Basketball: John Ehret and MLK boys, Ponchatoula girls win Friday

Area Prep Basketball Report for Saturday, Feb. 4

In boys competition, John Ehret is the team to beat in District 8-5A.

In a battle for first place, the Patriots remained unbeaten in league play with a tough 54-47 win at Chalmette Friday night.

John Ehret took a 17-10 lead after one quarter and led 25-19 at halftime. The Owls cut the deficit to 34-31 going to the fourth quarter.

John Kelly led Ehret with 26 points while Frank Moffett added 16 points. Bryant Major and Ezekiel Reese each scored 10 points for Chalmette.

Both teams resume district play next week.

The Patriots (17-6, 3-0) have won four straight and will host Grace King next Tuesday at 7 p.m.

The Owls (11-16, 2-1) will host East Jefferson next Wednesday.

It was a banner night at home for M.L. King Charter.

The Jaguars whipped Sarah T. Reed 87-46.

Senior Darunce Allen was the star, as usual, pumping in 25 points with eight steals.

In the process, Allen scored his 1,200th career point, another milestone in his outstanding career.

Darrell Franklin scored 15 points with six steals and five assists and Christian Doyle scored 13 points with nine rebounds and two blocks.

M.L. King Charter (17-10) returns to action today for a tough game at St. Paul’s at 2:30 p.m.

Sarah T. Reed (14-13) returns to District 9-3A play Tuesday at Morris Jeff Community at 6:30 p.m.

In girls action, Ponchatoula rolled over Fontainebleau 78-45 at home in a District 6-5A contest for its fifth straight win.

The Lady Wave jumped out to a 25-11 lead after one quarter and led 45-24 at halftime. It was 68-35 after three quarters.

Taylor Jackson led the Green Wave with 22 points, five rebounds and three steals while Alyssa Hillard scored 17 points and Libby Thompson added 15 points and seven rebounds, three steals and three assists.

Isabelle Chevalier led the Bulldogs with 18 points.

Ponchatoula (20-9, 5-0) is well on its way to another district title while looking to improve its power ranking. Currently sixth in the Non-Select Division I rankings, the Green Wave play at River Oaks today at 12:30 p.m.

Fontainebleau (13-16, 1-4) lost its third straight game and will play at Doyle Monday at 6 p.m.

Area Prep Basketball Results from Friday, Feb. 3

Boys
Amite 73, Bogalusa 59
Archbishop Hannan 69, Lakeshore 42
Archbishop Rummel 62, Holy Cross 58
Archbishop Shaw 76, Higgins 42
Brother Martin 60, Karr 46
Country Day 61, Jehovah-Jireh 38
Destrehan 48, Central Lafourche 47
East Iberville 95, Varnado 39
East Jefferson 69, Bonnabel 50
East St. John 85, H.L. Bourgeois 81
Grand Isle 42, Lutheran 25
Hahnville 58, Thibodaux 47
John Ehret 54, Chalmette 47
Landry 71, Belle Chasse 68
M.L. King Charter 86, Sarah T. Reed 45
Northshore 59, Hammond 42
Pope John Paul II 51, Northlake Christian 39
South Plaquemines 73, Rosenwald Collegiate Academy 35
St. Augustine 78, John Curtis Christian 56
St. Paul’s 63, Mandeville 33
St. Thomas Aquinas 59, French Settlement 53
Thomas Jefferson 56, Houma Christian 40

Girls
Albany 59, Pine 29
Amite 64, Bogalusa 44
Archbishop Hannan 45, Lakeshore 39
Destrehan 49, Central Lafourche 40
Dominican 43, Kenner Discovery 33
Donaldsonville 66, Berwick 18
Doyle 47, Madison Prep 39
East St. John 64, H.L. Bourgeois 40
Geo Next Generation 59, Carver 45
Hahnville 41, Thibodaux 39
John Curtis Christian 70, St. Mary’s Academy 17
Newman 51, Riverside Academy 38
Northlake Christian 35, Pope John Paul II 32
Northshore 50, Hammond 49
Phoenix 38, De La Salle 35
Ponchatoula 78, Slidell 45
Salmen 59, Pearl River 30
Slidell 50, Covington 23
South Plaquemines 49, St. Katharine Drexel 15
Springfield 51, St. Helena 41
St. Thomas Aquinas 55, French Settlement 41