreve, Jr.

MVP – Jeremiah Evans, Southwood

Coach of the Year – Brandon Gultery, Southwood

Honorable mention: Airline – Bryson Broom; Byrd – Mike Thornton; Captain Shreve – Marcus Lofton, So.; Haughton — Jayden Allen, Josh Ross; Natchitoches Central – Jaden Braden, Camryn Davis; Southwood – Kerrick Morris, Sr.; Cameron Green, Jr.; Maurice Carson.