FERRIDAY — Senior guard and co-captain Kierra Neal scored a season-high 32 points as the Delta Charter School Lady Storm snapped a two-game losing streak with a 52-41 win over the Oak Grove High School Lady Tigers on Saturday afternoon in an LHSAA District 2-1A game.

Delta Charter’s defense made it tough for Oak Grove not only to make shots, but to get shots off in the first half. The Lady Storm held the Lady Tigers to just two points in the opening quarter and six points in the second quarter on its way to a 23-8 halftime lead.

The Lady Storm outscored the Lady Tigers 12-10 in the third quarter for a 35-18 lead. Oak Grove finally woke up in the fourth quarter and scored 23 points, but it could not make nearly enough stops to really make a game of it. Delta Charter put up 17 points in the final eight minutes.

Cloi Cummings contributed for the Lady Storm with 11 points. Priya Hill led the Lady Tigers with 23 points.

Delta Charter (12-13, 5-3) plays at St. Frederick High School on Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 6 p.m.

Oak Grove boys 74,

Delta Charter 46

FERRIDAY — Led by Taevon Anderson and Demon White, the Oak Grove High School Tigers used a big second quarter to break open a close game as they went on to beat the Delta Charter School Storm 74-46 Saturday afternoon in LHSAA District 2-1A action.

A back-and-forth first quarter ended with Oak Grove only up one point on Delta Charter, 14-13. However, the second quarter belonged to the Tigers, especially on the offensive end as they scored 27 points to 14 points for the Storm for a 41-27 halftime advantage.

The Tigers’ defense continued to put the pressure on the Storm throughout the second half. Oak Grove (10-11, 6-2) outscored Delta Charter 13-8 in the third quarter and 20-11 in the fourth quarter.

Anderson finished with a game-high 16 points and White added 12 points. Kavarius Whitehead led the Storm with 15 points and Rykeion Glasper had nine points.

Delta Charter (7-16, 3-5) next plays on Tuesday at St. Frederick High School with tip-off time at 7:30 p.m.

Forest Hill girls 42,

Natchez High 36

NATCHEZ — In a highly competitive, yet low-scoring game between Forest Hill High School and Natchez High School, the Lady Patriots escaped with a 42-36 win over the Lady Bulldogs Friday night in an MHSAA Region 6-5A game.

What hurt Natchez High the most were a rough third quarter and the inability to make key free throws down the stretch. And that was after the Lady Bulldogs went into halftime with a 20-16 lead.

As for what went wrong for the home team in the third quarter, Lady Bulldogs head coach ShaRhonda Gipson said, “They didn’t execute. We missed way too many easy shots around the basket. And we lost by six.”

And that allowed the Lady Patriots to outscore the Lady Bulldogs 14-4 for a 30-24 advantage at the end of the quarter. They also played good defense throughout the game on junior guard/forward Candi Gray. Even though she led them in scoring, Gray was held to 12 points.

Natchez High would have at the very least had a better opportunity to win the game had it done better at the free-throw line when it counted the most.

“We missed seven free throws in a row in the last minute and a half of the game,” Gipson said.

Kelsey McNeal scored six points for the Lady Bulldogs. Teanna Howard finished with 12 points and Geonna Marshall had nine points to lead the Lady Patriots.

Natchez High (11-10, 1-2) plays host to Pearl High School on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Forest Hill boys 69,

Natchez High 52

NATCHEZ — Ken Evans Jr. finished with a game-high 23 points and Keondre Montgomery added 17 points as the Forest Hill High School Patriots pulled away for a 69-52 win over the Natchez High School Bulldogs in an MHSAA Region 6-5A game Friday night.

Natchez High got off to a good start and led Forest Hill 14-12 at the end of the first quarter. The Patriots responded with a 16-12 advantage in the second quarter to go into halftime up 28-26.

Then the Patriots asserted themselves on both ends of the court in the second half. They outscored the Bulldogs 25-16 in the third quarter and 16-10 in the fourth quarter.

Jadarius Stampley led the Bulldogs with 19 points and James Singleton added 16 points. Charles Credit, one of the Bulldogs’ leading scorers, was held in check by the Patriots and ended up with just five points.

Natchez High (11-7, 0-3) hosts Pearl High School at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

ACCS girls 39,

Silliman Institute 34

NATCHEZ — Danyel Weir led Adams County Christian School with a game-high 13 points and Shelby Mason scored 10 points as the Lady Rebels held on for a 39-34 win over the Silliman Institute Lady Wildcats Friday night in an MAIS District 5-AAA game.

This was the second win in a row for ACCS’ varsity girls’ basketball team and, more importantly, put the Lady Rebels at 2-0 in district play. And for the first three quarters, they did so with defense.

The Lady Rebels took a 10-7 lead over Silliman after one quarter of play, then edged past the Lady Wildcats 8-6 in the second quarter for an 18-13 lead at intermission. The Lady Wildcats tried to respond after the half as they outscored the Lady Rebels 7-6 in the third quarter to cut the lead to four points, 24-20. But in a frenetic fourth quarter, ACCS managed to outscore Silliman 15-14.

Kaylan Peterson led the Lady Wildcats with 10 points.

ACCS (2-13 overall) will be on the road next Monday when it plays at Bowling Green School at 5 p.m.

