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LAKE ARTHUR - The No. 3-ranked Lake Arthur Lady Tigers (LA) fought off a feisty Red River Bulldogs’ squad Monday night to inch closer to a return trip to the LHSAA Class 2A State Tournament with a 63-41 victory. The regional round win upped the Lady Tigers’ overall record to 28-4 on the season, while Red River ended their year at 8-11. Although the contest was a back-and-forth affair for most of the first half, LA put the clamps down on defense in the back-half of the ball game to pull away for the 22-point triumph. The Lady Tigers used another strong offensive showing from senior Deonna Brister, as she pumped in 24 points to lead the charge. Katherine Leonards and Kali Hornsby also found their way into double-digits for LA.

LAKE ARTHUR - The No. 3 Lake Arthur Lady Tigers finally were able to get back on the court Saturday after having their opening round Class 2A playoff game moved back due to winter weather earlier in the week. However, the Lady Tigers were their same old selves after the delay, cruising to a 74-30 win over the Rapides Lady Mustangs to advance to the regional round yet again. Lake Arthur had an extremely quick turn around from game-to-game, as they did battle with Red River High School Monday afternoon at “Nookie” Moore Gymnasium. No. 14 Red River defeated No. 19 D’Arbonne Woods Charter Sunday afternoon to advance to take on the Lady Tigers for the chance to play in the quarterfinals. With the win, Lake Arthur was able to move their dazzling overall record to 27-4 on the season.

With last week’s historic winter weather finally out of the way, the LHSAA girls’ basketball playoff brackets finally started to get back on track over the weekend. With many games throughout the state being moved from their originally scheduled dates, the future for most parish teams were ironed out with games being played. Three Jeff Davis Parish (JDP) schools received opening-round byes because of their stellar play throughout the regular season, and were forced to sit and wait until other games could be decided.

The No.6 Jennings Lady Bulldogs took their first step in the Class 3A playoffs by defeating the Iowa Lady Jackets at Gaudet Gymnasium. Jennings will now await their second round opponent

The No. 6-ranked Jennings Lady Bulldogs won an opening round Class 3A playoff game Thursday night, topping the Iowa Lady Yellow Jackets by a final of 62-41 at Gaudet Gymnasium. The win was the third of the season over Iowa, as Jennings won a pair of district contests over Iowa. With the win, Jennings improves to 20-7 overall and will advance to the regional round of the Class 3A playoffs. Iowa capped off their season with an 8-18 record. The Lady Dogs will now await the winner of No. 11 Union Parish and No. 22 West Feliciana.

Despite the wintry weather this past week, the Jennings Lady Bulldogs, Lake Arthur Lady Tigers and the Welsh Lady Greyhounds will begin their playoff conquests this weekend around the area. The Lady Bulldogs played their opening round game against the Iowa Lady Yellow Jackets on Thursday evening, while the Lady Hounds are set to travel to Kinder to face their old district rival tonight at 6 p.m. As of press time, the Lady Tigers were still awaiting word from their playoff opponent, Rapides, on when the contest would take place in Lake Arthur. The game would either be played tonight or possibly on Saturday. Check Sunday’s edition of Jennings Daily News for results from Jennings High’s bi-district playoff game.