NATCHEZ &045; Everyone knows it’s about as taboo as stepping on the chalk entering and leaving the field, but Cathedral’s Jeremy Davis can’t help it.

Two games into the playoffs have resulted in a combined score of 30-2 for the Green Wave, and so far it’s confirmed the junior’s gut feeling that this may be the right year. He was part of a Cathedral team that made the South State finals two years ago and the team that lost in the second round of the playoffs last year.

After an 11-1 win over Union in five innings to earn a spot in the tournament finals Monday, Davis had to get excited.

&uot;It’s still one game at a time,&uot; said Davis, who drove in four runs Saturday and homered Friday. &uot;We can’t look too far ahead, but it’s hard not to. Our definite goal is state, but we’re taking one game at a time. I knew this year was going to be our year. Two years ago we should have made it, and last year we should have made it. This year we should make it, but we’ll have to go out there and do it.&uot;

The Green Wave will face the Union-Scott Central winner Monday at 4 p.m. Union and Scott Central were scheduled to play at 6 p.m. Saturday, but rained postponed their game. The two teams, separated by approximately 30 minutes, agreed to make up the game at East Central Community College at 2 p.m. today.

Scott Central, who Cathedral defeated 19-1 Friday, downed Enterprise 7-4 in an elimination game Saturday.

You won’t get too much argument out of the first two teams the Green Wave has played in this four-team tournament after it won Friday night 19-1 in three innings. The Wave scored in each inning for the second consecutive game, and it will try to finish off the job at 4 p.m. Monday in the championship with a 7 p.m. contest if necessary.

The loss put the Yellow Jackets in a tough spot of having to win again Saturday to earn a shot to play the Green Wave again Monday.

&uot;They’re a good team, and we knew coming down here you can’t give them extra bases and you can’t give them extra outs,&uot; Union head coach Joey Ward said. &uot;If you do, they’ll hurt you. Not to take anything away from Cathedral, but we haven’t played well.

&uot;I don’t think there was much thought put into this process of this tournament. We travel over four hours to play and stay overnight. We’re going to have to beat a No. 1 seed twice on their home field. It’s a best-of-three with all three games at their home site.&uot;

But with this year’s Wave &045; unlike its predecessor from two years ago &045; the bats were hot against left-hander Wes Henry. The senior beat Cathedral in Game 2 of a three-game series two years ago, but on Saturday the Green Wave didn’t have much trouble at all while Henry was coming off reconstructive surgery.

Cathedral got three in the first off him with three consecutive RBI singles from Te Riley, Wyler Murray and Charlie Lane for a quick lead.

&uot;He had a changeup and a curveball, but he didn’t throw many curveballs,&uot; Davis said. &uot;His fastball wasn’t dominating, and he had to mix in the offspeed stuff. He had to mix in all that to keep us off balance. We were all out a little bit on our front foot, but we kept making contact, making things happen and putting the ball in play.&uot;

Davis and the heart of the order did its damage in the middle innings after the Yellow Jackets put a run on the board in the second inning when Jordan Robinson scored on a wild pitch. In the first of two trips to the plate with the bases loaded, Davis drove in Drew Burns and Michael Blain with a single for a 5-1 lead.

In the third Davis came up with the sacks packed with two outs, and his single scored Preston Hicks and Blain for a 8-1 lead. Preston Hicks came up with a two-run double in the fourth.

&uot;That’s a good team &045; one of the best we’ll face in the tournament,&uot; Cathedral head coach Craig Beesley said. &uot;They’re young, but they’re a well-coached team. I was glad to see us come back and beat (Henry). It’s not one guy hitting the ball (for us) &045; it’s all of them hitting the ball. We’ve scored in every inning so far, and that tells you we’re hitting up and down the lineup.&uot;

It was enough for left-hander Te Riley to get in some good work, tossing a five-inning no-hitter after Garrett Jones held Scott Central hitless in that three-inning game Friday. The only trouble came when the Yellow Jackets got that run in the second, but Riley walked three in that inning.

Jordan Robinson reached on a fielder’s choice, went to second on an error and scored from second on a passed ball that Cathedral catcher Drew Burns couldn’t locate in time.

&uot;We got a big lead, and he came out and had a good first inning,&uot; Beesley said. &uot;It looked like he was relaxed out there today. In the second when they scored that run, I hate to see that run score from second on a passed ball, but we couldn’t find the ball. Te’s breaking pitch wasn’t working, but at times it looked sharp. His fastball was his best pitch today.&uot;