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Top-seeded Calvary and No. 4 Bossier know how to get to Marsh Madness – they have been there frequently, and have home quarterfinal games tonight hoping for return trips to Lake Charles next week in the LHSAA’s boys basketball playoffs.
It’s a big year for local boys hoops with six state quarterfinalists, the most in more than two decades.
After winning at No. 6 Red River on Tuesday, Green Oaks, the 11th seed in Non-Select Division III, is home for a quarterfinal matchup with another Cinderella squad, No. 14 Rayville.
Parkway, seeded 23rd, and Captain Shreve, at No. 14, each try to pull another road upset tonight. The Panthers have two road playoff wins in Non-Select Division I, the latest in OT Tuesday night at No. 7 Sulphur, and go to second-seeded Ruston. the Gators stunned No. 3 St. Augustine in New Orleans Tuesday and will be back in the Crescent City tonight with another unlikely Select Division I quarterfinalist, 11th-seeded Edna Karr.
Huntington, ninth in Select D-I, is also back in New Orleans to try to halt top-seeded John Curtis. The Raiders topped No. 8 Jesuit in New Orleans Tuesday with a 13-point overtime victory.
Tonight’s LHSAA quarterfinal games involving local boys teams (seeds in parentheses):
SELECT DIVISION I
Huntington (9) at John Curtis (1), 7:00 — free stream available at Crescent City Sports
Captain Shreve (14) at Edna Karr (11), 6:30
NON-SELECT DIVISION I
Parkway (23) at Ruston (2), 6:30
SELECT DIVISION II
Franklin Parish (13) at Bossier (4), 7:00
SELECT DIVISION III
Catholic-New Iberia (9) at Calvary (1), 6:00
NON-SELECT DIVISION III
Rayville (14) at Green Oaks (11), 6:30