Triple-double helps O’Dowd top section

Point guard Elijah Hardy’s triple-double powered Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland to the North Coast Section Division 2 championship Saturday.

The 65-58 decision over Las Lomas-Walnut Creek at St. Mary’s College in Moraga was O’Dowd’s 20th win in a row and ended Las Lomas’ 12-game winning streak.

Hardy, a 6-foot-2 senior signed to play at the University of Washington, finished with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for the top-seeded Dragons (25-5), who won their 18th NCS crown, their first since 2015, when they went on to win the state Open Division title.

Hardy was on that squad, but played sparingly. He’s been a starter the past two seasons, which haven’t gone so smoothly, with records of 17-15 and 19-11, including a first-round NorCal loss last season.

“We’ve been through a lot together,” coach Lou Richie said of Hardy. “I’ve been coaching him since he was 5 years old. I’m really happy for him to be able to have that kind of game in front of this kind of crowd his senior season.”

McKeon Pavilion was packed, but the louder and younger side was wearing Las Lomas maroon.

The second-seeded Knights

(27-3) had the place rocking behind the play of Nathan Robinson (19 points), Devin Payne (13) and Robert Prince (10).

They led 33-30 at halftime, but in the third they committed seven turnovers and settled for perimeter shots that weren’t falling. They made 4 of 14 shots as O’Dowd attacked the rim and cashed in at the line.

NCS Division 3

Salesian-Richmond 67, Campolindo-Moraga 53: Campolindo played Northern California’s top-ranked team tough for the second straight year, but Salesian had too much Te’Jon Sawyer in the section championship game at St. Mary’s College. The 6-foot-7, 255-pound sophomore center had 24 points, 18 rebounds and three blocks as the Pride earned their 22nd win in a row, third straight section title and eighth NCS crown overall. The secondseeded Cougars (19-10), playing out of the tough Diablo Athletic League Foothill Division, stayed within single digits most of the way behind the play of David Ahazie (19 points, seven rebounds) and Trevin Kroichick (15 points, three steals).

More NCS games: In the Division 4 title game at Albany, second-seeded St. Patrick-St. Patrick-Vallejo (21-10) defeated top-seeded St. Joseph Notre Dame-Alameda 63-54. St. Joseph (22-10) beat defending state champion SPSV in double overtime earlier this season. … In Division 5 at Kezar Pavilion, second-seeded Branson-Ross (28-4) defeated No. 1 seed University 59-56. It was the 12th title for Branson and second in a row. University (29-3) was after its fourth and first since 2002.

Central Coast Section

Los Gatos 75, Piedmont Hills-San Jose 58: In Division 1 at Santa Clara University, Alex Braken-Guelke had 32 points and Dylan Belquist 29 as the second-seeded Wildcats (21-6) won their first CCS championship. Trent Blackshire had 19 points and Jacquez Walker 15 for top-seeded Piedmont Hills (24-3). Valley Christian 57, Aragon-San

Mateo 36: At Piedmont Hills, Alton Julian had 23 points and Jay AllenTovar added 10 points and 20 rebounds, leading top-seeded Valley Christian (13-13) to the victory over third-seeded Aragon (16-10), which shot just 24 percent from the field.

Riordan 61, Monterey 56: In the Division 3 title game moved from Independence-San Jose to Piedmont

Hills-San Jose because of a power failure, second-seeded Riordan (16-11) rallied from a 50-38 deficit heading into the final quarter behind 23 points from Je’Lani Clark. Monterey (19-8), the defending champion, got 18 points from Adam Mohammed and 16 from Evans Charles.

More CCS games: In Division 4 at Santa Clara University, top-seeded Half Moon Bay (24-4) defeated second-seeded Santa Cruz 72-58 for its third section title, first since 1996. Santa Cruz dropped to 24-5. … In the Division 5 title game at Harker-San Jose, second-seeded Woodside Priory-Portola Valley (17-10) beat fourth-seeded Pinewood-Los Altos Hills 41-36.

Oakland Section

Oakland Tech 75, Envision 48: Brooklin Sharpe scored a team-high 13 points to lead the Bulldogs (23-7) to the section championship. Keshad Johnson led Envision (19-13) with 20 points. “There’s a lot of talent coming out of Oakland,” Sharpe said, “and I think we’re really underrated for the amount of talent on our team.”