Dewitt, Chantilly Sink Westfield

It was a split-second look shared by Chantilly senior guard Shane Gaboury and junior forward Matt Dewitt. That's all they had time for last night in the Chargers' 57-55 win over Westfield.

On the road, with Chantilly trailing its crosstown rival 55-54 with less than 10 seconds left, Gaboury brought the ball up the floor, where a ball-hawking Bulldogs defense triple-teamed him in the lane and nearly forced a turnover.

With 2,000 rowdy fans in full throat and coaching staffs screaming from both benches, Gaboury couldn't hear his teammates calling for him in the corners, each of them holding their hands out in frantic motions, begging for the ball.

Gaboury, who was filling in for injured starter Devin Ballam, wasn't accustomed to these situations.

"He made eye contact," said Dewitt, who took a frantic pass from Gaboury and knocked down a high, arcing three-pointer with less than three seconds left that clinched the victory and brought the Chantilly fans rushing onto the court. "Once I got it, I knew I had to let it go."

Dewitt's shot ended a fight for first place in the Virginia AAA Concorde District, one that featured three lead changes and two ties in the final quarter. It also snapped No. 16 Westfield's winning streak at 10 and gave No. 18 Chantilly (13-1, 6-0) just its second win in the past five neighborhood rivalry meetings. Westfield dropped to 12-2, 4-1.

"I knew it was good before it left his hand," said senior guard Justin May, who despite nursing a torn hamstring came off the bench to score 14 points, including five as part of a 16-9 fourth-quarter run that culminated with Dewitt's three. "I didn't even box out."

Gaboury, who took over the point when Ballam went down with a high-ankle sprain in the first half, was one of nine Chargers to score.

"I knew [Dewitt] was going to be there because in practice that's his hot spot," Gaboury said.

Westfield's Chris Kearney, a 6-foot-7 senior who has led Westfield in scoring in 12 of its first 14 games, scored 19 points in the first three quarters before the Chargers' defense keyed on him in the fourth.

"We play them again," Kearney said. "We are going to come ready."

No. 18 Chantilly 57 No. 16 Westfield 55 Stacking Up the D's: Entering last night's games, only Langley (48.1 points per game) had a better defense than Westfield, which was allowing 49.5 points per game. Manning Up: Chantilly's 6-foot-11 sophomore center, John Manning, was poised through four quarters, scoring 10 of his 12 points in the first half, during which he avoided foul trouble and distributed well from the high post, allowing the Chargers to take a 29-26 lead at halftime.