The Lady Cavaliers and the Wildcat boys each finished fifth with wins over Erwin 60-52 and R-S Central 62-60 respectively.
The Cavalier boys finished fourth after a 66-59 loss to North Buncombe.
Girls Fifth Place Game: East Burke 60, Erwin 52
In a rematch from last year's tournament semifinals, East Burke overcame a 14-10 first-quarter deficit with Riley Haas scoring eight of her game-high 22 points to gain a 25-20 halftime lead.
The Lady Warriors outscored the Lady Cavs 25-15 to get back ahead going into the fourth quarter.
EB (9-3) made the final statement with a 20-7 fourth quarter off 11 of 15 points from Ashlyn Stilwell, nine off free-throws.
It was a challenging tournament for the Lady Cavs starting off with a loss to runner-up Enka and rebounding with a win over former conference rival R-S Central and also battling injuries to starters Stilwell and Gracie Ruff.
"I feel like we played good in all three games," said Lady Cavaliers coach Crystal Bartlett. "The first part of the season is done and now we start the second part, it's not going to be easy in our conference."
Boys Fifth Place Game: Draughn 62, R-S Central 60
Isaac Walker led the Wildcats with 23 points to hold off a late rally from former conference rival R-S Central.
It's the second consecutive appearance for Draughn in the Freedom Christmas Invitational after finishing runner-up last winter and they are sure going to benefit from the competition.
"The reason we play this Christmas tournament is to see some quality opponents," said Draughn coach Yates Jensen. "We saw some teams we never saw before and we just now hope to work and improve on some things."
Denver Treadway (16) and Daylin Pritchard (11) were the other double-digit scorers for the Wildcats (7-5).
Draughn opened with an overtime loss to North Buncombe and rebounded with a win over Forbush when Treadway set a new career-high of 24 points.
Boys Third Place Game: North Buncombe 66, East Burke 59
The Cavaliers started with a 16-12 first-quarter lead and held a 21-19 halftime lead before the Blackhawks took over outscoring EB 19-14 and 28-24 in stealing third place away from EB.
Luke Coble led the Cavs (5-7) with 15 points including two fourth-quarter 3-pointers in an attempt to stay within North Buncombe's lead.
Trey Ward also made a pair of 3s in finishing with 14 points, including scoring six in the first quarter.
EB had an adventurous run through the tournament starting with a 77-75 win over Enka won by a steal and buzzer-beating layup by Aasin Lor.
Lor set a new season-high of 18 points in the third matchup with long-time county rival Freedom in a 63-54 loss.
GIRLS
1st: Freedom
2nd: Forbush
3rd: Asheville Christian
4th: Enka
5th: East Burke
6th: Erwin
7th: Carmel Christian
8th: R-S Central
BOYS
1st: Freedom
2nd: Asheville Christian
3rd: North Buncombe
4th: East Burke
5th: Draughn
6th: R-S Central
7th: Forbush
8th: Enka
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