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In the end, however, the Mustangs (19-11) buckled down and held off the Hawks’ (18-12) improbable comeback with a 25-21, 25-19, 24-26, 18-25, 15-7 heart-pounding victory to corral the NorCal Division V title.

And it’s arguably the biggest reason why the No. 3-seeded Hawks, powered by an airtight defense and an on-fire attack, will play at top-seeded San Marin High tonight for the NorCal Division V championship.

Quinn Cook scored 10 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter to lift the Santa Cruz Warriors over the Texas Legends, 128-115, on Tuesday night.

The Pacific Coast Athletic League, a massive super league made up of 33 schools in the southern portion of the Central Coast Section, is coming next school year and I’m excited to see its impact on each program.

Dini and the Mustangs finished the year 4-6 overall, the program’s first losing season since 2013, and lost their last four games. They placed sixth in the Monterey Bay League Gabilan division with a 2-5 record and missed the Central Coast Section playoffs.

Dasbach-Prisk and the No. 3-seeded Hawks took the No. 11-seeded Cougars’ best shot right on the nose, literally, and they never flinched en route to a 20-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-14 win to advance to the California Interscholastic Federation Northern California Division V semifinals.

Depleted of playmakers on both sides of the ball, No. 2 Aptos hung around with No. 7 Terra Nova High but ultimately fell 24-14 in the first round of the CCS Open Division III playoffs.

Seven Warriors scored in double figures for Santa Cruz in its fourth straight victory, a 102-67 win over the Long Island Nets on Friday night at Kaiser Permanente Arena.