Lincoln Prep’s Mayfield, Hudson garner 2-1A honors
Lincoln Prep senior Bralyn Mayfield (with ball) contorts his body around Northwood-Lena’s defense during the Division IV Select state championship game Saturday in Lake Charles. Photo by Josh McDaniel
After two respective playoff seasons, the Lincoln Prep and Cedar Creek boys basketball teams’ best earned all-district honors with the 2022-23 season officially in the books.
As the leading scorer for the Division IV select runner-up Panthers, senior forward Bralyn Mayfield was named District 2- 1A MVP for a big finish to his prep basketball career.
In the Division IV select title game, Mayfield scored a season-high 32 points to put up his 18th and final doubledouble of the season in 27 games played.
Antonio Hudson, head coach of the Panthers, was named District 2-1A Coach of the Year as he led Prep to an undefeated district championship, winning their league games by an average of 25 points.
Hudson’s squad en-tered the Division IV select playoffs as the No. 2 seed and made it to the state championship game but lost to Northwood- Lena to finish the season as runner-up for the second time in the last four seasons.
As for the first-team selections, Cedar Creek senior Carter Hill and Prep senior Brandon Heard received the nod from district coaches.
Creek senior Davis Walsworth was the lone second-team selection for the Cougars, while Prep junior Stephen Burks III and senior Kobe Mack made second- team all- district as valuable starters to each of their teams.
To round out the all-district picks, Cedar Creek seniors Jack Echols, Connor Norris, and Brian Osborne were named as honorable mentions along with Prep guard Joseph Spann.
