BASTROP, La. &045; It was one of the most important games in private school baseball all season long &045; a matchup between the No. 2 and No. 3 teams in the latest Clarion-Ledger MPSA poll.

Tuesday night’s matchup between the Prairie View Spartans and the Adams Christian Rebels was to determine first place in District 3-AA and both teams had their best pitchers on the mound &045; Cole Johnson for the Spartans and Timmy Foster for the Rebels.

Just when it looked like the Rebels would head back to Natchez in first place by themselves, the Spartans took advantage of key miscues to score five runs in the sixth inning and defeat the Rebels 9-8.

&uot;I think we jumped out early and kind of relaxed,&uot; Rebels head coach Gill Morris said. &uot;The errors, putting guys on base and us leaving 11 men on base was the difference in the game.

&uot;We made two errors, two hit batters and a walk and they got just one hit&uot; in the bottom of the sixth.

ACCS (7-1, 15-3) scored two runs in the top of the first inning and appeared on its way to a big lead when it scored four runs in the top of the third.

Dustin Case doubled to score Cole Bradford, who reached first on an error, and David Trisler, who hit a single. David Alton New singled in Timmy Foster, who got on after being hit by a pitch. Jamie Morris then singled to score Case for a 6-0 lead.

Prairie View (8-0, 22-2) cut the lead in half by scoring three runs in the bottom of the third &045; all with two outs.

The Rebels had their chances to put even more runs on the board and essentially put the game away.

&uot;We left runners on in all but the third and sixth innings,&uot; Morris said. &uot;We left the bases loaded in the second. We left two on in the fourth, fifth and seventh. We had two walks and six hit batters. We should’ve won the game. We just didn’t get the key hit when we needed it.&uot;

Centreville 14, Brookhaven 4

CENTREVILLE &045; The Tigers (6-3, 13-7) got out of a logjam in the race for second place in MPSA District 4-AA by scoring 13 runs in the bottom of the second inning for the 10-run win over the Cougars (5-4 in district) in five innings.

&uot;We batted around once,&uot; Tigers head coach Jason Horne said. &uot;We had two doubles. We had two or three runs off bases-loaded walks. We had three singles (in a row) and three walks (in a row).&uot;

The big hit of that inning was a double by Blake Devall that scored two runs.

&uot;We control our own destiny,&uot; Horne said. &uot;If we win out, we make the district.&uot;

Forest 12, Monterey 4

FOREST, La. &045; Monterey didn’t get the hits it needed and it cost the Wolves dearly.

&uot;We just didn’t get hits at right time,&uot; Monterey head coach Hank Zizzi said.

Monterey fell to Forest in the Wolves’ first district loss this season.

Monterey took a 3-2 lead briefly in the third when Max Green led off with a walk and Layton Strebeck also walked. Gary Evans knocked Green in and Matt Shively doubled to bring

Strebeck and Evans home.

But the Bulldogs came back roaring, scoring two in the third to retake the lead and then scoring nine runs in the fourth to take a commanding advantage.

&uot;They had a big inning, let’s just leave it at that,&uot; Zizzi said.

Monterey had played well recently, but Zizzi said the team that played Forest didn’t look like the same team he’s had the past few games.

&uot;The last few games we played pretty well,&uot; Zizzi said. &uot;We just did not bring it to this game.&uot;

Bowling Green 14, Trinity 4

FRANKLINTON, La. &045; Trinity fell to 0-10 in district play with a loss at Bowling Green Tuesday night.

The teams were tied at three after the third inning, but Bowling Green scored four in the fourth and five in the fifth to pull away for the victory.

Trinity’s greatest success came in the first inning, when Zach Rogel was hit by a pitch and Clint Easom singled to move him to third. Rogel scored on a past ball that moved Easom to second. Stevan Ridley walked and moved to second on an error that brought Easom in, giving the Saints an early 2-0 lead.

In the third, Trinity tied things up when Wells Middleton singled, went to second on a past ball and scored.