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Defense lifts Santa Cruz into Dad’s Club final | Boys basketball

In the opening minute of the Dad’s Club Tournament semifinals on Friday night, Santa Cruz High guard Mosiah Cumberbatch nearly stole the basketball from a Leigh player, but knocked it out of bounds in the process.

Soquel drops Dad’s Club opener to Pioneer | Boys basketball

Soquel High’s boys basketball team is playing for now and the future, and that takes some of the sting off results like the one it endured Thursday in its Dad’s Club Tournament opener.

Kirby’s Anna Shelton named co-MVP of Santa Lucia Division | All-PCAL girls volleyball

Kirby School girls volleyball player Anna Shelton, a 5-foot-9 senior setter/outside hitter, was named co-MVP of the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Santa Lucia Division with Greenfield senior setter Ariana Villagomez.

MVC knocks off Santa Cruz | High school football roundup

Monte Vista Christian School’s football team beat visiting Santa Cruz 43-28 in its nonleague finale Friday night.

Sharks survive physical contest against Stevenson, move to 2-0 | High school football roundup

Diego Ramirez returned an interception 25 yards for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage, and the St. Francis High football team earned a 21-6 win over visiting Stevenson on Saturday.

St. Francis’ Mariah Montalvo named Mission Division’s Best Defensive Player | All-PCAL softball

St. Francis High senior catcher Mariah Montalvo was named Best Defensive Player in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division.

Watsonville’s Mateo Arias, Isaak Vargas receive special honors | All-PCAL boys soccer

Watsonville senior forward Mateo Arias and senior defender Isaak Vargas received special honors when the Pacific Coast Athletic League released it all-league soccer teams.

Scotts Valley sophomore Danica Kelley goes 3-2 at CIF State Wrestling Championships

Scotts Valley High sophomore Danica Kelley, the Central Coast Section runner-up at 116 pounds, is 3-1 through two days of the California Interscholastic Federation State Wrestling Championships at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield.

Falcons sweep top postseason honors in Cypress Division | All-PCAL Football

Scotts Valley High’s football team swept top honors when it came time for Pacific Coast Athletic League coaches to select the top players in the Cypress Division.

Santa Cruz topples Leigh for sixth straight Dad’s Club title | Boys basketball

It’s not always about how you start, but how you finish. And both went incredibly well for Santa Cruz High’s basketball team at the Dad’s Club Tournament on Saturday night.

Santa Cruz, Leigh to square off for Dad’s Club title

Josh Bendix had Santa Cruz High’s lone field goal in the fourth quarter, as the Cardinals held on for a 52-44 win over Monterey in the Dad’s Club semifinals at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium on Friday night.

Santa Cruz stomps MVC in tournament opener | Dad’s Club Tournament Roundup

A suffocating Cardinal defense recorded one dozen steals and rolled to a 70-15 rout of outmanned Monte Vista Christian.

Monster second half helps St. Francis storm past Stevenson | PCAL football roundup

St. Francis High’s football team scored five unanswered touchdowns in the second half to rally for a 42-12 win over Stevenson in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division game on Saturday.