STOCKTON >> San Ramon Valley left it all on the floor.

Despite a cold shooting night, early foul trouble and a raucous opposing crowd, the visiting Wolves somehow made it a game.

But in the end, Lincoln-Stockton was just too much.

With a chance to go to its second consecutive Division I state title game, SRV couldn’t overcome its cold shooting as the Wolves fell 66-58. Lincoln will play SoCal powerhouse Sierra Canyon, led by three-star senior Bryce Cofield and Bryce James (son of NBA star LeBron James), on Friday at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

After briefly taking a nine-point lead two minutes into the second quarter, SRV failed to register a basket until the 3:11 mark of the third period. While the Wolves cut the Lincoln lead to as little as five with just over 20 seconds left in the game, it was too late as Lincoln’s lead was just too much to overcome.

“It wasn’t our night, and credit to them,” SRV coach Brian Botteen said. “We never gave up until the end, but you can’t go eight minutes in a game and not score and expect great things to happen. But credit to their defense because this is their year.”

Senior Luke Isaak led SRV with 18 points, six rebounds and four assists. Elliot Conley added 15 points and his brother Thomas Conley chipped in 12.

“We had a lot of doubters coming into this season after we lost a lot of our seniors last year,” Thomas said. “But I couldn’t be more proud of our group for making it this far. I know it’s tough to lose this game, but it is what it is.”

SRV opened the second quarter with a one-point lead and looked to be running away with the game after hitting its first four 3-pointers to take a 30-21 advantage with just over five minutes remaining in the first half.

But like it has done all year, Lincoln strung together a long run behind its defense.

— Nathan Canilao

Clutch basket lifts Half Moon Bay girls

In a back-and-forth Division IV girls basketball championship game, Half Moon Bay got the last punch in to advance to this weekend’s state final.

Delaney Dorwin’s basket with nine seconds left broke a tie and lifted the host Cougars to a 49-47 victory over ninth-seeded Lowell-San Francisco.

Half Moon Bay will play Southern California champion Whitney for the D-IV state title on Saturday at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. Tipoff is scheduled for 10 a.m.

Whitney beat top-seeded Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary-Montebello 47-42 to reach the final.

In Half Moon Bay’s victory, Zoey Lemoge finished with 14 points, Dorwin added 13 and Xochitl Nieves had 11 to lead the way.

The score was tied 10-10 after the first quarter.

HMB led 23-18 at halftime and the score was 32-32 headed to the fourth quarter.

The regional title was the first for HMB.

— Darren Sabedra

Priory boys take care of business in D-IV

Priory advanced to the CIF Division IV state championship game after a comfortable 60-48 win over Santa Cruz on Tuesday night in Portola Valley.

Mate Palotai paced the Panthers (25-6) with 19 points, accompanied in double figures by Jai Gerrodette with 15. Demarco Hunter led Santa Cruz (21-12) and all scorers with 29 points.

Priory was the No. 1 seed in the NorCal D-IV bracket, while Santa Cruz was the three seed. The Panthers will now travel to Sacramento to face South top seed Fresno Christian, which survived an upset bid from No. 7 Granada Hills Charter to win 50-49.

The Division IV state championship game will be played at noon on Saturday at Golden 1 Center.

— Christian Babcock

Season ends for Salesian girls

Salesian’s run through the NorCal Division II bracket fell one game short of Sacramento as the Pride fell on the road to Caruthers in the regional final.

The top-seeded home team jumped on sixth-seeded Salesian early, building a 13-point advantage after one quarter, and went on to win 77-63.

Salesian trailed by 12 at halftime and 15 going to the fourth quarter.

Janiya Sawyer had 19 points, six rebounds, three assists and three deflections to lead Salesian, which also got 13 points from Vanessa Parilla and 11 from Jamia Sawyer.

Salesian finished the season 23-11.

– Darren Sabedra

Encinal girls fall short in D-V final

The Jets’ magical run through regionals ended one game short of the program’s first-ever state title game, with Encinal coming up short against Woodland Christian, 54-45. .

It was its first NorCal game played away from Alameda, and Encinal did not look comfortable in the first quarter. The Jets scored only four points in the first eight minutes and trailed 11-4 after one quarter.

Jazzy Alcantar scored her team-high 23 points over the next three quarters to keep the score manageable, but Encinal could not pull off the comeback. Teammate Surina Castro put in eight points and Haley Huynh had seven.

The Jets ended the season 22-10, a year that included a 10-0 record in WACC Shoreline Division play. Encinal reached the NCS Division IV final and beat Argonaut, Orland and Washington-SF to reach the regional final.

— Joseph Dycus

Cornerstone girls lose close one in D-VI

Cornerstone Christian ended its successful season with a close 58-53 loss at Faith Christian-Yuba City, a school 100 miles away from Antioch.

Kennena Amajioyi scored a team-high 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds for Cornerstone. Kayli Bertrand added 12 points and Camille Bartolo finished with 10.

The Cougars ended the season 21-11.

— Joseph Dycus