
JOURNAL SPORTS
Only five local boys basketball teams remain after the first round of the LHSAA playoffs were staged Friday, and two host second-round games, Calvary and Bossier.
Calvary, the No. 1 seed in Select Division III, plays tonight following a first-round bye. Bossier, seeded sixth in Non-Select Division II, is home Tuesday evening on the heels of a solid first-round victory.
After winning first-round games, Airline, Parkway and Huntington will carry the District 1-5A banner on the road. Airline pulled the biggest upset in the Division I bracket as the 28th seed, going south and eliminating No. 5 Northshore Friday night.
The 1-5A champion, Natchitoches Central, had a first-round bye and hosts Neville Tuesday night.
Second-round games involving local schools tonight and Tuesday in the LHSAA boys basketball playoffs:
DIVISION I, NON-SELECT
Airline (seeded 28th) at Covington (12), Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Parkway (15) at Central-BR (2), Tuesday, 6 p.m.
DIVISION I, SELECT
Huntington (11) at Ponchatoula (6), Tuesday, 6:30
DIVISION II, NON-SELECT
Bossier (6) hosts Plaquemine (11), Tuesday, 6:30
DIVISION III, SELECT
Calvary (1) hosts St.Thomas Aquinas (17), tonight, 6 p.m.
First-round scores involving local schools in games played Friday night:
Airline 49, Northshore 45 (Non-Select D-1)
Ouachita 58, Haughton 28 (Non-Select D-1)
Parkway 73, Fontainbleau 52 (Non-Select D-1)
Carencro 54, Captain Shreve 49 (Select D-1)
Huntington 52, East Jefferson 43 (Select D-1)
Bossier 73, St. Martinville 52 (Non-Select D-2)
University 50, Booker T. Washington 48 (Select D-2)
Thomas Jefferson 72, North Caddo 63 (Select D-3)
Doyle 49, Green Oaks 48 (Non-Select D-3)