The Natchitoches Central boys and girls basketball teams rolled to season-opening wins Monday in the 19th Annual City of Lights Thanksgiving Classic, and will wrap up the two-day tournament tonight with the girls playing Oakdale at 7 followed by the Chiefs against Ringgold at 8:30
Both the main gym at NCHS and the practice gym, where election voting takes place, are being used for the tournament. Admission is $10, cash at the door.
In the main gym, the 10 o’clock game today matches girls teams from Denham Springs and Haughton. Boys squads from Ruston and H.L Bourgeois play at 11:30, followed by a 1 p.m. girls game between Parkway and Rosepine. Southwood and Pineville boys play at 2:30, then girls from Mansfield and Anacoco meet at 4 and boys from Anacoco and Sulphur collide at 5:30.
In the practice gym, games also start at 10 with a girls game between Winnfield and Loyola, followed by boys action at 11:30 pitting Loyola against Barbe. A 1 p.m. boys game matches ASH and Byrd with the final game in the practice gym at 2:30 with the girls from South Beauregard and Ringgold tipping off.
Monday’s results:
Boys
NCHS 84 Loyola Prep 49
Barbe 52 Southwood 41
Sulphur 70 C.E. Byrd 38
ASH 58 H.L. Bourgeois 54
Bossier 64 Ruston 37
Pineville 38 Ringgold 35
Girls
NCHS 46 Winnfield 13
NCHS 47 Rosepine 14
Parkway 50 Denham Springs 18
Haughton 43 South Beauregard 41
Oakdale 65 Mansfield 50
Ringgold 40 Loyola Prep 15
