NATCHEZ &8212; Time seemed to freeze Friday night when T-Boy Lynch back pedaled to the fence and reached up to grab a fly ball of the bat of Adams Christian&8217;s David New.

Lynch put his glove over the fence, reached back but pulled back an empty glove. New&8217;s shot that may have been more off the handle of the bat than anything found its way over for a walk-off grand slam to give the Rebels a 13-10 win in eight innings for the South State championship.

It was New&8217;s third home run of the game, the Rebels&8217; second comeback and the last of several big plays in a game that many in attendance won&8217;t forget any time soon.

&8220;I like these kinds of games,&8221; said Cole Bradford, who watched New&8217;s homer get past Lych from second base. &8220;They&8217;re intense. That&8217;s what you play for. I was sitting there looking at it, and I thought he had it. His glove came back, but it was over. He had that shoulder surgery, and now he&8217;s hitting well. He&8217;s coming through for us.&8221;

The thought of what could have been had New got a solid lick on it maybe would have taken from the drama of watching Lynch at the fence. He had two homers in his first three at-bats on shots that were a little more convincing than what he did on a 2-2 offering from Paul Davis.

Kind of like what happened the inning prior when he blooped a single in shallow center just past a diving Ryan Vanderslice to score Cole Bradford all the way from first to tie the game a 9-9 and send it into extra innings.

&8220;It didn&8217;t get over by much,&8221; New said. &8220;I didn&8217;t near about get all of it. I was just trying to keep it going. Just do anything you can to get on base. If you&8217;ve got to take a pitch, do what you&8217;ve got to do.&8221;

The shot was the final blow after the Cougars kept battling with everything they had after trailing 8-2. They got a run in the eighth off reliever Brian Sanderson to get in position to win it in the bottom half thanks to doubles from Keith Franklin and Jeremy Winborne.

Paul Davis, who threw 144 pitches after entering in the third, walked Sanderson to lead off and even got slugger Timmy Foster to strike out for the second out with Bradford at first and Sanderson at third.

But he walked C.J. Wright to load the bases before facing New.

&8220;T-Boy said he didn&8217;t touch it. It went right over it,&8221; BA head coach Stephen Cooksey said of New&8217;s homer. &8220;I can&8217;t say enough about Paul Davis. He battled hard. It was a great ball game, and our kids fought hard. My seniors stepped up. It&8217;s just a shame we didn&8217;t win it. But I can&8217;t be more proud of my guys and how they handled themselves.&8221;

Credit Davis for never losing his composure and keeping the Rebels in check after they went up 8-2 in the fourth. Brookhaven got five in the sixth off Timmy Foster that was good for a 9-8 lead, and Davis got Luke Brumfield to fly out to center to end the sixth with runners on second and third.

Bradford reached base on an error to lead off the seventh, but Davis retired sluggers Foster and Wright before New&8217;s looper past Vanderslice scored Bradford to tie it up. The Rebels loaded the bases when Eric Perry was intentionally walked and Austin Weeks was hit by a pitch, but Davis got Marcus Calcote to fly out to right to end the inning.

In the Cougars&8217; sixth, two errors allowed the first run to score before Corey Dickerson singled in Steven Covington to trim the lead to 8-7. Paul Davis singled in Franklin to tie the score, and Winborne singled in Dickerson after the Rebels brought in Sanderson to take the lead.

Adams got its runs in the early innings thanks to a two-run homer in the first from New, a two-run blast from Wright in the second and another two-run homer from New in the fourth.