In Friday's league outing, the Hammond Tornadoes (Hammond, LA) basketball squad beat the visiting Covington Lions (Covington, LA), by a count of 78-66.

The Tornadoes (12-7) will now prepare for their outing against Ponchatoula (Ponchatoula, LA). The Green Wave go into the 5A District 6 outing with a 13-2 record. In their last outing, Ponchatoula defeated Catholic-B.R. (Baton Rouge, LA), 58-43, in a non-league outing.

The Lions now hold a 8-9 record. They play next when they host John Ehret for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 9. Covington will clash with a Patriots squad coming off a 63-56 non-league loss to Central (Baton Rouge, LA). The Patriots record now stands at 6-8.