Briarfield Academy is back in familiar territory, swimming in the deepest waters of the postseason.

Brock Johnson, Hayden Smith and Jack Martin scored two touchdowns apiece, and Briarfield routed Tensas Academy 54-0 to advance to the MAIS Class 1A semifinals for the second year in a row.

Briarfield (10-1), the No. 1 seed in the Class 1A bracket, will host Claiborne Academy next week for a trip to the championship game in Jackson.

Claiborne beat Marvell Academy 52-16 in another second-round game on Friday. Briarfield beat Claiborne 58-30 when the teams met in the regular season on Oct. 4.

Briarfield won three MAIS 8-man championships in five years from 2016-20, and played for another in 2021, but did not get past the semifinals the past two seasons.

Smith scored a rushing touchdown with 16 seconds left in the first quarter for Briarfield’s first points against Tensas (2-10), and then the Rebels found the end zone four times in the second.

Brock Johnson, Ryder Jones and Jack Woodall all scored rushing touchdowns, and Smith caught a TD pass that made it 34-0 with 1:30 to go in the half.

Johnson had another rushing touchdown early in the third quarter, and Martin returned two interceptions for touchdowns to finish the scoring.