Staff photo / Brian Yauger Campbell senior Teyon Harris (5) and the Red Devils celebrate after topping LaBrae in a district semifinal matchup on Saturday.

SALEM — In a game that had plenty of pregame hype, Campbell and LaBrae delivered.

Going down to the final seconds, the Red Devils were victorious, downing the Vikings, 64-62, in the Division VI, Northeast 4 District title match.

“That’s what you expected in a district championship from both sides,” Campbell coach Nick Canterino said. “They’re so well-coached, such a good team, but I was just so excited with our guys. Everybody who played gave great minutes. We had some role players step up really big in key situations and I’m just proud of these guys.”

Teyon Harris led the Red Devils with 16 points. Jared Colon had 14 and Christos Davis had 12.

While netting just eight points, all in the fourth quarter, Sway Rodriguez found a way to thrive while being guarded tough.

“They did a really good job on Sway tonight,” Canterino said. “They face guarded him, and he didn’t score until the fourth quarter, but again, he was getting people involved. He was playing great defense. He never got out of it, mentally, and that’s what leaders do.”

The Vikings were led on the scoresheet by Austin Rowe who finished with 19 points. Seniors Derek Wilson and Owen Boone added 17 and 14 respectively.

LaBrae’s season ends at 19-6.

Wilson and Boone are the two seniors on the roster, and have left a legacy on the program.

“Derek was really showing the hard work in the offseason. He really put in a lot of time to improve his game. That’s how he got that good,” Vikings coach Chad Kiser said. “He’s an example that we set for our younger kids of what they need to do if they want to get to that level.

“Owen’s done a good job running the point for us, and just being the leader for us this year and that was big for me. That’s his first year, where he ran point for us. He’s really stepped up and took the role, ran the offense, and did a great job.”

Looking toward next year, the Vikings have lots of returning talent, but what happens is up to them.

“It’s up to the kids,” Kiser said. “We’ve got a lot of guys back. We talked about just a few things we did wrong today and being in this for these guys, this is the first time they’ve been in this atmosphere. The program’s been in it many times but for this group of guys, this is the first year to have that atmosphere, that important of a game with lots on the line.

“And I thought we performed well. Now hopefully next year, they take the lessons we learned here and have that experience and we take one step forward and get to that next level, but it won’t be easy.”

Campbell returns to Canton Memorial Fieldhouse for the first time since 2022 for a regional semifinal matchup. Awaiting them on Tuesday is Dalton, who took down Grand Valley in the 4 p.m. game on Saturday.

While none of the seniors played as freshmen, Campbell’s fourth-year players still were able to see what it takes to win on the regional stage.

“They didn’t really necessarily get to experience it because they weren’t dressed, they were on the trip, but at least they know it’s possible,” Canterino said. “I think once you see it, you can think ‘Hey, we could do it.’ I think that just kind of paved the way for these guys with, I mean, what a great senior group and I can’t say enough good things about them.

“This week, especially, just realizing that any day could be the last day. We just had such a great week of practice. We’re very familiar with LaBrae. These guys just locked in and we’re going to be locked in again on Tuesday.”

Start time is set for 6 p.m.