Colonial Beach opened the second half with a 15-0 run and went on to nip Eastern Montgomery 77-75 in the Group A, Division 1 boys basketball tournament championship game yesterday at the Siegel Center. The Drifters won their first state title behind the one-two scoring/rebounding combo of T.T. Carey and Dylan Farinet. Carey had 37 points (23 in the second half) and 16 rebounds. Farinet scored all 18 of his points in the second half and hauled in 19 rebounds. The Drifters outrebounded the Mustangs 52-31.

The top area high school teams in the state tournament will face Northern Virginia high schools in quarterfinal play tonight and tomorrow night.

The Central Region basketball tournament boys and girls championship games scheduled tonight at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Siegel Center have been postponed until Wednesday.

Final, last night, at Hanover
Highland Springs 67, Henrico 48
  CENTRAL DISTRICT
Final, last night, at Petersburg
Petersburg 75, Hopewell 46
  COLONIAL DISTRICT
Final, last night, at Patrick Henry
John Marshall 62, Douglas Freeman 51
  DOMINION DISTRICT
Final, last night, at Cosby

HIGH SCHOOL   Blue Ridge 75, Roanoke Catholic 51 Castlewood 59, Ervinton 20 Graham 69, Marion 60 Hampton Roads 72, Portsmouth Christian 52 Isle of Wight Academy 70, Holy Cross Regional 43 Radford 89, Giles 64 Va. Episcopal 54, Eastern Mennonite 46 Word of Life Academy 57, Fredericksburg Christian 47

HIGH SCHOOLS FRIDAY
Blacksburg 65, Franklin County 79 Albemarle 54, Brooke Point 51 Amelia Academy 65, Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot 56 Amherst County 54, Heritage-Lynchburg 53 Appalachia 44, Powell Valley 42 Atlantic Shores Christian 99, Hampton Christian 67 Atlee 61, Lee-Davis 58

The Petersburg boys basketball team reigns as the No. 1 team in the Central Region and state entering the regular-season stretch run to the postseason tournaments. Meanwhile, some of the best young players in the commonwealth will be center stage Saturday at Benedictine in Slamfest VIII.

Tye Bender had 20 points and six steals as Huguenot, ranked No. 6 in the T-D Top Ten Poll, held off No. 7 Monacan 55-49 last night. Marcia Bogan registered 14 points and seven assists for the Falcons. Eban Harris scored 10 points and Jeanette Cousins added five blocks. Candice Silas scored 22 points for the Chiefs, who held the Falcons to just seven points in the fourth quarter.

High school basketball: As the season starts, sportswriter Arthur Utley shares an inside look at the teams competing in Central Virginia.

RICHMOND CHRISTIAN 58, BANNER CHRISTIAN 25  BANNER CHRISTIAN (0-1)  Winans 2, Sears 2, Lackey 8, Brown 6, Rhodes 7. Totals 9 6-20 25.  RICHMOND CHRISTIAN (1-3) Blackwell 17, Duncan 15, Silva 10, Ka. Call 4, Kr. Call 4, Boyer 1, Mullican 5, Lachniet 2. Totals 24 9-14 58.  Banner Christian———————————— 3 9 2 11—25