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H.W. Byers' ShaDai Nolen puts up a shot past Bogue Chitto High School's Adrienne Wallace, left, during their Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 1A girls playoff basketball game in Jackson, Miss., Friday, March 1, 2013. Byers won 72-35 advancing in the tournament. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Joe Ellis)
- 1A Girls Final: Byers 72 Bogue Chitto 35
- 1A Boys Final: Coldwater 63 Hinds AHS 50
- 1A Girls Final: Hinds AHS 52 Ashland 47
- 1A Boys Final: Biggersville 61 West Lincoln 55
- 2A Girls Final: New Site back to the 2A finals with a 71-59 win over Amite.
- 2A Boys Final: Baldwyn 50 Williams-Sullivan 45.
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- Starkville Academy 68, Bowling Green 54. Starkville Academy moves to Overall Final.
- Jackson Prep advances to the MAIS Overall Championship Game defeating Marshall Academy 62-48
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The Mississippi High School Activities Association’s state basketball tournament tips off today with six semifinals games at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson.
Five of those feature Northeast Mississippi teams – the H.W. Byers, Ashland, New Site girls and Biggersville and Baldwyn boys.
New Site’s Lady Royals, the defending state champions in Class 2A, plays Amite County at 6:30 p.m. while Baldwyn’s 2A boys, who play Williams-Sullivan at 8, are looking to win the program’s eighth state title and their first since 1987.
Byers plays Bogue Chitto at 9 a.m. and Ashland meets Hinds AHS at 1 p.m. in 1A. Biggersville plays its 1A game against West Lincoln at 2:30 p.m.
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