Southwest Louisiana sends six teams to quarterfinal round

LOUISIANA – The second round of the LHSAA boys’ basketball playoffs wrapped up Tuesday night and after the dust settled only six teams from the Lake Area remained alive in the playoffs.

No local teams above Class B won games on Tuesday night as Iowa, Jennings, Oakdale, Grand Lake and Elton all fell in the second round.

Pitkin, Hathaway and Fairview meanwhile will continue their seasons after home wins.

On Monday, In the Division II bracket, the sixth-seeded Saints of St. Louis rolled No. 11 Thomas Jefferson at home, 68-40, to reach the quarterfinal round for the eighth consecutive year. Also at home was the Division IV eighth seed, Hamilton Christian. The Warriors defended ‘The Green Mile,’ defeating the ninth-seeded Vermilion Catholic Eagles, 67-54. HCS will too make its eighth consecutive quarterfinal appearance.

The Merryville Panther, the No. 11 seed in the Class 1A playoffs needed overtime to pull off the road upset over No. 6 Delhi, 80-77.

Meanwhile. Washington-Marion, the No. 7 seed in the Class 4A Playoffs has opted out of the playoffs due to an internal case of COVID-19. The Charging Indians were set to play No. 10 Plaquemines on Tuesday night at home.