There’s not much waiting around for the two Rapides Parish girls basketball teams still standing as the state semifinals and finals are staged this week in Hammond at the LHSAA’s Marsh Madness tournament.

The Plainview girls play today at 4:30 against Summerfield. Oak Hill’s girls have the same tip time Tuesday with both hoping to advance to Friday state championship games at the University Center on the Southeastern Louisiana University campus.

Plainview (25-7) is the third seed in the Class C bracket and meets second-seeded Summerfield (29-6) this afternoon. The other two top-seeded teams are in the other semifinal, No. 1 Simpson (39-2) and fourth-seeded Reeves (22-7). The Class C state final is Friday at noon.

Oak Hill (30-10) is also the No. 3 seed meeting the second-seeded team in its classification in Class B bracket semifinal action Tuesday. Oak Hill meets Bell City (24-3) at 4:30 and the winner moves to a Friday 6 p.m. championship game against either No. 1 Fairview (35-5) or fifth-seeded Anacoco (24-11).

Both parish teams were dominant in their state quarterfinal victories Thursday. Oak Hill dumped Pitkin 66-44 and Plainview smacked Gibsland-Coleman 76-59.

Streaming subscription coverage of Marsh Madness can be viewed at a fee on nfhsnetwork.com.