St. John High’s Eagles came up short of victory in their final boys’ basketball game of the season last Thursday when visiting Westbank and District 8-A rival Ascension CHS managed to survive a final quarter rally by the hosting locals and claimed a 50-48 victory.

A major test for Green Devils

This Saturday the Plaquemine High Green Devils take part in the annual La. High School Athletic Assn. Hall of Fame Basketball Classic at the LSU Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge for the second year in a row.

Class 3-A top-ranked Plaquemine High’s Green Devils became the undisputed District 8-3A boys’ basketball champs for the year in a row and closed out its regular season with a brilliant 30-2 record Friday night with yet another easy league triumph, this time on the road over Livonia High by a 66-30 score.

White Castle High’s easy 63-34 triumph over winless first-year District 8-A boys’ basketball newcomer Ascension Christian provided the Bulldogs with the edge over parish rival East Iberville High for runner-up honors in the league race last week.

East Iberville High took on the first of two top-ranked boy basketball foes early last week when 3-A parish rival Plaquemine High came visiting St. Gabriel. The end result was a 47-31 PHS Green Devil victory, their 20th-straight on the hardwood this season.