The LHSAA basketball postseason kicks into full gear this evening as the boys playoffs begin, with Natchitoches Central at home against Fountainbleu at 6:30.
The fifth-seeded Chiefs hope to dispatch the south Louisiana visitors and move on to play host to the survivor of Mandeville hosting West Monroe tonight. That second-round game will likely be played Tuesday and NCHS will host if it moves forward as expected in the Non-Select Division I bracket.
Moving forward in the playoffs is something Lakeview basketball teams do consistently, like the NCHS counterparts.
Lakeview’s girls posted a quarterfinal victory Thursday night, putting away LaSalle 42-28 and advancing to the state semifinals once again. They played for the state title last season and the team that beat them, Oakdale, is also back in the final four of Division IV Non-Select at Marsh Madness next
week in Hammond, along with Arcadia and White Castle.
Drawing first-round byes in their brackets were the powerful boys teams from St. Mary’s and Lakeview, who won’t play tonight. They will get into action next Tuesday at home against foes to be determined tonight.
