Wilkinson County Christian Academy beat Franklin Academy 11-2 on Saturday to clinch the final berth in the MAIS Class AA playoffs from District 5-AA and eliminate Porters Chapel Academy from contention.

PCA beat district champion Amite School Center 3-1 on Friday to stay alive, but needed Wilkinson Christian to lose to Franklin to earn the No. 2 seed.

The MAIS playoffs start Tuesday.

In other MAIS playoff news, St. Aloysius clinched the No. 2 seed in District 3-AAA when Park Place Christian forfeited its game against the Flashes on Friday. St. Al had beaten Park Place 17-1 earlier in the week, and the forfeit came after Thursday’s doubleheader in Pearl was rained out.

St. Al will host Silliman Institute in Game 1 of a first-round Class AAA series Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Bazinsky Field. Games 2 and 3 will be played as a doubleheader Friday at Silliman.

Vikings knock off Ridgeland

Tyler McRight went 3-for-3 with three RBIs, and Taft Nesmith allowed one unearned run in five strong innings to lead Warren Central to a 5-1 win over Ridgeland on Saturday afternoon.

D.J. Lewis had two hits and scored a run, and Josh Liberman also had two hits for the Vikings (19-6).

Nesmith only struck out two batters, but didn’t walk anyone and gave up just one hit. Brooks Boolos pitched the last two innings to earn a save.

Warren Central will host Terry Monday at 6 p.m. in its regular season finale, and then play Northwest Rankin in the second round of the MHSAA Class 6A playoffs later in the week.