Williamsburg Christian Academy’s girls basketball team finished off another year of Metro Conference dominance Saturday by defeating Portsmouth Christian 94-41 in the tournament championship.
The victory marked WCA’s fourth conference tournament championship in a row as the Eagles are now an astonishing 72-0 against conference opponents over the past four seasons. WCA finished 19-0 against conference teams this season without ever winning a game by less than double digits.
Junior standout Keyana Brown scored a game-high 24 points in the win to earn conference Player of the Year honors for the third straight year. Brown was joined on the all-tournament first team by teammates Jalynn Ponzo, Tonika Pierce, Tiara Strong and Stephanie Seaman.
WCA, which captured its first-ever state championship in Division 3 last season, will embark on a Division 2 state title run next week beginning with the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Tidewater Conference Tournament
Cape Henry Collegiate’s top-seeded girls and boys teams each captured Tidewater Conference tournament championships Saturday.
Cape Henry’s girls defeated Hampton Roads Academy 63-47 in the first of two championship games hosted at HRA before the boys rallied to beat Walsingham 57-54 in the nightcap.
In the girls’ final, HRA trimmed CHC’s 32-21 halftime lead to two (38-36) heading into the fourth quarter before being outscored 25-11 during the final eight minutes of regulation. Tournament MVP Bianca Roach led all scorers with 34 points for Cape Henry and Alexis Smith added 18.
HRA’s Rachel Lia capped off a strong tournament performance with 22 points to lead the Navigators, who got notable efforts from Braysia Hicks (13 points, 9 rebounds) and Brianne Spence (7 points, 10 rebounds, 8 blocks).
In the boys’ final, Walsingham held an eight-point lead with six minutes to go before Cape Henry rallied behind Malik Gray, who scored 10 of his 20 points during the final period.
Brandon LaRose and Miguel Kissoon, who were named to the all-TCIS tournament first team, led the Trojans with 16 point apiece and Billy Barnes added 11.
The full all-tournament teams are listed below.
GIRLS TCIS All-Tournament Team
Latrice Hunter- Norfolk Christian
Danielle Webster- Norfolk Christian
Alexis Smith- Cape Henry Collegiate
Braysia Hicks- Hampton Roads Academy
Rachel Lia- Hampton Roads Academy
MVP- Bianca Roach- Cape Henry Collegiate
BOYS TCIS All-Tournament Team
James Paige- Cape Henry Collegiate
Devon Hall- Cape Henry Collegiate
Adam Grant- Norfolk Collegiate
Brandon LaRose- Walsingham Academy
Miguel Kissoon- Walsingham Academy
MVP- Malik Gray- Cape Henry Collegiate
