Jonesboro-Hodge is the only school in Jackson Parish playing this weekend when they host Class 2A Rayville High School on Friday, December 2nd. The action will begin at the JHHS gymnasium at 6:00 pm when the Lady Tigers put their 4-10 record on the line against the 8-6 Lady Hornets. Immediately following, the JHHS boys, with a 2-11 record, will play Rayville, who has a 12-7 overall mark.

Union 59 JHHS 52 OT (girls) After not playing an overtime game all season, the Lady Tigers have now played two in a row, the first a 54-50 victory over Homer on December 23rd, and now one week later, a 59-52 loss to Rayville on Tuesday in the final game of the 2025 portion of the LHSAA basketball season. Early on, with Sanaa Tatun scoring seven points, Jaylena Jackson netting five, including a three-pointer, and Samone Mallard making a pair of baskets, the Lady Tigers finished the first quarter with an 18-10 lead. Union Parish would shave three points off the lead in both the second and third quarter, setting up the final frame where both teams scored 12 to knot the score at 46-46. Mallard made four points, and Neesha Johnson sank a pair of free throws in the extra frame, but it wouldn’t be enough to hold off Union, which sank six baskets to close out the contest. The loss offset a big game from Sanaa Tatum, who led the Lady Tigers in scoring with 19 points. Samone Mallard also came up big for JHHS with 15 points, while Johnson had 9 and Jackson scored 7 points. Jakhorielle Lard also made a basket. 

Union Parish 61 JHHS 36 (boys) The visiting Farmers jumped out to an 18-11 first quarter lead and then held JHHS to just 13 points over the next two quarters to enter the final frame with a commanding 49 – 24 lead on their way to the easy victory that saddled J-H with their third straight loss and 11th in 13 games. King Campbell netted 6 points to lead the Tigers in scoring, with Darion Gray, Raylon Bradford, and Jaquan Qualls all finishing with 5 points each. Tyson Burks and Channing Gray had 4 points apiece, and Jayce Wright sank a pair of free throws to round out the scoring. 

Saline travels to Evans

When it comes to high school girls’ basketball in Louisiana, there is a certain area in the southwest part of the state between Hwy 165 and the Texas state line that is considered the hotbed of “small school” hoops. Want verification? Just look at the Class B power ratings, where the top seven teams all hail from that area.

There is another team from the “thicket,” as the area is called, in Class C that doesn’t have the legacy of others, but this year is one of the best in Evans High School. This Friday, Saline, ranked #8 in Class C with a 9-10 record, will make the long trip to test the Lady Eagles, who enter the 2026 portion of the LHSAA schedule with a 19-2 overall record and a #3 power rating in Class C. The Bobcat boys, sitting at #7 in Class C with a 9-9 mark, look to have an easier task in the nightcap when they take on the Eagles, who have a 4-12 mark.