St. Al puts 10 players on MAIS All-District 2-4A team

Published 2:34 pm Thursday, November 2, 2023

St. Aloysius did its part to stock the MAIS All-District 3-4A football team.

The Flashes had 10 players selected ­— three on the first team, four on the second, and three more on the honorable mention list.

Junior quarterback/defensive back Carson Smith, junior running back/linebacker Thompson Fortenberry, and senior lineman Land Oglesby all made the first team.

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Smith threw seven touchdown passes in 10 games, despite having to move to receiver for two of them because of a shoulder injury. Fortenberry had two rushing touchdowns and also was a defensive leader, while Oglesby played nearly every snap on both the offensive and defensive lines.

Making the all-district second team were senior linebackers Damien Reeves and Caleb Tucker, sophomore defensive back Sadler Lambiotte, and junior lineman Clark Hobson.

Sophomore wide receiver/linebacker Robert Lee, sophomore running back/defensive back Pierson Smith, and junior lineman Taylor Zadrozny were on the honorable mention list.

About Ernest Bowker

Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.

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