
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