Crowley’s Thomas named to 6-3A All-District team

Although the Crowley Gents struggled through a humbling rebuilding year during the 2021 prep football season, there were some bright spots on the youthful team.
One of them was linebacker Michael Thomas.
His play didn’t go unnoticed, either. The junior linebacker was rewarded for his efforts with a first-team selection on the 6-3A All-District team - the Gents’ lone selection - that was recently released by the league’s coaches.
Thomas was the Gents’ leader on defense with 90 total tackles, including 11 for a loss. He logged three sacks, forced two fumbles, had one fumble recovery and picked off one pass.
The Gents did place four players on the second unit: quarterback Omar Butler, running back Jonkeyvan Marks, defensive lineman Dae’jhon Lewis and linebacker Kyle Deville.
The Gents also grabbed two spots on the honorable mention list in Tyrese Hunter and Noah Cole.
The St. Martinville Tigers, champions of 6-3A, dominated the team with 11 first-team selections, including the top two player awards.
Tanner Harrison was named the Offensive MVP and Mandrel Butler was the MVP on the defensive side of the ball.
That duo helped lead the Tigers to the No. 3 seed in the playoffs and an appearance in the state semifinals.
Harrison, the Tigers’ senior quarterback, made the unit at the athlete position after completing 53 passes for 931 yards and 13 touchdowns and rushing 98 times for 998 yards and 15 touchdowns.
Butler, a senior safety who made the team as the flex player, logged 67 total tackles, including 10 for a loss. He had two sacks and three interceptions, two for touchdowns.
The other top honor went to Abbeville’s Roderick Moy who claimed the Coach of the Year award after leading Abbeville to a runnerup finish in league play and the No. 2 seed in the playoffs where the Wildcats lost in the quarterfinals to eventual state runnerup Union Parish.
Also earning honors on the first-team offense for St. Martinville were running back Steven Blanco, wide receivers Harvey Broussard and Cullen Charles, and offensive linemen Joshua Cormier and Javin Griffin.
Also earning first-team offensive honors were Abbeville’s Blake Saddler and Kaplan’s Caden Campisi at running back, Erath’s Lynkon Romero at quarterback, Erath’s Reese Domingue, Abbeville’s Rickey Batholemy on the offensive line, Erath’s Christian Pillette at receiver and Kaplan’s Orlando Roy at tight end.
Saddler was also the team’s return specialist, Kaplan’s Alvaro Munoz was tabbed as the place kicker and Erath’s Dylan Duhon was the punter.
St. Martinville landed four spots on the first-team defense in linemen Quinton Butler and Ahan DeRouen, linebacker Kelton Marshall III and defensive back Karon Jean-Louis.
Abbeville also had four defensive selections in lineman Tezarron Stewart, linebackers Nalen St. Julien and Jason Alvarez and defensive back Chad Nolan.
Kaplan’s Ethan Vigneaux grabbed a spot on the defensive line and Landon Cheek made it at defensive back.
Erath’s two selections were Logan Lemaire at linebacker and Brett Suire at defensive back.