JONESVILLE &8212; After an up-and-down first half, the Ferriday Trojans were able to click on all cylinders in the second half as they defeated the Vidalia Vikings 48-31 Friday night at the Block Tournament.

&8220;Defensively we played well,&8221; Trojans head coach James Davis said. &8220;We jumped out to a man-to-man defense. We were able to get some turnovers and turn them into points.&8221;

Ferriday (8-1) used that defense to help it take a 13-3 lead at the end of the first quarter and it looked like the rout was on. Davis then went to his bench in the second quarter and the move almost backfired as Vidalia (7-3) fought back and outscored the Trojans 12-7 and trailed by just five, 20-15, at halftime.

&8220;I put some guys in the second quarter,&8221; Davis said. &8220;We gave up too many points. We&8217;ve got to stay focused.&8221;

Led by Antonio Burns and the returning Eric Crump, Ferriday put the game away in the second half. The Trojans outscored the Vikings 12-6 in the third quarter and 16-10 in the fourth.

&8220;We did the things we needed to do to get the &8216;W&8217;,&8221; Davis said. &8220;We played four games without Eric because of disciplinary reasons. We like to go inside. I though they did a pretty good job of going inside.&8221;

Burns led Ferriday with 17 points and Crump had 12 points. Jarvis Whitley led Vidalia with 11 points.

Wilkinson County 65, Tylertown 42

WOODVILLE &8212; Four Wilkinson County players scored in double figures, led by Lawrence Cage&8217;s 18 points, as the Wildcats took control of this game early and never looked back in a Region 7-3A game.

Corey Anthony had 15 points, Thomas McQuarter had 12 points and Gary James added 11 points as Wilkinson County (4-8, 1-1) had a commanding 20-4 after one quarter of play and a 32-14 lead at halftime.

Caldwell Parish 37, Monterey 33

HARRISONBURG, La. &8212; Deshon Randolph scored a game-high 15 points and the Spartans (3-5) needed every one of them as they held off a fourth-quarter rally to defeat the Wolves at the Harrisonburg Tournament.

Caldwell Parish advanced to take on Cathedral at 1 p.m. today in the semifinals while Monterey was eliminated. Layton Strebeck led the Wolves with 13 points and Matt Shivley had 12 ponts.

Yazoo Co. 62, Jefferson Co. 44

YAZOO CITY &8212; Darryl Jones scored a game-high 22 points and the Panthers used a 25-12 advantage in the second quarter to erase a two-point deficit at the end of the first quarter and roll to an 18-point win in Region 6-3A action.

Kadon Day led Jefferson County with 11 points.

Columbia 60, Franklin County 49

COLUMBIA &8212; The Wildcats (9-1, 1-0) proved why they are one of the teams to beat in Region 7-3A with a convincing win over the Bulldogs (2-4, 1-1). No other information was available as of press time.

Forest Hill 96, Natchez High 76

JACKSON &8212; The two-man wrecking crew of Jarvis Watkins and Devon Sims were too much for Natchez High as they scored 60 of the team&8217;s 96 points.

The Bearcats took a 27-20 lead at the end of the first quarter and 50-42 at halftime.