District 1-5A ended in a three-way tie for first as the regular season came to a close Friday night.
In district games, Parkway fell to Captain Shreve 38-35 at Shreve, Haughton lost to Huntington 51-42 at Haughton, Airline fell to Natchitoches Central 62-49 in Natchitoches and Benton defeated Evangel Christian 60-14 at Evangel.
Parkway (19-8, 6-2), Captain Shreve (19-10, 6-2)) and Huntington (17-7, 6-2) finished tied for first. Haughton (23-9, to 5-3), Airline (13-12, 5-3) and Natchitoches Central (19-8, 5-3) finished just one game back.
In a District 1-4A game, Bossier closed the regular season with a 62-30 victory over North DeSoto at Bossier.
In a District 1-1A game, Plain Dealing downed Ringgold 48-45 at Ringgold.
At Captain Shreve, Parkway rallied from a 30-25 deficit after three quarters and led 35-31 with about two-and-a-half minutes left.
Shreve closed the gap to one with a three-point play with 2:18 left. The Lady Gators regained the lead after a Parkway turnover.
Missed free throws hurt the Lady Panthers down the stretch.
Parkway has either won the district outright or finished tied for first for six straight years.
At Haughton, seniors Skylar Branch and Bella Hammond scored 20 and 15 points, respectively, to lead the Lady Bucs.
Haughton trailed 32-28 after three quarters. Huntington star Kyndal Graham scored 11 of her 26 points in the fourth. She was 7-of-7 from the free throw line in the fourth and 14-of-14 in the game.
At Natchitoches Central, Ke’Zyriah Sykes led Airline with 22 points. Addison McDowell and Nia Williams scored nine each.
Anna Newton led the Lady Chiefs with 25.
At Evangel, Benton closed the regular season 17-16 and 2-6. Evangel finished 0-17 and 0-8.
Parkway, Haughton and Airline will all be in the playoffs. Benton could join them. Official pairings will be announced by the LHSAA Monday.
At Bossier, the Lady Kats closed the regular season 10-12 overall and 3-4 in district. At No. 25 in the non-select Division II power rankings going into the game, Bossier will likely be in the playoffs.
At Ringgold, Jakayla Douglas poured in 36 points to lead Plain Dealing (15-14, 5-2). It was her sixth game of 30 points or more. Janiya Douglas added seven.
The Lady Lions will be on the road in the first round of the non-select Division I playoffs.