Liberty is used to spending the Christmas break out of town for holiday tournaments, but one thing the Hurricanes haven't been used to is winning holiday crowns.

That changed over the weekend when Liberty defeated Ridley 59-49 for a two-game sweep of the hosts tournament.

Bethlehem teams went a combined 5-1 over the weekend, as Bethlehem Catholic won the York tournament, defeating Southwestern 57-43 for the title, while Freedom split both of their games, losing in their championship game to Upper Darby 57-40.

For Liberty head coach Chad Landis, it was the first holiday title he's won in his six years as head coach.

"We've been at Trenton Catholic the past couple years and there was one season we didn't play in a holiday tournament," Landis said. "It is nice to win one of these. Ridley was an athletic team and I think we had our best defensive performance of the season. Getting these two wins without KJ was also big for us."

The wins pushed Liberty to 6-1 on the season, but also provided some added experience, as KJ Williams has been out the last three games with an ankle injury. He is listed as day-to-day.

"We've had guys step up for us and that's been big," said Landis. "I was surprised to come out of Ridley with two wins, but it's a good sign for us."

Becahi's title was also a good sign for the Hawks, who struggled out of the gate, starting 1-5 before closing that gap to 3-5 over the weekend.

Head coach Mike Frew was hoping that the two day getaway would spring board his team and that may be the case for the Hawks heading into a new year.

"We want to look at it like we're entering a new year with a new attitude," Frew said. "I think the kids feel rejuvenated after winning the championship. We've been in the process of understanding roles throughout the season and I hope that's coming together."

Freedom (4-2) defeated State College 42-39 in their tournament opener before losing to a talented Upper Darby squad. Head coach Joe Stellato wasn't disappointed in defeat however.

"Upper Darby is one of the better teams in the state and they did some things to us that's going to make us better," Stellato said. "They pressured us well and were very competitive. It was good for us to see that, especially with the difficult week we have coming up."

Freedom takes on Central Catholic this Thursday to continue that difficult trend and hit the road Saturday to East Stroudsburg North.

Liberty traveled to Haverford on Monday night (past Press deadlines) and host Whitehall Friday night. Becahi's lone contest this week is at home against Allen on Friday.