St. Martinville – St. Martinville and Cecilia earned girls’ basketball playoff bids and all three St. Martin Parish boys’ basketball teams were poised to make playoff road appearances heading into the final week of the regular season. St. Martinville finished the girls’ basketball regular season with a 17-6 record and earned the 12th seed in the Division II Non-Select Playoffs.
The Lady Tigers were set to play No. 21 seed Pearl River (16-12) to open the playoffs.
The game is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday at St. Martinville Senior High.
Cecilia finished 1212 and finished as the No. 25 seed in Division II Non-Select. The Lady Bulldogs were to travel to No. 8 seed Bastrop (18-8) in the first round of the playoffs.
First-round games must be played by Thursday.
Breaux Bridge was 37th in the final power ratings and in the seeding for the playoffs. The top 28 teams earned bids in Division II.
Boys
Cecilia (11-11) had the highest power rating of the three St. Martin Parish teams as of Monday at No. 21 in Non-Select Division II.
St. Martinville (1415) was 26th in Non-Select Division II and Breaux Bridge (11-12) was 27th.
If those seeds were to hold, Cecilia would travel to face the No. 12 seed, currently Lakeshore (16-8); St. Martinville would be on the road against the No. 7 team, currently Bossier (15-10); and Breaux Bridge would travel to the No. 6 seed, currently Franklin Parish (15-8), in the first round of the Division II Non-Select playoffs.
The St. Martinville Tigers blasted ARCA 77-49 in a District 5-3A boys’ basketball game this past week.
The Tigers led 35-22 at halftime and expanded upon that lead in the second half, outscoring ARCA 42-27 after intermission.
Each team hit eight 3-pointers, with Makharee Narcisse draining three treys and scoring 22 points and Kristian Batiste adding two 3-pointers and 10 points total for the Tigers.
Kervin Fontenette added 9 points, including a 3-point shot.
Jordan Stabile hit six 3-pointers for ARCA and led all scorers with 24 points. No other player scored more than 7 for the Eagles.
SMSH smashed Kaplan 70-32 on Friday in another district game.
Fourteen players scored for the tigers, with only Tyren Sion getting into double figures with 10 points.
Makharee Narcisse added 8 points, Lyle Potier and Kervin Fontenette had 7 each and Ray Narcisse, Skylar Frelix and Jakorey Blanchard had 6 apiece.
St. Martinville hit five 3-point shots on the night.
Kevin Small led the Pirates with 10 points and Javonte Mouton added 8.
TUESDAY, FEB. 11 St. Martinville 77, ARCA 49
St. Martinville.......... 11 24 24 18 – 77 ARCA........................ 6 16 10 17 – 49
SMSH: Kristian Batiste 10, Makharee Narcisse 22, Tyren Sion 5, Ray Narcisse 14, Skylar Frelix 4, Lyle Potier 7, Kervin Fontenette 9, Jakorey Blanchard 2, Jorey Blanchard 2, Zyrian Johnson 2. TOTALS: 25(8)-3/5-77.
ARCA: Dayne David 5, Jordan Stabile 24, Kruz Olivier 3, Jackson Kastner 2, Kaisen Buggs 7, Kristian Aubrey 2, Noah Nowicki 6. TOTALS: 13(8)-1/4-49.
Breaux Bridge 60, Port Allen 54 Cecilia 59, Beau Chene 56 (District 5-4A) FRIDAY, FEB. 14 St. Martinville 70, Kaplan 32
Kaplan....................... 7 9 8 8 – 32 St. Martinville.......... 24 16 19 11 – 70
KAP: Rashad Boudreaux 5, Javonte Mouton 8, Grayson Broussard 4, Ethan Owens 5, Kevin Small 10. TOTALS: 10(3)3/9-32.
SMSH: Kristian Batiste 3, Makharee Narcisse 8, Tyren Sion 10, Ray Narcisse 6, Jamion James 3, Landon Potier 3, Skylar Frelix 6, Lyle Potier 7, Solan Lastrappe 2, Kervin Fontenette 7, Jakorey Blanchard 6, Myles Martin 3, Jorey Blanchard 2, Zyrian Johnson 4. TOTALS: 26(5)-3/12-70.
Beau Chene 55, Breaux Bridge 53 (District 5-4A) Opelousas 54, Cecilia 52 (District 5-4A)
Upcoming games:
• Monday, Feb. 17 – St. Martinville at Franklin;
• Tuesday, Feb. 18 – IDEA Bridge at St. Martinville; Breaux Bridge at Opelousas.
• Wednesday, Feb. 19 – St. Martinville at Catholic-New Iberia; • Thursday, Feb. 20 – Cecilia at St. Martinville;
• Friday, Feb. 21 – Cecilia at St. Martinville; Livonia at Breaux Bridge.
• Saturday, Feb. 22 – Breaux Bridge at Cecilia.
Girls
TUESDAY, FEB. 11 St. Martinville 58, ARCA 31 (District 5-3A) Jeanerette 54, Breaux Bridge 52 Beau Chene 39, Cecilia 35 (District 5-4A) THURSDAY, FEB. 13 St. Martinville 52, Kaplan 21 (District 5-3A) Livonia 57, Breaux Bridge 48 (District 5-4A) FRIDAY, FEB. 14 Breaux Bridge 41, Beau Chene 34 (District 5-4A) Opelousas 40, Cecilia 23 (District 5-4A)
Upcoming games:
LHSAA Playoffs
• Played by Thursday, Feb. 20 – No. 12 St. Martinville vs No. 21 Pearl River; No. 25 Cecilia at No. 8 Bastrop
