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High school girls basketball: Airline, Bossier pick up wins in the Battle on the Hardwood Classic; Benton to host defending Class C champ Hicks Saturday afternoon

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The Airline Lady Vikings and Bossier Lady Kats were victorious on the third day of the Battle on the Hardwood Classic hosted by Bossier.

Airline defeated Rayville 60-46 at Rusheon Middle School, and Bossier downed Carroll 43-33 at Bossier.

Kori Rice and Toria Brocks led Airline (1-1) with 21 and 20 points, respectively. Kaleigh Brown added 10.

Airline led 22-19 at the half and extended the lead to 10 after three quarters.

The Lady Vikings outscored the Lady Bulldogs 24-20 in the high-scoring fourth.

Brocks scored 11 points in the fourth, including 7-of-7 from the free throw line. Rice had eight points in the final period.

Sanaa Brown poured in 28 points to lead Bossier (2-2) past Carroll.

The Lady Kats led 21-15 at the half and 34-23 after three.

Brown scored 15 in the first half and 13 in the second.

Defending Class 5A state champion Benton (3-0) was scheduled to play Neville in the Battle on Saturday.

Instead, the Lady Tigers will play defending Class C state champion Hicks at 2 p.m. at Benton. Hicks also won the Class B championship in 2019. Hicks is off to a 3-0 start and has had five games postponed.

Elsewhere, Haughton fell to Quitman 41-27 Thursday at Quitman. The Lady Bucs dropped to 1-1 under first-year head coach Jenna Bolin.

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