Menard home tonight, ASH, Buckeye travel in girls basketball state quarterfinals

The Menard Lady Eagles play a state quarterfinal basketball game at home tonight, hoping to advance to next week’s state tournament in Hammond.

The girls from Alexandria Senior High and Buckeye hit the road for their quarterfinal contests.

Menard is the fourth seed in Select Division III and hosts fifth-seeded De La Salle. ASH is No. 12 in Division I and visits defending state champion Huntington, the fourth seed, in Shreveport. Buckeye is fifth seeded in Division II and travels to play No. 4 George Washington Carver in New Orleans.

All three games tip off at 6.

Those are the three remaining Rapides Parish teams in the LHSAA girls basketball postseason.