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LAFAYETTE -- Vidalia went into the fourth quarter with a 44-40 lead over the Abbeville Wildcats and used an 8-0 run to start the final frame en route to a win in the Class 3A semifinals 62-48.
The loss ends Abbeville’s season at 27-6.
Abbeville went into halftime of their Class 3A semifinal contest with the No. 1 Vikings tied at 26-26.
After a basket from Gary Stewart put Vidalia up 26-23 with 2:46 left in the half, Abbeville’s Dion Perry hit three free throws to send the two teams into the locker room tied at 26-26.

LAFAYETTE - With points difficult to come by in the post, the Midland Rebels turned to their perimeter game Tuesday in their Class B semifinal matchup with the Zwolle Hawks.
That, it turned out, proved to be a winning strategy.
The Rebels, seeking their first state title since 1977, connected on 14 of 23 attempts from 3-point range, many drawing oohs and ahhs from the crowd, built up a lead of as many as 18 points and then held on for a nail-biting 79-78 overtime victory over the Hawks.

MIDLAND – The ability to put points on the board has been a strong suit for the Midland Rebels the entire 2009-10 season. But it was their aggressive style of defense that sparked the Rebels to their biggest victory in years Friday night.

CROWLEY – It has been five years since Class B’s Midland Rebels last advanced to the Top 28 Basketball Tournament.
That brief drought can end tonight when the No. 2-seeded Rebels play host to No. 7 Hornbeck at 6:30 p.m. in a quarterfinal contest at the Midland gym.

“We get a quarterfinal game at home and I feel pretty good about it,” said Midland coach Todd Briley. “I think we will do well.

The kids are fired up and I’m pretty excited also. We’re looking forward to it and I expect it to be a pretty fun time.”

Internet photos helped Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents arrest two Coushatta residents for deer hunting violations on Feb. 18 in Natchitoches Parish.

Husband and wife Donald and Tonette Mason were each cited for failure to comply with the deer tagging requirements. Tonette was additionally cited for taking over the daily limit of deer.

The Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s boys basketball playoff pairings.

Class 5A

Quarterfinal
St. Augustine at Brother Martin
Sulphur at Hammond
St. Thomas More at Jesuit
Covington at Scotlandville

Regional
St. Augustine 68, Slidell 33
Brother Martin 66, Ponchatoula 63
Hammond 101, Southwood 77
Sulphur 33, LaGrange 28
St. Thomas More 61, Ouachita 58
Jesuit 62, Catholic 55
Covington 78, Westgate 69
Scotlandville 75, Natchitoches Central 63
Bidistrict
St. Augustine 76, Acadiana 44
Slidell 57, Thibodaux 48
Brother Martin 56, Lafayette 49