Cathedral head coach Peter Arnold had the right game plan for the Green Wave in a key Region 7-1A game on the road against the Salem Wildcats Friday night.

Cathedral employed a 2-3 zone defense in the first half which held Salem to just six total points. Salem’s rally in the third quarter still wasn’t enough as the Green Wave went on to defeat the Wildcats 37-30.

“We shut down their inside game and they didn’t make many outside shots,” Arnold said. “In the third quarter, they made four long three-pointers, but we still had an eight- to 10-point lead.”

With Cathedral (14-14, 5-7) having a 10-point lead for much of the fourth quarter, Arnold went with another strategy that worked – keeping the ball away form Salem, with several possessions going 30 to 40 seconds long before the Green Wave would even take a shot.

Juan Gray led the Green Wave with 12 points and Andy Lucas added nine points. Shannon Ratcliff had a game-high 16 points for Salem, which finished 4-8 in 7-1A.

“We tied with Dexter. We won’t know until Sunday whether we’re fourth or fifth,” Arnold said. “We started 0-4 in district and we won five of the last eight. One loss was in overtime and another was in triple overtime. We’re playing our best ball right now.”

ACCS girls 40, Riverfield 37

BASTROP, La. — The Lady Rebels had already clinched a spot in the Class AA South State Tournament before they even stepped on the court for the MPSA District 4-AA Tournament at Prairie View Academy.

In what head coach Chuck Bauerle described as an “ugly game,” they held on for a three-point win Friday afternoon over the Lady Raiders — the same team that defeated them once during the regular season.

The No. 2 seed Lady Rebels (28-8) will take on the winner of other semifinal game between the No. 4 seed Franklin Academy Lady Cougars and the No. 1 seed Prairie View Lady Spartans, who are ranked No. 4 in Class AA, in the championship game today at 6:40 p.m.

Ariana DeLaSalle led all scorers with 19 points and Katie Anne Swinny had 12 points for ACCS, which had a 10-5 lead at the end of the first quarter. Riverfield, the No. 3 seed, could only manage to cut one point off the Lady Rebels’ lead in both the second and fourth quarters.

Cathy Antley led the Lady Raiders with 15 points, but she was the only player on her team to score in double figures.

Jefferson County boys 64, Franklin County 47

FAYETTE — Kadon Day scored a game-high 24 points and Keldrick Scott had 18 points as the Tigers used a big first half to defeat the Bulldogs by 17 points in the regular-season finale.

Jefferson County (23-5) jumped out to a 21-11 lead at the end of the first quarter and increased its lead to 36-19 by halftime.

The second half was even as both teams scored 12 points in the third quarter and 16 in the fourth quarter. Bo Tillman led Franklin County with 11 points.

Oak Forest girls 44, Centreville 37

BAKER, La. — The second quarter proved not only to be the determining factor of this MPSA District 5-AA semifinal game, but also provided the margin of victory for the Lady Yellow Jackets as they advanced to the finals of the district tournament.

Oak Forest outscored Centreville 11-4 in that quarter to take an 18-10 lead at halftime. The total of the other three quarters ended up the same — 33 for Oak Forest and 33 for Centreville.

Centreville (8-16), the No. 3 seed, was led by Amber Addington with 19 points. Unfortunately for the Lady Tigers no one else stepped up their game when they needed it.

Lindsey Oliver led No. 2 seed Oak Forest with 15 points and Lauren Brumfield chipped in with 11 points.

The Lady Tigers will take on the loser of the game between No. 4 seed Bowling Green and No. 1 seed Silliman today at 2 p.m. in the consolation game. That game will also determine the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds out of District 5-AA for next week’s Class AA South State Tournament, which will take place at Copiah Academy in Gallman.

Chamberlain-Hunt boys 53, WCCA 42

ST. JOSEPH — Grant Godley scored a game-high 20 points and Dayne Rickels chipped in with 10 points as the Wildcats defeated the Rams Friday night at the Tensas Academy gym.

