strong senior class, play an LHSAA quarterfinal playoff game at home this evening at 6:30 against Lincoln Prep.
St. Mary’s and Lakeview host LHSAA state basketball quarterfinal games tonight, with Natchitoches Central playing on the road.
NCHS will be making the Chiefs’ 10th state quarterfinal game in the past 12 years in a 6:30 visit to Denham Springs. The Chiefs (28-7), seeded fifth in the state’s Non-Select Division I bracket, visit the fourth-seeded Yellow Jackets (28-6).
Lakeview (25-6), seeded No. 1 in Non-Select Division IV, host eighth-seeded Welsh (18-12) hoping to return to Marsh Madness next week in Lake Charles. Tipoff between the Gators and the Greyhounds is 7 p.m.
The No. 4-seeded St. Mary’s Tigers (25-8) have won 17 of their last 18 going into tonight’s 6:30 showdown at home against fifth-seeded Lincoln Prep Panthers (19-8), who made it to the state finals before falling to SMHS’ district rival Northwood last season.
