LA Elite, the summer basketball team comprised of top female high school athletes from north Louisiana, took second place at the Gulf Coast Regional Championship played in Monroe on June 8-9.

The tourney started with LA Elite beating Sunset Elite 40-10 and Prolific 48-38 before dropping a close contest to LA Goats by a 54-51 margin. The next day, La Elite beat Prolific again to earn a spot in the finals where they once again fell to LA Goats.

Briley Peterson of Weston High was outstanding over the five games compiling 61 points, second highest on the team behind 89 scored by Bella Hammond of Haughton High, grabbing a team high 66 rebounds and 14 steals.