Local teams came back winners and runners-up in separate national basketball competitions.

Team Loaded’s 12-year-olds dominated a 60-team field in winning the United States Basketball Association Nationals last month in Charlotte, N.C.

The Richmond-based squad coached by Redd Thompson and Corey Braxton won five straight playoff games by an average of 23.6 points per game during the competition July 19 through 23.

In the final, Team Loaded defeated Georgia Excel 46-33, with 6-foot-3 Quentin Toulson and Christian Braxton the leading scorers with 12 points each.

Previously, Team Loaded had routed Team Winston (N.C.) 61-37, Heat South (S.C.) 54-26, South Carolina Raptors 54-33 and Made Men (Ill.) 47-15.

Overall, Quanye Veney and Keyshawn Pulley Jr. were top scorers with 14- and 10-point averages, respectively. Andre Greene Jr. and Toulson led in rebounding.

Others contributing to the first place finish were Redd Thompson Jr., Khaliyl Nasir, Aaron Brown and Bryson Blaine.

A nucleus of the same boys won the USBA 10-and-under title two years ago in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Last year, the same players were national runners-up as 11-year-olds in competition in Atlanta.

Virginia Havoc, an AAU youth basketball program based in Varina, once again has crowned its season with success.

This year, the Havoc’s team for 12-and-under players came in second in the AAU Championship Bracket national championships held in Hampton last month, according to the Amateur Athletic Union.

The team, which won the Virginia State championship in March to qualify, “went 3-0 in pool play,” Coach Christopher D. Johnson said, but lost by four points to a Connecticut team called the Grand Sachems.

The runner-up status earned the team the No. 2 ranking in the AAU Division II bracket, said Mr. Johnson, owner of a bail bonding business.

The team won the national championship last year in the lower Classic Bracket championship, and moved to the Championship Bracket this year.

Mr. Johnson and assistant Coach Juan Little have led the team to state championships in AAU competition in each of the past three years.