The playoffs continue Friday. Only a handful of county teams remain in contention.

Here’s  look at Division II:

Teams remaining: 8

County teams alive: 2 (No. 1 Laguna Beach, Costa Mesa)

Quarterfinal times: Friday, 7 pm

Brackets: Top Half – *Laguna Beach-Agoura; *Valencia/V-Royal; Bottom Half – *Claremont-Thousand Oaks; *Costa Mesa-Westlake

Agoura finished third in the tough Miramonte League, and is going to present the Breakers toughest challenge in more than a month. Home court advantage should help Laguna Beach, which can use their quaint gym to their advantage. Laguna Beach hasn’t lost in a long time, and there’s a confidence that comes with that. Agoura is going to have to shake that confidence, and is going to be playing with nothing to lost against the No. 1 seed.

Costa Mesa-Westlake

The Mustangs upset Arroyo Grande to reach the quarerfinals, and now host No. 2 seed Westlake, winners of the Miramonte League. The good news for Costa Mesa is they’ve seen Laguna Beach twice, and know what it takes to compete against the best. They are going to need to use what they learned from those matches and execute to perfection. There’s a chance their old style gym can disrupt Westlake some.
More from the boys volleyball blog:

• Tobolski: Thoughts on the volleyball playoffs so far
• Boys volleyball: Esperanza-Santa Margarita postgame analysis
• Boys volleyball: Esperanza beats Santa Margarita
• Boys volleyball: Esperanza captures Game 3
• Boys volleyball: Santa Margarita evens match
• Boys volleyball: Esperanza wins Game 1
• Boys volleyball: Live from Santa Margarita-Esperanza

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