MINDEN, La. &8212; A pair of District 7-A rivals met for the third time this season as the district champion Huntington Hounds took on the Tensas Chiefs Friday night.

Tensas, the district&8217;s No. 3 seed, was not expected to get to the semifinals of the Class A South State Tournament in the boys&8217; bracket, but they did so with a win over Riverdale Tuesday night.

The Chiefs were hoping to make it two upsets in a row and advance to the championship game, but instead they got off to a tough start and never could get back in the game and the Hounds went on take a 61-47 win.

Huntington (27-1) will take on the winner of the River Oaks/Glenbrook game in the title game at 7:15 p.m. today Tensas (13-13) will face the loser of that game at 6 p.m. today in the consolation game.

Brant Bradley led Huntington with 17 points. Cody Hill led Tensas with a game-high 18 points.

Tensas girls 47, Riverdale 35

MINDEN, La. &8212; These two teams have met twice before during the regular season, with each winning on their home court. But the last time they played each other was on Dec. 6.

This time a spot in the MPSA Class A South State Tournament girls&8217; championship game was on the line for the District 7 champion Lady Chiefs and the Lady Rebels.

The Lady Chiefs overcame some uncharacteristic offensive woes in the first half to defeat the Lady Rebels, the No. 2 seed out of District 8, to advance to the title game, where they will play District 8-A champion Claiborne Academy, their biggest non-district foe in recent years, today at 2:15 p.m. Claiborne defeated District 8 rival Glenbrook in the other semifinal game.

Things started off well for Tensas (27-4) as Aubrey McEacharn had three steals that contributed to three lay-ups for her and just like that the Lady Chiefs had a 6-0 lead.

From about midway through the first quarter to the end of the second quarter, Riverdale outscored Tensas 19-9. The Lady Chiefs scored only one point in the second quarter.

&8220;We had one outside shot and we were on the other end of the court playing defense,&8221; Bauerle said. &8220;We weren&8217;t rebounding. They scored 11 points (in the second quarter) and were still only up by four at halftime. We were lucky to still be in it.&8221;

Newton County 60, WCCA 49

PRENTISS &8212; Once Newton County&8217;s guards starting tossing in 3-pointers, the Rams had to adjust and do it quickly.

They did. But the Rams never could get over the hump and regain the lead before losing in the semifinal round of the South Central State.

The Rams lost a 13-9 lead after one when the Generals&8217; Ben Thames and John David Lettson each hit three 3-pointers for a 28-23 lead at half.

Newton County then held a 43-35 lead after three before the Rams (13-11) cut the deficit to 48-41 with two minutes left.