The 2025-26 LHSAA basketball regular season has drawn to a close with three area teams claiming district championships and seven of the eight teams in the Jackson Parish Journal coverage area moving on to the postseason, and one coming up just short despite a tremendous late-season run in their respective divisions and classes. Overall, the final tally for Jackson Parish schools, Jonesboro-Hodge, Quitman, Weston, and neighboring Saline was 133 wins and 104 losses, with the four girls teams compiling a 72-48 record and the boys checking in with a 61-56 mark. Included were both Quitman teams and the Saline boys winning at least 20 games, with the Weston and Saline girls coming up just short with 19 and 18 wins, respectively.
Quitman High girls and boys win District 1B Titles
The Quitman High School girls and boys basketball teams are the 2025-26 District 1B champions. Both squads won the titles in undefeated fashion by winning two games in two days this past Thursday and Friday.
By beating Providence Classical Academy and Castor, the QHS boys end district play at 5-0 and enter the final week of the regular season with a sparkling 23-4 overall record, and maintain their #3 ranking in the Class B power ratings. The Lady Wolverines also won five games without a loss in district play and now stand at 21-7 overall and have moved up to a #6 power ranking.
The district title was a first outright for head coach Michael Black, who has led his team to a 20-plus win season for a fourth consecutive season during his six-year tenure as the Wolverines head coach. For Kyle Leach, the longest tenured head coach in Jackson Parish, now in his 26th season, with all but four being at QHS, the back-to-back district titles were a fifth overall and 4th in the last 6 years.
Quitman 74 PCA 28 (boys): A concerted offensive team effort and suffocating defense that held PCA to single digits in every quarter was too much for the first-time district foes to contend with. Five players scored within four points of each other, with Shane Reed leading the way with 14 points while also grabbing a game-best 8 rebounds. Brayden Martin chipped in with 13 points, followed by Abel Leach and Kaleb Maxwell, who set a new career high in scoring, checking in with 12 points each. Taden Thomas was the fifth to reach “double digits,” finishing with 10 points.
Quitman 58 PCA 49 (girls): After spotting the pesky visitors from Bossier Citya 16-11 first quarter lead, a new career high 34 points by Anna Claire Leach, that included a season tying six 3-pointers, lifted the Lady Wolverines to victory. Hallie Kate Pullig was next with 9 points, while Allie Robertson added six. Kalisa Hall also came up big by scoring 4 points and pulling down a season-tieing best 9 rebounds. Kinsley Ponder and Emma Walker, who also had 6 boards, tallied 2 points, with London Burks adding a free throw to round out the scoring.
Quitman 78 Castor 59 (boys): The Wolverines stormed out of the locker room in the second half to take a 29-10 third-quarter advantage and secure the district title. The “terrific trio” of Brayden Martin, Brayden Smith, and Taden Thomas led the way with Martin scoring 23 and both Smith and Thomas checking in with 20 points and 7 rebounds each. Shane Reed added six points while Asher Schultz scored four and also pulled down a team-high tying 7 boards. Abel Leach and Kaleb Maxwell chipped in with 3 and 2 points, respectively.
Quitman 52 Castor 36 (girls): Allie Robertson saved her best for the last game of the regular season by pouring in a new career high 22 points to pace QHS to the district 1B title. The Lady Wolverines forced 29 turnovers while committing only 7 with Anna Claire Leach accounting for a team best 7 steals adding 15 points. Emma Walker chipped in with 6 and Kinsley Ponder tallied 3 points while Hallie Kate Pullig, Toby Borland, and Kalisa Hall, who led the Lady Wolverines with 6 rebounds, all scored 2 points each.
Lady Tigers Earn Postseason Berth
After starting the season with a 1-7 record, the JHHS girls rallied to a 14-17 overall record and secured a second consecutive postseason berth in head coach Shan Jackson’s third year at the helm with a #17 ranking in Division IV among “non-select” schools. JHHS also finished with an impressive 4-3 record in a very strong District 1-1A that included a #3 and #4 ranked team.
Cedar Creek 68 JHHS 47 (Thursday) A 38-11 disadvantage at the half was too much to overcome against the 4th-ranked team in Division IV among “select” schools. Nesha Johnson scored 19 to lead the Lady Tigers in scoring, while Sanaa Tatum added 13 points. Freshman Samone Mallard chipped in with 8, and Jalenya Jackson tallied with 3 points. Jakhorielle Lard also made a free throw.
