Franklinton, Pine competing in summer basketball league
Published 12:44 pm Friday, May 28, 2021
- DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO/Chris Kinkaid Franklinton coach Brad Oestriecher talks to his team during a game three years ago. Franklinton and Pine are playing in the Lakeshore Summer Basketball League.
The Lakeshore Summer Basketball League 2021 will get under way on Tuesday.
The league features two teams from Washington Parish in Franklinton and Pine.
Games will be played at Lakeshore and Fontainebleau and are being held on each Tuesday and Thursday through June 29.
Games will tip off every scheduled day, starting at either 2 p.m. or 3 p.m. each day, and the final contest of the day will start at either 8 p.m. or 9 p.m.
The league will feature a pair of 20-minute halves with a running clock until the final minute, when the clock will stop for each whistle.
Each team will get three timeouts per game.
Franklinton will open the summer league on Thursday with a pair of games. Franklinton will play against Chalmette at 7 p.m. and PCA at 8 p.m.
Pine is scheduled to play four games over two days in the league. Pine is scheduled to play on June 15 and June 17.
On June 15, Pine will face Springfield and Pope John Paul II at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., respectively, at Lakeshore.
Pine will then play Northlake Christian School and Mandeville at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Lakeshore two days later.