Riverside last won a state baseball championship in 2006. On Saturday, they’ll compete for another.

Tate Scioneaux tossed a 2-hitter and Wren Vicknair and C.J. Edler each doubled twice as the Rebels defeated top-seeded Evangel Friday night, 3-1, in a Class 2A state semifinal game at Louisiana Tech.

Riverside will face Calvary Baptist, which defeated Dunham, 3-2, earlier in the day.

“I feel like we played a perfect, complete game today. But it doesn’t matter until we win tomorrow,” said Vicknair.

Added Rebels coach Matt White, “There’s something special about this team. I could feel it all season.”

Riverside scored three runs in the fifth inning, which was more than enough support for Scioneaux. The Rebels’ right-hander dominated against a loaded Evangel lineup that scored 82 runs over its last six games.

The Rebels stopped what had amounted to an Evangel rampage – Evangel had won 17 consecutive games, including three over Parkview Baptist and two over Calvary Baptist.

Trevor Kenney scored Riverside’s first run after a wild pitch. Grady Gieger and Vicknair drove in the other two runs.

Scioneaux struck out eight and walked no batters, hitting one.

“They jumped on me last year,” said Scioneaux of Riverside’s quarterfinal loss last year at Evangel. “I had to get them back … My mentality was, if they don’t score, they don’t win.

Calvary Baptist (16-14) will play in its second consecutive state title game – it fell to Evangel last year. Calvary enters on a nine-game win streak.