JOURNAL SPORTS

Makayla Rogers scored 24 points per game in her senior season for the Northwood Lady Falcons, and that earned her District 1-4A Most Valuable Player honors recently.

Monday, it got her an even bigger honor.

Rogers, a 5-8 guard, was a second-team All-State selection for Class 4A announced by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. She was the second-leading scorer on the 10-girl All-State team.

Three local standouts were honorable mention on the boys 4A All-State roster: senior Jackson Bates of Booker T. Washington and two juniors,  Ron Dillard of Bossier and Woodlawn’s Jayden White. Dillard was the District 1-4A MVP.

All-state picks are made by a 12-person LSWA committee that considered first-team all-district selections chosen by coaches. The all-state voters all cover high school hoops in the state.