ACCS boys 49,

Silliman Institute 43

NATCHEZ — Not a single player for Adams County Christian School scored in double figures, yet the Rebels somehow found a way to defeat the Silliman Institute Wildcats 49-43 Friday night in an MAIS District 5-AAA game.

Tyler Lindsey and Wes Stockstill led a balanced scoring attack for ACCS with nine points each. Glaston Magee added eight points and Andrew Merriett chipped in with seven points.

ACCS got off to a slow start and trailed Silliman 13-7 at the end of the first quarter. But the Rebels answered in a big way as they outscored the Wildcats 15-4 in the second quarter for a 22-17 halftime lead.

The Wildcats weren’t able to put much of a dent in the lead as they only outscored the Rebels by one point, 11-10, in the third quarter. Once again the Rebels responded, this time by outscoring the Wildcats 17-15 in the fourth quarter.

Hunter Peterson finished with a game-high 17 points to lead Silliman in scoring.

ACCS (2-11, 1-1) plays at Bowling Green School at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 21.

Ferriday girls 81,

Mangham 54

FERRIDAY — She’Kayla Miller scored 21 points and Tierra Spurs had 20 points to lead four Ferriday High School Lady Trojans in double figures as they took care of the Mangham High School Lady Dragons 81-54 Friday night in an LHSAA District 2-2A game.

Ferriday had its way with Mangham throughout the first quarter and when the buzzer sounded to end the quarter, the Lady Trojans had a 24-10 lead. They were able to add a few points to their lead in the second quarter and went into halftime leading the Lady Dragons 42-24.

Mangham tried to mount a comeback in the third quarter. Led by Taira Haynes and Raci Dallas, the Lady Dragons outscored the Lady Trojans 22-15 to cut the lead to 11 points, 57-46. Haynes finished with a game-high 23 points and Dallas added 11 points.

However, the Lady Trojans turned to their defense once again to squash the attempted rally as they put up 24 points while holding the Lady Dragons to a mere eight points. Diamond Johnson poured in 11 points and Aaliyah Gray chipped in with 10 points for the Lady Trojans.

Ferriday (18-5, 5-2) plays at Delhi Charter School on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Block girls 43, St. Mary’s 33

JONESVILLE — Led by Cintina Green, Laterria Lee, and ShirCold Bowman, the Block High School Lady Bears defeated the St. Mary’s High School Lady Tigers 43-33 Friday night in LHSAA District 3-1A action.

Even though Block outscored St. Mary’s in three of the four quarters, the Lady Bears were never able to put away the Lady Tigers. The Lady Bears had a 12-8 lead after one quarter of play and 26-20 at halftime.

Both teams scored seven points in the third quarter before Block scored 10 points to St. Mary’s six points in the fourth quarter.

Green led all scorers with 18 points, Lee ended up with 11 points, and Bowman scored nine points. Ragan Hale led the Lady Tigers with 10 points and Mackenzie Lita had nine points.

Block (19-5, 5-2) doesn’t play again until Friday when it hosts Northwood-Lena at 6 p.m.

Central Private girls 51,

Cathedral 48

CENTRAL, La. — Sally Ann Torres led Central Private School with 16 points and Danielle Lofstrum had 11 points as the Lady Rebels rallied late for a 51-48 win over the Cathedral High School Lady Green Wave Friday night in an MAIS District 5-AAA game.

The Lady Rebels trailed 11-5 at the end of the first quarter, but they outscored the Lady Green Wave 16-10 in the second quarter to send the game into halftime tied at 21-21. Just when it looked like the Lady Green Wave would pull away after a 20-14 advantage in the third quarter, the Lady Rebels answered with a 16-7 edge in the fourth quarter.

Ryleigh Probst led the Lady Green Wave with a game-high 17 points and Baylee Graning had 14 points.

Cathedral (5-15, 0-2) hosts Adams County Christian School on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Central Private boys 58,

Cathedral 53

CENTRAL, La. — Despite a game-high 19 points from Colby Passman, the Cathedral High School Green Wave could not overcome a tough first quarter as they lost to the Central Private School Rebels 58-53 Friday night in an MAIS District 5-AAA game.

The Rebels jumped out to a 19-12 lead over the Green Wave after one quarter of play and took a 28-24 lead into halftime despite being outscored 12-9 in the second quarter.

Led by Braxton Shows, who had a team-high tying 14 points, Central Private did just enough offensively to hold off Cathedral in the second half.

The Rebels outscored the Green Wave 10-9 in the third quarter and both teams scored 20 points in the fourth quarter.

Trey Gill added 12 points for the Green Wave.

Cathedral (4-15, 0-2) hosts Adams County Christian School on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

Monterey girls 52,

Harrisonburg 42

HARRISONBURG, La. — Andy Gray led all scorers with 20 points as the Monterey High School Lady Wolves held on for a 52-42 win over the Harrisonburg High School Lady Bulldogs Friday night.

Monterey raced out to a 14-7 lead over Harrisonburg at the end of the first quarter and led by six points, 26-20 at the half.

The Lady Wolves put the game away with a 13-5 advantage in the third quarter to a 39-25 lead.

Bailey Fuqua led the Lady Bulldogs with 14 points

Monterey (17-5) plays at Grace Christian School on Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. in the LHSAA District 5-B opener.