As the high school basketball season heads to its state championship finale in early March, the post-season began the week of February 13-17 with district tournaments around the state. In Class 3A, the District 4 post-season tournament was hosted by Paris High School. PHS did an outstanding job with the event that was made possible by the many volunteers and workers who donated food, their time, and service to the tournament in welcoming teams from across the 3A-4 to the tournament.
Cossatot River High School, located two hours to the southwest of Paris, had a great tournament, placing both their boys and girls teams in the championship final. At press time for this story, Cossatot River was preparing to play the Paris Lady Eagles in the girls final, and the Booneville Bearcats in the boys final.
Upsets in the tournament included a Cossatot win over the Charleston Tigers in the boys semifinal, and a Paris win over the Booneville Lady Bearcats, also in the tournament semifinals.
For the Paris girls program, a season that has more than doubled their season wins from each of the previous two years, and a return to the regional tournament for the first time since 2019, caps a season of return for the Lady Eagles program. Paris earned a berth in the girls regional and is looking to advance to the 3A state tournament the following week that will be hosted by Lamar High School.
The Paris boys team has also earned a regional berth and will play for a spot in the state tournament. The boys finished second in the conference regular season that marks the second consecutive year the program has been in the regionals, and the Eagles hope to also advance for the second consecutive year to the state tournament.
RNN Sports is in West Fork this weekend to bring you regional tournament coverage. Watch for our updates on social media and on our website at residentnewsnetwork.com
