COLUMBIA &045; Coming off a tough loss to a Centreville team most people thought they should have beaten, the Trinity Episcopal Saints needed a win over Columbia Academy to stay in the race for second place in District 4-AA.

And thanks to key plays by Stevan Ridley and Kris Ford late in regulation and Taylor Fleming in overtime, the Saints got that much-needed win, defeating the Cougars on the road 26-20.

&8221;It was a big win for us. An upset,&8220; Saints head coach David King said. &8221;To get a win like this is big for us.&8220;

Trinity (5-2, 2-1) stayed in the game against a Columbia team that was much bigger than the Saints and got a three-touchdown performance by running back Ben Selman.

Selman scored his first touchdown late in the first quarter to give the Cougars (3-3, 0-3) a 7-0 lead.

The Saints answered with two touchdowns in the second quarter. Ridley scored on a 4-yard run just past the midway point of the quarter and then threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to Tripp Bryant to end the first half with a 12-7 lead.

&8221;They were so big up front,&8220; King said. &8221;We spread them out a bit. We had a lot of receivers with a lot of yards.&8220;

Selman gave Columbia a 14-12 lead with a 36-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter.

Trinity answered again as Kyle Ketchings scored on a 1-yard run, and Ridley’s two-point conversion run gave the Saints a 20-14 lead with 7:36 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Selman once again scored for the Cougars, this time on a 55-yard run with 6:41 to go to tie the score at 20. Jody Brock’s extra-point was blocked by Ridley and the score remained 20-20.

Columbia had one last chance to win the game, but Kris Ford came up with an interception in the end zone on the last play in regulation.

&8221;The kids refused to give in,&8220; King said. &8221;We had a couple of missed extra points and a couple of big plays. It was a big-play game.&8220;

On Trinity’s first attempt in overtime, Ridley scored on a 3-yard run to make it 26-20, but the extra point was no good.

Columbia’s attempt in overtime ended with a fumble that was recovered by Fleming to end the game.

&8221;To come out and score and miss the extra point and recover the fumble, it was a wave of emotion from down to up in two plays,&8220; King said. &8221;I’m very, very please with where we are.

Adams Christian 43, Wilkinson Christian 0

NATCHEZ &045; Three first-quarter touchdowns by the Rebels set the tone for the game as the Rebels celebrated homecoming with a shutout win over the Rams.

Adams Christian (6-1) had four of its touchdowns via the running game, which accounted for more than 250 of the Rebels’ 350 total yards in the game, while the defense held WCCA (3-4) to just over 100 total yards of offense.

The return of the Rebels’ running was a big plus for quarterback Timmy Foster, who had to throw the ball just six times in the game, including a 46-yard touchdown pass to Cole Bradford late in the first quarter.

Huntington 47, Riverdale 8

FERRIDAY, La. &045; Huston Eliser, Jody Cottongin and Ricky Dunbar combined to rush for nearly 400 yards and all seven touchdowns as the Hounds rolled to an easy win at homecoming over the Rebels.

Dunbar had three touchdown runs while Cottongin and Eliser each had two touchdown runs as Huntington (5-2) had all of its offense on the ground, as did Riverdale (2-5), which got 119 yards rushing from Jarred Woodard, but a total of minus-6 yards from the rest of the offense.

Centreville 35, Amite School Center 0

LIBERTY &045; The Tigers found a gear in the second quarter and were able to ring up three scores to put the non-district game away.

Centreville got on the board first when Nick Goudeau ran in from 3 yards out just inside the second quarter. The Tigers got another score when Josh Lanehart hit Jason Vine on an 8-yard pass for another score at the 2:55 mark.

The Tigers got the ball back and punched it in again when Lanehart connected with Jeffrey DeLee on a 65-yard pass for a 21-0 lead at half.

DeLee picked off a pass in the third quarter and ran it back 15 yards for a touchdown. He had three interceptions in the contest.

Tensas 42, Tallulah 6

ST. JOSEPH, La. &045; In the only District 7-A game of the night, the Chiefs scored 21 points in the first quarter and cruised to an easy win over the Trojans.

Will Ratcliff had nearly 200 yards rushing and two rushing touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass from Bennett Schauf.