Three parish girls basketball teams host second-round games tonight

Three of Rapides Parish’s seven teams left in the LHSAA girls basketball playoffs will finally hit the hardwood tonight In the second round of playoff games.

No. 3 Holy Savior Menard and No. 7 Glenmora both in Division III and Northwood-Lena, the No. 2 seed in Division IV all received first-round byes.

Oak Hill, the top-ranked team in Division V, and No. 5 Plainview, both received a bye in the second round. Oak Hill will play the winner of tonight’s game between St. Joseph’s-Plaucheville and Rapides in a quarterfinal game Thursday. Plainview will play No. 4 Claiborne Christian Thursday.

No. 9 Tioga picked up a first-round win defeating No. 24 Bonnabel and will travel today to face No. 8 St. Thomas More.

The only first-round casualty was No. 21 Alexandria who dropped a 67-48 decision to No. 12 Northwood of Shreveport in Division I.

Tonight’s second-round pairings 

All Rapides Parish schools participate in Select Divisions

Division I

No. 9 Tioga (27-7) at No. 8 St. Thomas More (15-10), 6 p.m.

Division III

No. 14 Calvary (12-9) at No. 3 Menard (20-11), 5:30 p.m.

No. 10 Houma Christian (13-4) at No. 7 Glenmora (17-14), 6 p.m.

Division IV

No. 18 St. Edmund (11-13) at No. 2 Northwood-Lena (16-12), 6 p.m.

Division V

No. 9 Rapides (10-21) at No. 8 St. Joseph’s-Plaucheville (11-15), 6 p.m.

First round results

Select

Division I

(9) Tioga 57, (24) Bonnabel 23

(12) Northwood 67, (21) Alexandria 48