For one Jackson Parish boys basketball team the difference between 2024 and 2025 is like night and day. For the other two, the new year has brought pretty much the same results as the other.
In what is turning out to be a remarkable turnaround in Fred Hearne’s first year at the helm, Jonesboro-Hodge won their third straight of the new year without a loss by beating neighboring Saline 47-44, avenging the opening game loss to the Bobcats. With the victory JHHS improves to 5-11 on the year while Saline dropped to 10-10 with their first loss since the calendar switched to 2025.
In Quitman it was much of the same as the Wolverines stretched their winning streak to 17 straight by taking a tightly contested 72-68 victory over a talented Castor squad in a battle of top ten Class B teams. The win improved the 3rd ranked Wolverines to a sparkling 18-2 on the year and more importantly to 1-0 in District 1B play while Castor, who entered at #8 in the power rankings, fell to 12-5 on the season after suffering the district opening loss…