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The Indians led 9-4 after one quarter and then took a 26-12 advantage into the locker room at halftime.

Bridgeport began to slowly pull away in the third period, leading 39-21 after three before increasing its edge to 24 points in the fourth stanza.

Phoenix Sickles (20 points, 10 rebounds, three blocks), Anderson McDougal (13 points, three boards, three assists, four steals) and Landon Sanders (11 points, four assists) all scored in double figures to lead the Indians.

Levi Wanless paced the Tigers with eight points, while Lucas D’Angelo and A.J. Friedman each tallied seven points.

Bridgeport advances to Friday’s semifinal at 1 p.m. against No. 4 seed Fairmont Senior.

ELKINS 4 8 9 11 — 32: Wanless 8, D’Angelo 7, Friedman 7, Dr.Hinzman 4, Dy.Hinzman 3, Shreve 2, Raiford 1, Boggs 0, Fletcher 0, Broschart 0, Lonon 0, Biller 0, Louk 0.

BRIDGEPORT 9 17 13 16 — 55: Sickles 20, A.McDougal 13, Sanders 11, Spatafore 8, Zuliani 3, D. Williams 0, Dodd 0, G.Williams 0, J.McDougal 0, Romano 0.

WESTSIDE 83, DODDRIDGE COUNTY 53: The Class AA No. 3 seed Renegades had the hot hand offensively to start off the tournament on Tuesday morning, hitting on 12 of 24 shots from beyond the arc.

Kaiden Vance led the way for Westside (17-5) with 26 points, going 6 of 8 from 3-point land.

“Just an amazing performance. The community support is off the charts right now. What they do has got everybody so excited,� Westside coach Nick Cook said. “These guys have been working hard and today they got the job done.�

Defensively, the Renegades held Bulldogs center Jaden Solomon (9.5 ppg) scoreless, although he led No. 6 Doddridge County (20-5) with seven rebounds.

Behind Vance’s performance, Westside had balanced scoring as Colton Lester had 15 points, while Austin Bishop added 14 and Bryson Blankenship contributing 11 for the day.

The Renegades will play No. 2 Wheeling Central on Thursday at 11:15 a.m. in the semifinal round.

DODDRIDGE COUNTY 12 9 16 16 — 53: Landon 13, Dixon 3, Trent 0, DeHaven 20, Solomon 0, Mitchell 2, Adams 7, Amodio 0, Jones 0, I.Johnson 0, Kimball 3, Glaspell 2, A.Johnson 0.

WESTSIDE 20 17 27 19 — 83: Kenneda 5, K.Vance 26, A.Bishop 14, Lester 15, Blankenship 11, Bray.Waldron 3, Mullens 0, Cline 0, Brax.Waldron 0, Cook 4, West 0, B.Vance 3, B.Bishop 2, Walls 0, McNeely 0.

WHEELING CENTRAL 80, RITCHIE COUNTY 27: Things got out of hand quickly for the No. 7 seed Rebels (17-8) on Tuesday against No. 2 Wheeling Central in the Class AA quarterfinals.

“Coming in, I thought Ritchie County was really a decent team,� Maroon Knights coach Mel Stephens said. “They had a couple kids that could score. I just thought, for us to be successful, we had to try to control those guys and basically go out and do the stuff that we do on both ends.�

Wheeling Central led 23-8 after one quarter, and the game snowballed even more for the Rebels in the second stanza as the Maroon Knights raced to a commanding 51-17 edge at halftime.

Eli Sancomb notched a double-double for the Maroon Knights with 22 points, 11 rebounds and six assists, while Tyler Dean tallied 21 points and went 5 for 5 from 3-point range.

Rhett Johnson paced the Rebels with 15 points, burying five triples. Isaac Hodges chipped in eight points for Ritchie County with nine rebounds and three blocks.

Wheeling Central (22-2) advances to Thursday’s semifinal at 11:15 a.m. against No. 3 Westside.

RITCHIE COUNTY 8 9 8 2 — 27: Johnson 15, Hodges 8, Cronin 3, Satterfield 1, Shriver 0, Flesher 0, Cress 0, Hamilton 0, Keen 0, Compton 0.

WHEELING CENTRAL 23 28 12 17 — 80: E.Sancomb 22, Dean 21, L.Sancomb 9, Olejasz 8, Kusic 6, Brodegard 6, Billick 3, Anthony 2, Estep 2, Gianangeli 1.