Six North DeSoto and two Logansport football players were selected to the Louisiana Football Coaches Association All-State teams announced this past Friday.

Four Griffins were picked on offense with the remaining two on defense while Logansport had an offensive and a defensive lineman picked. Coaches selected teams from all classes (Class 1A-5A) with each class having a separate team.

NDHS receiver Cole Cory, offensive lineman Gage Caskey and defensive back Lake Bates were Class 4A first-team picks for the Griffins.

Logansport offensive lineman Nathan Wheless joined defensive lineman Jumarcus Jones on the Class 1A squad. Tigers receiver Dekamden Flemon was named to the honorable mention.

North DeSoto running back Trysten Hopper, quarterback Luke Delafield and linebacker B.T. McMillian were second-team picks in Class 4A.

Cory finished as the one of top receivers in the state, catching 79 passes for 1,441 yards and 15 touchdowns.

Caskey helped power an unusually balanced offensive attack that produced a pair of 1,000-yard receivers and a pair of 1,000-yard rushers. North DeSoto piled up more than 6,553 offensive yards in just 13 games (279 passing and 225 rushing per game).

Bates led the Griffins from the defensive backfield, intercepting four passes and making 18 tackles while scoring a defensive touchdown.

North DeSoto finished the season 12-2 and advanced to the Division II Non-Select semifinals as the No. 1 seed.

Logansport, who also earned the top seed in Division IV Non-Select and advanced to the semifinals, was led by its offensive and defensive lines.

Wheless led an offensive line that paved the way for a bevy of weapons to touch the ball. The Tigers had as many as eight players who regularly got touches on the ground or through the air on a unit that averaged nearly 40 points per game.

Jones made 77 tackles (27 for loss) with four forced fumbles and two recoveries at the heart of Logansport’s defense.

On the second team in Class 4A, Hopper was one of those 1,000-yard rushers as the bell cow plowed ahead for 1,138 yards and 20 touchdowns.

Delafield engineered the impressive offensive output from under center, throwing for 3,269 yards on 188-285 passing (66 percent) with 38 touchdowns to 10 interceptions.

McMillian logged 29 tackles (18 solo) with two interceptions and one defensive touchdown.