Fast-paced action was the theme for the evening at George Mason University as Hayfield defeated Lake Braddock 62-50 and T.C. Williams downed Centreville by a score of 77-67. The two will meet at 7:00 p.m. at the Patriot Center on Saturday.

The first game featured Mark Martino's farewell to 18 years of coaching as he tried to keep Lake Braddock's Cinderella story alive against a very talented Hayfield Hawk team. The two teams split games in the regular seaon. And it looked like an upset might actually happen. The Bruins led at the end of the 1st quarter 12-9 behind two 3-pointers from Max Sinthorntham and were still very much in the contest down only 29-24 at the half. Bob Ritchie made two big blocks for the Bruins to ignite the crowd and his teammates. The Hawks got off to a fast start in the 2nd quarter by going on a 11-2 run brought about by a pressing defense that resulted in 6 Lake Braddock turnovers. Russell Lee led all scores at intermission with 14. The Bruins came out cold in the 3rd, not scoring for the first 4 minutes but found some life and went on a 10-1 spurt to finish in the quarter down by only 2. Hayfield proved too talented and quick in the 4th period. Michael Lee threw down 2 huge threes to put the Hawks up by 12 and Darren Stackhouse was dominant on the boards finishing with 15 rebounds to go along with his 13 points. Russell Lee ended the evening witih 21 big points, 5 steals and 4 assists. Craig Battle also played a dominant role in Hayfield's victory, blocking 4 shots and scoring 12. Max Sinthorntham, Bob Ritchie and Cory Lindsay finished with 13, 10 and 10 points to end a great season for Martino's Bruins.

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In the nightcap, Centreville came in a slight underdog to T.C. Williams, a run-and-gun machine. However, in the first half, this wasn't the case at all as the Wildcats of Centreville came out on fire and hit their first 5 field goals to take a quick 11-5 lead before T.C. knew what hit them. Nick Smith and Michael Toth were on fire as Centreville ended the quarter with a 17-12 lead. Sophomore sensation Darian Townes kept the Titans in the game with two monster dunks and tough inside play. Centreville didn't ease up in the 2nd quarter with great ball management and continued sharpshooting as they finished the half with a commanding 38-25 lead on 18-for-31 shooting. William Montgomery was perfect from the field, hitting all five of his field goals to lead all scorers with 10 at intermission. Marcus Lynn had 6 big boards for T.C. and Jason Ingram drained 2 huge three-pointers to keep the Titans in the hunt. The second half proved to be a complete reversal of basketball fortunes. T.C. opened up with a relentless press that caused 3 consecutive Wildcat miscues and led to a 14-4 run to close out the 3rd quarter with the game knotted at 48. The fourth quarter started where the third left off. Ingram kept bombing and hitting from downtown, Townes kept blocking shots and scoring inside, Marcus Lynn continued to dominate the boards and Jeffrey Ruffin dished out 4 assists and pumped in 13 big points for the game as the Titans outscored the Wildcats 52-29 in the 2nd half. Ingram, Ruffin, Townes and Lynn all scored in double figures with Townes swatting 6 shots and Lynn grabing 9 boards. The Wildcats' Montgomery was dominant inside scoring 20, on 9-for-10 shooting with Toth and Smith combining for 15 points to go along with a great all-around game from Steven Harvin who finished the season with 10 points, 5 steals and 6 assists.

Come one and all to the Regional Boys and Girls Finals at the Patriot Center on the campus of George Mason University as the boys match-up features Hayfield against T.C. Williams at 7:00 p.m. and the Lady Cougars of Oakton meet the Lady Hawks, also of Hayfield, in the girls final at 9:00.