Will Shilling scored 31 points for Scotts Valley High’s boys basketball team, but the Falcons lost 79-71 to Santa Teresa in the teams’ first-round game at the Dad’s Club Tournament at Santa Cruz High on Thursday.
Jackson Rowe came off the bench and had 19 points and four rebounds, but the Santa Cruz Warriors suffered their first loss is Showcase Cup play, 123-99, to the host Ontario Clippers in NBA G League action.
Joe Espy had 19 points and four rebounds for the UC Santa Cruz men’s basketball team, but the Banana Slugs suffered an 80-71 loss to Menlo at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Tuesday.
Senior cross country runner Eric Jackson became UC Santa Cruz’s first All-American in over 40 years with his finish at the 2023 Division III Championships on Saturday at Big Spring High in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Forward Gui Santos and two-way guard Lester Quinones paced Santa Cruz to a 121-112 win over NBA G League Ignite, 121-112, on Friday night as the Warriors improved to 3-0 at Kaiser Permanente Arena in front of a sold-out crowd.
The first day of National Letter of Intent signing period for all student-athletes competing in sports other than football opened Wednesday. The early signing period runs through Division I basketball runs through Wednesday. The period for all other athletes runs through Aug. 1.
If the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament doubles tennis championship match was held on a basketball court, perhaps the outcome would’ve been different.
St. Francis High’s baseball team won two more games Wednesday, beating Cabrillo of Lompoc 7-3 and Pioneer Valley 6-1, to go 4-0 at the Nipomo Tournament.
Senior Tosh Woods took first in the 100-meter run (11.46), long jump (19 feet, 5 inches) and high jump (5-8) and Aptos High’s track and field team took first in every event Thursday in a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet against visiting San Lorenzo Valley.
Scotts Valley High’s girls lacrosse team knocked Monte Vista Christian from the unbeaten ranks with its 17-8 win over the host Mustangs on Wednesday night.
UC Santa Cruz senior forward Kaylee Murphy was named an NCAA Division III Honorable Mention All-American by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association on Thursday.
St. Francis High’s Diego Ramirez and Jayna Schalesky of Rancho San Juan were announced Thursday as the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s 2023 Central Coast Section Scholar-Athlete Award winners.
Santa Cruz’s Maddie Storrer tied for third place on Sunday at the World Surf League’s SLO CAL Open at Morro Bay, a 1,000-point Qualifying Series event.
Santa Cruz’s Maddie Storrer advanced to the semifinals on Saturday at the World Surf League’s SLO CAL Open at Morro Bay, a 1,000-point Qualifying Series event.
Tyler Kessinger had 17 points, five rebounds and five assists, but the UC Santa Cruz men’s basketball team lost to No. 1 seed Christopher Newport 81-73 in the Coast To Coast Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday.