NEWPORT NEWS -- Menchville's boys basketball team advanced to Saturday night's final of the American Legion Post 368 Holiday Classic thanks largely to pressure defense. But host Woodside turned the tables on the Monarchs, using its own brand of pressure defense and breaking Menchville's with ease in a 63-43 win.

Woodside broke away from the Monarchs in the second quarter. The Wolverines (7-2) led 15-10 after the first but forced Menchville (7-2) into six second-quarter turnovers en route to a 35-18 halftime lead. Guard J.P Monge and post player Michael Cooper scored nine first-half points apiece as Woodside broke Menchville's full-court pressure.

"They broke our pressure in the first half, and it rattled us," Monarchs coach Greg Henderson said. "And we were out of sync when they pressed."

The Wolverines essentially iced the game with a 6-0 run to start the second half, demoralizing the Monarchs. Rodrick Coleman opened the half with a driving shot on a fast break, and tournament most valuable player Jermaine Detrick scored twice inside for a 41-18 Woodside lead.

"We just wanted to execute our offense and share the ball," Detrick said. Detrick scored his final four points on two layups midway through the fourth quarter as Woodside gained its largest lead of the night, 61-29.

Woodside got contributions from its entire roster. Detrick led all scorers with 15 points; Monge finished with 12 points off the bench, most on medium- to long-range jumpers; Cooper finished with 11 points and nine rebounds; Jahdel Jackson, a reserve forward, scored 11; and guards Rodrick Coleman and Philip Banks were instrumental in breaking Menchville's press.

"We put five guys on the floor, and it didn't matter who they were -- they played well together," Woodside coach Craig Davis said.

Menchville was led by Derrick Green's 13 points. Explosive wing player Brian Faulk scored just six points.

"We wanted to keep him under control and not let him catch fire," Detrick said. Menchville was without one of its top scorers, forward Darrin Boyd. He played in Menchville's first two tournament games, but was attending to a family emergency in Connecticut on Saturday.

Saturday's game was the first meeting between the two schools this year. They play twice more after the holiday break in the district schedule, not counting possible matchups in the district and and region tournaments.

"This lets us know what they have and that we can beat them," Cooper said.

In consolation action Saturday, Holy Cross of Queens, N.Y. beat Woodstock Central 69-48 in the third-place game behind point guard Miguel Gonzalez's 29 points.

Anacostia High from Southeast Washington, D.C. beat Princess Anne of Virginia Beach 74-72 on a 3-pointer at the buzzer by Donald Wilson to claim fifth place. Mark Jefferson led all scorers with 20 points for PA.

Western Branch won a battle of Chesapeake and Southeastern District rivals, 51-41, over Deep Creek to take seventh place.

WOODSIDE 63, MENCHVILLE 43

MENCHVILLE (7-2): Faulk 6, Green 13, Taylor 2, Moffatt 2, Elliott 9, Washington 3, Faulkner 4, Martin 2, Woodhouse 2, Holden 0, Matthias 0. Totals 18 5-13 43.

WOODSIDE (7-2): Detrick 15, Coleman 7, Cooper 11, Banks 2, Monge 12, Jackson 11, Harris 3, Love 2, Pettaway 0, Davis 0, Shazier 0, Taylor 0, Pressey 0, Dabney 0. Totals 25 10-16 63.

Menchville 10 8 7 18--43
Woodside 15 20 17 11--63
3-point goals-- Menchville 2 (Faulk, Green), Woodside 3 (Monge 2, Coleman). Total fouls-- Menchville 17, Woodside 16. Fouled out--None. Technicals--Banks.

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Jermaine Detrick, forward, Woodside (MVP); Philip Banks, guard, Woodside; Brian Faulk, guard/forward, Menchville; Mark Hepner, center, Woodstock Central; Donald Wilson, guard/forward, Anacostia; Miguel Gonzalez, guard, Holy Cross.

HAMPTON GIRL'S TOO MUCH FOR WOODSIDE

Hampton and Denbigh each beat Peninsula District rivals to win holiday girls basketball tournaments Saturday.

Hampton beat Woodside 44-27 to win the Lady Greyhounds Holiday Classic at Norcom High in Portsmouth and stay undefeated. Shavon Earp scored 20 points and Toia Johnson 11 for the Crabbers, who routed Great Bridge 77-26 earlier Saturday behind Earp's 19 points.

Tish Lyons' 23 points sparked Woodside past Oscar Smith 42-33 in the other semifinal. ...Denbigh won its own tournament, the American Legion Post 368 Holiday Classic, by topping Menchville 54-46. The Patriots began the tourney 1-5, but won all three games in it. Tourney MVP Kenya Andrews scored 15 points for the Patriots, and JoJuana Jones had 15 for Menchville.

BOYS BASKETBALL. James Atkins scored 23 points to lead Surry County to a 60-45 victory over Smithfield for the championship of the Smithfield Christmas Tournament.

Lamar Shaw had 16 points for the Cougars, who led 27-12 at halftime. Allen Walker's 20 points paced the host Packers.

In the consolation game, Windsor rallied in the final period to win 40-39 over Nansemond-Suffolk. Dellmus Colvin scored 24 for the Dukes.

Walsingham Academy and Isle of Wight Academy advanced to tonight's championship game of the Peninsula Catholic Holiday Classic in Newport News.

Walsingham beat Oaktree Academy 56-36 behind Chris Brown's 16 points, and IWA topped Peninsula Catholic 36-30 as Rawles Wilcox scored 10 for the Chargers.

In PC consolation play, Tidewater Academy routed BEACH Home Schools 81-42 and Hampton Christian outlasted Kenston Forest 69-59 in overtime as James Holmes poured in 30 for Hampton Christian.

FALCONS WIN NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILKDING EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

YORK -- Jamestown's bag of Harry Houdini escapes had no answer Saturday night for a senior-laden York squad.

The Falcons (9-0) earned the Newport News Shipbuilding Employees' Credit Union Holiday Tournament championship with a 63-43 victory. York senior Ross Mitchell spearheaded a 15-1 run in the fourth quarter that put away any hopes of another Eagles comeback in Tabb High's gym.

The Eagles, who registered come-from-behind victories over Kecoughtan and Tabb on the first two days of the tournament, kept hanging around, with senior Daniel Lee hitting a 3-pointer at the buzzer of the third quarter to cut the lead to 43-33.

Starting the fourth, the Eagles scored on a layup by Lee and a foul shot by Erik Supplee for a 43-36 deficit. But following that, the Falcons stepped up on defense, forcing turnovers on three out of four Jamestown possessions to begin their run.

"Our defensive intensity picked up in the second half tonight and kicked us up at the right time," said York coach Bob Shamblin. "Shots weren't falling for us in the first half, but we hit in the fourth quarter."

That run started with a layup by senior Jarred Soles via a feed from Mitchell for a 45-36 lead with 6:06 left. Senior Corey Dubrey then hit a jumper and stole the ball on the next possession. Going up for a shot, he was hit by Lee, but the ball fell in after bouncing a couple of times. After that free throw, White scored off a pass from Mitchell for a 52-36 lead with 5:09 left.

"We knew that Jamestown had that comeback capability based on its first two games," said Mitchell, who scored 22 points and was named MVP of the tournament. "When they cut it to seven, we just had to settle down and turn it up, which got us going to pull away."

Dubrey added 18 points and Soles scored 10 for York, while Mike Evans paced Jamestown (6-3) with 10 points.

KELLAM 58, TABB 48

Senior Rexson Kenley scored 21 points and Marques Fitch added 16 for the Knights as Beach District member Kellam used a 22-10 third quarter to pull away from Tabb for third place. Jeremy Romeo scored 16 points to lead Tabb, while Charlie Moore added 14 for the Tigers.

DENBIGH 85, KECO. 73

In the fifth-place game, Denbigh survived a wild fourth quarter during which Kecoughtan scored 34 points but fell short.

Jame Walker scored 16 points and Cassidy Vaughan added 15 for Denbigh, while Harold Lee led Kecoughtan with 23 points. Gary Strickland added 16 and Ralph King 10.

BRUTON 65, GRAFTON 63

The Panthers rallied from a 20-3 first-quarter deficit to take seventh place. Bruton hit 15-of-17 from the foul line in the decisive fourth quarter to pull out the victory. Kenneth Hamilton paced Bruton with 27 points, including 17-of-17 from the foul line, and Jerome McKoy added 13 for Bruton.

The Clippers were led by Kevin Guin with 20, Marquis Summerville with 14 and Dustin Eckelman with 11.

YORK 63, JAMESTOWN 43

JAMESTOWN (6-3): Lee 9, Ashlock 2, M. Brown 5, Banks 8, Evans 10, Supplee 7, Ward 2. Totals 16 9-21 43.

YORK (9-0): Mitchell 20, Soles 10, Dubrey 18, Taylor 2, Foster 6, Quesenberry 2, Trimble 2, White 3. Totals 25 10-13 63.

Jamestown 11 8 14 10-- 43 York 14 6 23 20-- 63 3-point goals: Jamestown 2 (Lee, Evans); York 3 (Dubrey 2, Mitchell). Total fouls: Jamestown 12, York 17.

KELLAM 58, TABB 48

KELLAM (6-2): Kenley 21, Fitch 16, Adewodu 2, Bell 4, Garnett 4, Petticrew 9, Fantin 2. Totals 22 11-16 58. TABB (6-3): Hawkins 4, Moore 14, Battle 6, Romeo 16, Thomas 4, Marn 2, Murry 2. Totals 17 9-12 48.

Kellam 14 10 22 12-- 58 Tabb 10 11 10 17-- 48 3-point goals: Kellam 3 (Petticrew 2, Kenley); Tabb 5 (Romeo 3, Battle 2). Total fouls: Kellam 14, Tabb 16.

DENBIGH 85, KECOUGHTAN 73

KECOUGHTAN (2-7): King 10, Brockington 4, Green 4, McCarthy 8, McMillian 2, Lee 23, Spruill 2, Strickland 16, Ross 4. Totals 26 17-23 73.

DENBIGH (4-4): McLean 3, White 3, Moore 2, Grigsby 4, Vaughan 15, Parker 5, Bethea 9, Calloway 6, Bland 9, Ja. Walker 16, Cory 7, Jo. Walker 6. Totals 30 21-43 85.

Kecoughtan 14 13 12 34-- 73 Denbigh 21 17 25 22-- 85 3-point goals: Denbigh 4 (Bethea, Ja. Walker 2, Cory); Kecoughtan 4 (McCarthy 2, Srickland 2). Total fouls: Kecoughtan 28, Denbigh 19. Fouled out: Ross, King. Technicals: Ross, Kecoughtan bench.

BRUTON 65, GRAFTON 63

GRAFTON (0-8): Guin 20, Harrell 4, Hart 3, Eckelman 11, Moore 6, Lusk 5, Summerville 14. Totals 21 13-20 63. BRUTON (4-5): McKoy 13, Washington 7, Jones 2, Louden 2, Hamilton 27, Gaston 8, Baytop 6. Totals 17 29-37 65.

Bruton 3 20 17 25-- 65 Grafton 20 12 17 14-- 63 3-point goals: Bruton 2 (McKoy, Baytop); Grafton 8 (Guin 3, Hart, Moore 2, Summerville 2). Total fouls: Grafton 24, Bruton 20. Fouled out: Harrell, Moore. Technical: Allen.

MVP: Ross Mitchell (York).

All-Tournament: Charlie Moore (Tabb), Rexson Kenley (Kellam), Jarred Soles (York), Marques Fitch (Kellam), Jeremy Romeo (Tabb), Morris Brown (Jamestown).

All-Defensive: David Lee (Jamestown), Antonio Foster (York), Erik Supplee (Jamestown).

WRESTLING. Denbigh finished ninth at the Hornet Holiday Classic at Deep Creek in Chesapeake. Great Bridge easily took the team title.

Heavyweight Sam Kirkland posted Denbigh's highest finish in the elite 12-team event. He was runner-up. ...

Mathews won all five of its matches to capture first place at the Riverheads Duals. Mathews beat Madison County (60-16); Rappahannock (42-33); Riverheads (52-30); Powell Valley (48-20); and Radford (47-30). Four Blue Devils were undefeated: freshman Charlie Riley at 103 pounds (5-0); junior Chris Hudson (3-0 at 125 and 1-0 at 130); junior Doug Sier at 145 (5-0); junior Ben Hurst at 160 (4-0); and sophomore Will Holaday at 171 (5-0). ------------