JOURNAL SPORTS
Haughton and Parkway are home tonight for LHSAA girls basketball first-round playoff games, two of seven District 1-5A teams to reach postseason.
Two square off when 24th-seeded Airline goes to Natchitoches Central this evening. Benton takes a long trip to Salmen.
Fourth-seeded and defending state champion Huntington and No. 8 Captain Shreve earned first-round byes in Select Division I and will play at home early next week.
Other local teams heading south for playoff contests are Booker T. Washington, Calvary, Northwood, Plain Dealing and Southwood.
Plain Dealing takes an 800-mile round trip today for its game at South Plaquemines.
The postseason is already over for the Bossier girls, who lost 58-44 at Iota Wednesday evening.
Local teams in the playoffs with their matchups:
NON-SELECT DIVISION II FINAL SCORE
No. 9 Iota 58, No. 24 Bossier 44 (Wednesday at Iota)
NON-SELECT DIVISION I
No. 24 Airline (13-12) at No. 9 Natchitoches Central (19-8), tonight, 6:00
No. 27 Benton (17-16) at No. 6 Salmen (24-3), tonight, 5:30
No. 20 Sam Houston (16-11) at No. 13 Haughton (23-9), tonight, 6:00
No. 21 Northwood (19-8) at No. 12 Terrebonne (22-7), tonight, 6:00
No. 22 Fontainebleau (15-13) at No. 11 Parkway (19-8), tonight, 6:00
SELECT DIVISION I
No. 8 Captain Shreve (19-10), bye, Round 2 home vs. No. 9 Chapelle or No. 24 Carencro
No. 4 Huntington (17-7), bye, Round 2 home vs. No. 13 Woodlawn-Baton Rouge or No. 20 Karr
No. 19 Southwood (17-10) at No. 14 St. Thomas More (18-9), tonight, 6:00
SELECT DIVISION II
No. 17 Booker T. Washington (16-11) at No. 16 Peabody (12-16), tonight, 6:00
SELECT DIVISION III
No. 22 Calvary (7-13) at No. 11 D’Arbonne Woods (16-9), tonight, 6:00
NON-SELECT DIVISION IV
No. 19 Plain Dealing (15-14) at No. 14 South Plaquemines (10-9), Thursday, 5:30
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