FOXBORO — It was late July on Sunday, but it could have just as easily been January, or February.

Really, any month, because whenever Franklin and Mansfield face off, you get some high-intensity boys basketball action.

This latest version came in the Blue Division final of the Wally Seaver Invitational at Foxboro’s Mass Premier Courts. Mansfield led most of the way, but Franklin finished with a flourish, and earned a 70-64 victory over its Hockomock League rival.

Franklin also won its division a year ago, and was led by Jake Olmstead, who finished with 30 points, most of which came with relentless drives to the basket. Caden Sullivan had 20 points, with 12 of those coming by way of a sweet 3-point stroke. Seth O’Donnell added 13 points for Franklin.

For Mansfield, Nate Creedon scored 19 points, while Mason Bordieri added 15, and Riley Sigman had 11.

Even though the season is months away, Olmstead said Franklin-Mansfield is always a battle.

“It’s just awesome to have such a competitive game so early,” Olmstead said. “We love to compete. It’s awesome to play such a fun game so early.”

Sullivan agreed.

“It’s awesome. (Mansfield is) a great team,” Sullivan said. “Great coach by coach (Mike) Vaughan. Good kids over there. They play hard. They play the right way.”

Early on, Mansfield held a consistent, if not that large, lead. Mansfield answered every Franklin run with one of its own, and led, 35-29, at the half.

Franklin finally made its big push in the second half. With Franklin down, 52-47, O’Donnell made a steal and layup, then Olmstead dropped off a pass to Justice Samuels, who flushed a two-handed dunk. Then O’Donnell made a putback to give his team its first lead of the contest.

Mansfield went back into the lead, but Olmstead had six points of a 9-3 run, with the other three coming on an O’Donnell triple.

Down the stretch, Sullivan hit 6-of-6 free throws to make sure Mansfield could not take the lead back.

“It was awesome,” Sullivan said. “It was just a great team comeback. We all knew we could do it with the team we have. We gave it all we have, and we executed down the stretch.”

The tournament, which raises money for ALS research, brought in between $12,000-$15,000 this weekend, according to the Seaver family, which runs it.

Paul Seaver will take over as the boys basketball coach at Wellesley. His father, for whom the tournament is named after, was the JV coach at Wellesley when he learned of his ALS diagnosis.