If you take the Toronto Maple Leafs at face value, there’s a groundswell of relentless positivity to be found. This would perhaps be a fool’s errand, as all hope has been extinguished.

A four-point play and three clutch free throws from freshman Seth Dozier helped the top-seeded team, No. 7 in the NJ.com Top 20, rally to a 79-71 overtime victory over ninth-seeded Union Catholic in ...