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The Minden Crimson Tide, Doyline Panthers and Glenbrook Apaches won district games Tuesday night.
In District 1-4A, Minden routed Loyola College Prep 68-33 at Minden. In District 1-B, Doyline defeated Castor 61-49 at Doyline.
In District 1-1A, Glenbrook downed Plain Dealing 55-27 At Plain Dealing.
At Minden, the game was much different from the Tide’s 42-34 non-district victory over the Flyers on Jan. 7 at Loyola.
This time, Minden dominated from the get-go, cruising to a 20-2 lead after the first quarter.
Cameron Parker hit three 3-pointers in the quarter. Jaiden Franklin sank a 3 and scored five points. Christian Lofton had four and Carmelo Smith two.
The Tide led 33-12 at the half and 57-25 after three quarters.
Ten Minden players scored. Smith had 13 points, Franklin 12, Lofton 11 and Parker nine.
The other three 1-4A games were also blowouts. Bossier defeated Southwood 72-29, Booker T. Washington crushed North DeSoto 67-27 and Northwood downed Woodlawn 66-34.
Bossier (10-11, 2-0), Minden (16-2, 2-0) and Northwood (8-16, 2-0) are tied for the lead. Minden visits North DeSoto (3-9, 0-2) Friday.
At Doyline, Damarion McClendon and Jay Patterson combined for 49 points to lead the Panthers. McClendon scored 25 and Patterson 24. Zach Normand added 10.
Doyline led 29-24 at the half. Castor scored the first five points of the third quarter to tie it.
The Panthers went on a 15-4 run for a 44-33 lead with just over two minutes left in the quarter.
Castor closed the quarter with a 7-2 run to get within six. The Tigers cut the lead to 46-44 early in the fourth. But Doyline answered with a 9-0 run and led 55-44 with three minutes to play.
Doyline improved to 20-3 overall and 2-1 in district. Leader Simsboro (13-9, 4-0) defeated Quitman 85-69 Tuesday.
The Panthers visit Georgetown in a non-district game Thursday. Doyline travels to Simsboro Tuesday looking to avenge a 71-56 home loss on Jan. 17.
NOTE: Statistics provided by coaches.