SAN JOSE — Before his Lincoln High team took the field for a Halloween evening clash with visiting Christopher, coach Kevin Collins knew this would be a dogfight.

“Every team in the league is good,” he said. “We’re all battling.”

And when Christopher emerged with a 31-29 victory in a game in which the lead changed hands six times, the Blossom Valley Athletic League Mount Hamilton Division was more muddled than ever.

Santa Teresa (9-0 overall, 4-0 Mount Hamilton) has clinched the Mount Hamilton title, but all five of the rest can claim at least an outside shot at one of the division’s four automatic Central Coast Section playoff bids going into the final weekend of the regular season.

Christopher (5-4, 2-2) needed to beat Lincoln (7-2, 2-2) to remain in contention and did so to force a

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