VPHS recognizes student athletes of 2013-14
It was a new athletic year at Ville Platte High School. The Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs were moved up to Class 3A and forced to compete against some very tough schools. In most cases, these schools were much larger than VPHS but that did not stop the kids in purple and white from competing to the best of their abilities.
All of the sports were competitive, but it was the VPHS Lady Bulldogs basketball team that really left their mark on the state. VPHS Head Coach Dot Doulet guided her young team to the Class 3A State Championship and saw her team crowned the 2014 State Runner-Up after losing a heartbreaker to University High of Baton Rouge.
The school’s faculty and administration honored the group with a banquet at the end of the school year. The banquet was a huge success and served a meal of jambalaya to the those in attendance.
Guest Speaker of the event was Class of 1994 Alum Mason Jack. A huge supporter of VPHS athletics, Jack graduated from Grambling University in 1999 with a BA in Social Work. He also studied at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is currently the training and compliance coordinator for Lafavette Juvenile Detention Home. He is married to Ruth Jack.
Each sport had various awards handed out such as All-Parish, All-District and All-State. After that, sport specific individual awards were given out by the coaches to the players. The following is a list of sport specific awards given out by the respective coaches.
GIRL’S TRACK
Scholar Athlete Antoinette Joseph
Golden Spikes Award Antoinette Joseph
Most Promising Deja McKinney
Coaches Awd. Nakayla Williams
Coaches Awd. Emanee Fontenot
Coaches Awd. Zaria Fontenot
Best Field Tyreonna Doucet
Best Track Jessica Johnson
MVP Katelyn Arvie
BOY’S TRACK
Scholar Athlete Tyler Fontenot
Hardest Worker Daylon Jones
Best Track Daylon Jones
Most Promising Ernest Ardoin
Coaches Awd Jermarcus Jones
Coaches Awd John Castille
Coaches Awd Jaquine Anderson
Best Field Darren Poullard
MVP Daylon Jones
BOY’S BASKETBALL
Scholar Athlete Brandon Dommick
Most Promising Mitchell Serialle
Best All Around Ernest Ardoin
6th Man Awd Dayton Jackson
Best Defense Darrien Anderson
Best Offesne Alex Gooden
Coaches Awd JaQualen Doucet
Hardest Worker Kendall Ardoin
Best Rebound Kendall Ardoin
MVP Ernest Ardoin
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Scholar Athlete Breonna Arvie
Most Promising Miya McKinney
Floor General Breanna Pete
6th Man Awd Jakyrah Thomas
6th Man Awd Emanee Fontenot
Best Defense Shalinda Thomas
Best All-Around Tyreonna Doucet
Coaches Awd Kabreonna Stevens
MVP Deja McKinney
FOOTBALL
Scholastic Awd Kendall Ardoin
Most Promising Terez Alfred
Hardest Worker Brent Tezeno
Most Improved Terese Thomas
Best All Around Nigel Chatman
Leadership Awd Kenddall Ardoin
Coaches Awd Darrien Anderson
Best Def. Lineman James Wilson
Best Linebacker Dayton Jackson
Best Def. Back Tyler Fontenot
Best Off. Lineman Marcus Guillory
Best Receiver Jaquine Anderson
Best Off. Back Jermarcus Jones
Bryan Lafleur Awd John Castille
Shannon Saucier Awd Kylan Anderson
MVP Isaiah Thomas
BASEBALL
Scholar Athlete Isaiah Thomas
Hardest Worker Marcus Guillory
Most Promising Tyler Brown
Coaches Awd Adam Hampshire
Best Offense Nick Vidrine
Best Defense Nigel Chatman
MVP Isaiah Thomas
SOFTBALL
Scholar Athlete Reygan Jagneaux
Hardest Worker Nakayla Williams
Most Promising Whitney Ledoux
Most Cooperative Logan Frank
Most Improved Brianne Betterton
CROSS COUNTRY BOYS
Scholar Athlete Darrien Poullard
Most Promising Javonte Anderson
Coaches Awd Zalinski Lafleur
MVP Daylon Jones
CROSS COUNTRY GIRLS
Scholar Athlete Taylor Williams
Most Promising Breanna Pete
Coaches Awd Jada Wilson
MVP Taylor Williams
Congratulations to all VPHS athletes on a job well done in the Class of 2013-14 school year.