A dozen more senior student-athletes in Santa Cruz County participated in signing ceremonies over the past month, finalizing their commitments to four-year universities across the nation.
Santa Cruz High’s girls basketball team held previously unbeaten Half Moon Bay to single digits in each quarter and prevailed 46-28 in nonleague action Friday in Santa Cruz.
Two-way guard Lester Quinones scored a season-high 37 points, and Santa Cruz beat South Bay, 130-126, in the teams’ NBA G League Showcase Cup game at UCLA Health Training Center in El Segundo on Tuesday night.
Santa Cruz freshman Kaikora “KK” Nauenberg was among the four division winners, as the Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf League held Contest No. 4 of the 2023-2024 season at Pleasure Point.
Santa Cruz’s Zephyr Dew, a member of the U21 Beach National Team roster, and partner Charlie Siragusa will be one of the USA teams in El Salvador NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour.
Junior Noah Steiger scored 15 points, and San Lorenzo Valley High’s boys basketball team beat St Francis 63-59 in the first round of the Watsonville Tournament on Wednesday.
Golden State Warriors two-way guard Lester Quinones had 35 points, eight rebounds, and four assists, but the Santa Cruz Warriors fell 119-109 to host Ontario in NBA G League action at Toyota Arena on Tuesday night.
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.
Soquel High’s girls water polo team gave up five answered goals to close the CIF Division I NorCal Regional quarterfinals on Tuesday night, as East Bay power Acalanes rallied for a 9-7 win to end the Knights’ season.
Scotts Valley High senior Ashlyn Boothby earned her third straight individual Division IV title and the Falcons won their third straight team title at the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships in Belmont on Saturday.
Senior Fiona Carey scored three goals, and the No. 3 seed Aptos High girls water polo team knocked off No. 2 Santa Cruz 6-3 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals at Harbor High on Thursday.
Cabrillo College’s football team posted its first shutout of the season, a 24-0 win over host West Hills Coalinga on Saturday, to assure itself of at least a .500 record in its second year removed from the death penalty.
Senior Malloy Wiens had four goals, two assists, and two field blocks, and Soquel High’s boys water polo team earned a 13-1 win over visiting Aptos on Thursday in the teams’ regular-season finale.
All four scorers for Scotts Valley High’s girls golf team shot 33 or better at DeLaveaga Golf Course on Tuesday, and the Falcons beat Soquel 120-157 to post a perfect season in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League.
Senior Amelie Stotland had five goals, one assist, and one steal to lead Soquel High’s girls water polo team beat visiting Santa Cruz 19-6 to secure no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title on Thursday.
Aptos High tennis teammates Natalie Victory and Neci Hoeptner won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 3 doubles to clinch the Mariners’ narrow, 4-3 win over visiting Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
Scotts Valley High senior Ashlyn Boothby (17:25.8) took sixth out of 150 runners in the Bill Buettner 5K Championship race at the Asics Clovis Invitational at Woodward Park in Fresno on Saturday.
The Scotts Valley High girls golf team stayed unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play with its 121-169 win over Aptos at DeLaveaga Golf Course on Thursday.
Tiana Smith, Coral Collins, and Aviana Andrews earned singles wins in straight sets, and Aptos High’s girls tennis team beat visiting Soquel 5-2 to stay unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
Several Monte Vista Christian School parents have created a GoFundMe page to help support Mustangs football player Taylor Fernandez: “Support Taylor Fernandez Road to Recovery #51.”