NATCHEZ &045; That Adams Christian defense is starting to catch some people’s attention.

The Rebels jumped on Huntington in the first half and got a little worried about complacency when the Hounds had more than 10 points before halftime. This is coming from a team that held Bowling Green to 18 points heading into the fourth quarter, so needless to say they picked it up another notch.

The Rebels claimed a 50-35 win over the Hounds Monday.

&uot;Our defense is really coming around, and it’s no secret we’re playing a lot of man,&uot; Adams head coach Kyle Smith said. &uot;We started off the game strong. Our defense is starting to set the tone for us the last couple of games. We faced a little better offensive team than we have in the past, and they took advantage of us relaxing on defense and scored some points.&uot;

The Rebels held a 10-8 lead by the end of the first quarter before they really started to pull away. In the second they out-scored Huntington 17-6 to claim a 27-14 lead at the break, and they followed that with a 15-6 edge in the third to lead 42-20 heading into the fourth quarter.

The Rebels were able to get it inside to Timmy Foster and Casey Gould, who combined to put up 23 points. The offense then found the rhythm on the outside with Dustin Case finishing with 15 points.

Tensas girls 63, Briarfield 40

LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. &045; The Lady Chiefs (1-0, 10-6) got a huge game from Tabitha Howard, and the defense in the second and third quarters were a big result of the junior coming away with 27 points in the District 7-A opener.

Trinity girls 54, Amite 36

NATCHEZ &045; After taking a modest 11-10 lead over Amite after one, the Lady Saints (10-6) used a 19-9 edge in the second to lead 30-19 at the break.

Ben’s Ford girls 43, WCCA 33

BOGALUSA, La. &045; The Lady Rams (3-3, 4-10) went into the second half in the ball game leading 10-9 before the Lady Eagles outscored them 16-10 in the third to lead 25-20 heading into the fourth quarter.

Trinity boys 64, Amite 27

NATCHEZ &045; Trinity led 29-16 at halftime but really put the game out of reach in the third quarter by outscoring the Rebels 19-6 to lead 48-22 heading into the fourth quarter.

WCCA boys 68, Ben’s Ford 35

BOGALUSA, La. &045; The Rams outscored Ben’s Ford 25-8 in the second quarter to go up 35-14 at halftime.

Tensas boys 57, Briarfield 45

LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. &045; Tensas outscored the Rebels 23-5 in the second quarter to take a 36-18 lead at the break.