JHHS 60 Haynesville 26 (Friday): Neesha Johnson, Samone Mallard, and Sanaa Tatum scored 18, 17, and 16 points, respectively, to lead the Lady Tigers to their highest scoring total in the new year. Derryn Osborne finished with four while both Khori Lard and Jalenya Jackson made a basket each, and Carmon Livingston added a free throw to round out the scoring for JHHS.
JHHS Boys Close Strong to Secure Winning District Season
Jonesboro-Hodge beat Cedar Creek and Haynesville in back-to-back nights this Thursday and Friday to finish district play with a winning record for the first time since the 2021-22 season. Under second-year coach Fred Hearne, the youthful Tigers made a tremendous late-season rally to win their last four games and earn a 4-3 mark in District 1-1A play and improve to 8-21 overall.
JHHS 66 Cedar Creek 63 (Thursday): King Campbell nailed a pair of 3-pointers and scored 8 points of his team’s high 22 points in the decisive second quarter, which JHHS won by a 21-12 margin that lifted the Tigers to victory over their neighboring parish foe. Dylan Hayes chipped in with 17 points, and Channing Gray Jr. added 11 while Kodan Atkins scored 7. Lon’trevious Burns finished with 5, and both Jameon Jefferson and Jayce Wright made a basket each.
JHHS 53 Haynesville 45 (Friday): The Tigers outscored Haynesville 15-2 in the third quarter to earn their fourth consecutive victory. Dylan Hayes and Lon’Trevious Burns scored 16 and 13 points, respectively, to pave the way offensively for JHHS, who handed Haynesville just their 4th loss in 15 games. Channing Gray Jr. also reached “double digits” with 12 points, while Kiing Campbell added 8 and Kodan Atkins finished with 4 points to round out the scoring for JHHS.
Weston girls to host first round playoff game
After winning 6 of their last 7 games to finish with a 19-11 record in Matt Herring’s first year at the helm, the Lady Wolves ended the regular season with a #14 ranking and will host a first-round Class B playoff game.
Castor 53 Weston 46 (Thursday) A tremendous effort by freshman Rachel Bandy, who led the Lady Wolves with 15 points and 9 rebounds, was overshadowed by WHS seeing their six-game winning streak come to an end and their hope for a 20-win season thwarted. Carly Jo Griffin and Kate Keiffer also had good nights with 13 and 10 points each, while Ada Claire Tidwell finished with five, and Carlynn Waters made a three-pointer on the night that saw Weston struggle from the field to make only 16 of 61 shots for a 26% shooting average.
Wolves snare final postseason slot in Class B
Despite losing 5 of their last 6 games and finishing 0-5 in District 1B play, Weston returns to the postseason for the first time since the 2021-22 season by claiming the #20 and final spot in the Class B playoff bracket.
Castor 69 Weston 48 (Thursday): Abram Toms equaled a career high in scoring with 19 points but it wasn’t enough as Castor won all four quarters to take the methodical victory. Brody Tidwell also reached “double digits” in scoring with 10 while Ty Henderson chipped in with 6 points. Colton Otwell tallied three and Eli Henderson, Cason Conn, Gunner Younse, Malachi Harris and A.J. Woodard all scored two points each.
Saline boys grab 20-win season
At the end of 2025, the Bobcats were sitting with a 9-9 record. In head coach Klint Robinson’s 12th season at the helm, Saline has compiled an 11-2 record to claim a 20-win season and, more importantly, a #4 ranking in the Class C power ratings, ensuring SHS, providing they win, home games all the way to the state tournament.
Saline 76 Summerfield 43 (Friday): The Bobcats secured second place in the uber-tough District 1C, which had three teams ranked in the top 6 of Class C, by beating waltzing past Summerfield, the only team in the district that didn’t win 20 or more games this season. As has been the case all season, the “dynamic duo” of Eli Ferguson and Gavon Dailey, both of whom passed the career 1000 point scoring barrier earlier this season, led the Bobcats in scoring with 20 and 19 points respectively. Elijah Calloway checked in with 11 points, followed by Conner Roberts with 7 and Braydon Robinson who had six points. Jackson Bougues finished with five while Jay Nash, Hayden Laborde, Hayden Jackson and Ja’Marion Malone all made a basket each.
Saline Girls Claim District 1C title
Under the tutelage of Chris Toms, the Lady Bobcats won the District 1C title with a perfect 3-0 record by beating Summerfield 34-21 in a winner-take-all battle. With their 5th victory in a row and 8th in the last 9 games, Saline finishes the regular season with an 18-13 overall record and a #7 ranking in Class C, ensuring a first-round bye and a second-round home game in the upcoming postseason.