Louisiana football standouts with all-state hoops honors | 4A

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The LSWA finished releasing its all-state basketball teams this week, including several names that should already look familiar to football fans.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There were a couple first- or second-team all-state hoops standouts in Louisiana's Class 4A lists who also boast notable backgrounds on the football field.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Zion Weeks — 6-1, 150 WR — Wossman (2025)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The smooth, springy receiver was the District 2-4A MVP on the basketball court and helped lead his Wildcats to the Division-II Non-Select state championship, including title-game MVP honors. He finished the season with averages of 23.3 points, five rebounds and four assists per game — punctuated by his 24-point, seven-rebound championship performance — and earned a first-team all-state selection.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Monte Farmer — 6-8, 175 QB/ATH — Washington-Marion (2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Chargin' Indians' quarterback is one of the state's more distinctive athletes with as a strong-armed quarterback on the football field and big post presence on the basketball court. Farmer was named District 3-4A MVP and a second-team all-state selection after averaging 17 points, 13 rebounds, five blocks, four assists and two steals per game, including 65% field-goal shooting, 21 double-doubles and three triple-doubles.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>LSWA ALL-STATE BASKETBALL</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Class 4A Boys</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>First team</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Player&nbsp;&nbsp;School&nbsp; Ht&nbsp; Cl&nbsp;&nbsp; Pts</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kobe Butler, Archbishop Shaw 6-7 Sr. 15.7</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kerel Dean-Woods, Bossier&nbsp;6-7 Sr. 23</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jordan Matthews, Vandebilt Catholic 5-10 Sr. 26</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Drew Timmons, Archbishop Hannan 6-6 Sr. 21.4</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Zion Weeks, Wossman 6-1 Sr. 23.3</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Second team</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Player School Ht&nbsp;Cl&nbsp; Avg</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Drew Cooper, Franklin Parish 6-8 Sr. 24</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Monte Farmer, Washington Marion&nbsp;6-8 Jr. 17</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jakyris Jenkins, Plaquemine 6-2 Jr. 27.6</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rashad Mitchell, Peabody 5-10 Sr. 16</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Edrick Snearl, Brusly 6-3, Sr. 20.3</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>OUTSTANDING PLAYER: DREW TIMMONS, ARCHBISHOP HANNAN</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>COACH OF THE YEAR:</strong>&nbsp;<strong>CASEY JONES, WOSSMAN</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Honorable mention</strong>: Nic Coleman, South Lafourche; Jamyre Bias, Morgan City; M.J. Sternfels, E.D. White Catholic; Rodrieon Dillard, BTW; [player_tooltip player_id='291090' first='Brandon' last='Henderson'], Woodlawn; Jaiden Franklin, Minden; AJ Thompson, Hannan; Morgan Robinson, Wossman; Triston Naquin, Shaw; Brahylon Atholee, Opelousas; Darnell Morris, Minden; Jaydon Francis, Northside; Anthony Dennis, Ellender; Terrance Pitre, South Lafourche; Kervin Johnson, Tioga; Malachi Anderson, Peabody.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->