Monday wasn’t a good day for Bossier Parish high school girls basketball teams.
The Haughton Lady Bucs fell to Minden 57-42 at Haughton. In the Natchitoches Central tournament, Airline lost to Mansfield 65-38 and Bossier lost to Ponchatoula.
At Haughton, the Lady Bucs fought back from a 31-16 halftime deficit, cutting the lead to nine. Haughton failed to capitalize on a couple of opportunities to get closer.
It was Minden’s second victory over Haughton in three days. The Lady Tiders won 44-39 in the championship game of the Lakeside tournament Saturday.
Takaiya Sweeney led Haughton (2-3) with 18 points. Taralyn Sweeney added 14. Derrice Gilbert paced Minden (5-1) with 19 points, and Destini Powell had 14.
Haughton hosts Stanley at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Airline dropped to 1-2 with the loss to Mansfield. The Lady Vikings play Ponchatoula at 3:50 Tuesday.
Bossier fell to 0-6.