This was a tiebreaker game to determine the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds out of District 7-A for next week’s Class A South Regional Tournament at Huntington.

Both teams got off to a good start with Chamberlain-Hunt holding a narrow 14-12 lead at the end of the first quarter. But as the game went along, the Wildcats kept increasing their lead and the Rams were unable to slow them down.

Trumaine Norwood led WCCA with 13 points. Christopher Houghton and Sean Venezia had eight points each.

Madison girls 56, Ferriday 34

FERRIDAY — It was an important District 4-2A game for Ferriday as far as making the playoffs was concerned. A win and the Lady Trojans would finish in second place in the district by themselves.

Unfortunately, a big fourth quarter by Madison resulted in a 22-point loss. Ferriday finished tied for second place with Lake Providence at 3-3 in district play and the two teams will face each other at Mangham next Monday at 7 p.m. in a tiebreaker game.

Edeena Cooper and her Lady Jaguars teammates had their own agenda coming into this game — going undefeated in 4-2A after having already won the district championship.

Cooper proved to be unstoppable as she scored a game-high 30 points and nearly finished with as many points by herself as Ferriday did as a team.

However, Madison (19-8, 6-0) only had a five-point lead at the end of the third quarter. The Lady Jaguars finally put the Lady Trojans away with a decisive 20-3 advantage in the fourth quarter.

Andrea Bridgewater added 11 points for Madison. Jasmine Upchurch led Ferriday (10-17 overall) with 18 points.

Salem girls 58, Cathedral 50

TYLERTOWN — The Lady Green Wave scored more points than the Lady Wildcats did in the final three quarters, but they could score just two points in the first quarter and that proved to be the difference.

Salem dominated the action on both ends of the court in the first quarter and by the time the buzzer sounded, the Lady Wildcats had a 13-2 lead.

Cathedral got back in the game by outscoring Salem 14-9 in the second quarter and trailed by just six points at halftime. Yet despite scoring 34 points in the second half, the Lady Green Wave’s defense could not slow down the Lady Wildcats.

Keosha Peters led Salem (4-5 in Region 7-1A) with 21 points and Tiffany Turner had 15 points. Brandi McGraw led Cathedral (3-21, 1-9) with 14 points while Kristian Dobard and Anna Huffines had 12 points each.

Franklin County girls 65, Jefferson County 53

FAYETTE — Latonya Williams, Paige Webster and Shareka Hunt combined to score 48 points as the Lady Bulldogs improved to 19-5 on the season with a 12-point win over the Lady Tigers.

Williams finished with 18 points while Webster and Hunt had 15 points for Franklin County to offset a 27-point performance by the game’s leading scorer, Jefferson County’s Veronica Miler.

The Lady Bulldogs took a 17-11 lead after one quarter of play and then outscored the Lady Tigers 18-10 in the second quarter for a 35-21 lead at halftime. Even though the Lady Tigers scored 20 points in the third quarter, it was still not nearly enough.

Madison boys 84, Ferriday 70

FERRIDAY — Darren Cooper finished with 23 points and Keith Williams scored 17 points to lead five Jaguars players in double figures as the No. 1 team in Class 2A finished undefeated in District 4-2A by defeating the Trojans.

DeAndre Adams had 14 points, Ray Perkins added 12 points and Benjamin Reed chipped in with 10 points, which improved to 29-5 overall and completed district play with a 6-0 record.

Ferriday (13-14, 2-4) actually had a 22-20 lead at the end of the first quarter, but Madison responded by outscoring the Trojans 24-19 in the second quarter to take a 44-41 lead at halftime.

With Madison having too many weapons for Ferriday to handle, the Trojans were unable to reclaim the lead in the second half.

Matthew Smith led Ferriday with 20 points, Montrell Tennessee scored 19 points and Lavier Pryor had 13 points.