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High school baseball: Crimson Cliffs takes Game 1 of 4A state championship behind late-inning heroics

Despite giving up an early lead against the Snow Canyon Warriors, the Crimson Cliffs Mustangs came roaring back to secure a 12-8 victory Friday in the first game of the best-of-three 4A championships series.

Like many of the 4A tournament games thus far, the all-Region 9 affair was a back-and-forth battle.

“Well, we knew it was going to be a dogfight, man,” Mustangs head coach Justin Abbott said. “Those guys in that other dugout and that coaching staff do a great job of making sure that those guys are prepared, but, you know, just a ton of fight in our guys.