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.
The San Lorenzo Valley High and Soquel softball programs were evenly matched a year ago, when they shared the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title. The programs squared off in the 2023 league opener Wednesday, and Cougars showed they’re an improved product.
UC Santa Cruz senior Shea Wissler qualified for the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships with his first-place finish in the heptathlon at the Midwest Qualifier at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, on Saturday.
Santa Cruz County has wrestlers seeded in the top eight in each of the 14 weight classes for the Boys’ Central Coast Section Southern Regionals at Watsonville High on Saturday.
Gianna Winterhalder and Amelie Stotland were consistent in their barrage of 3-point attempts in the Santa Cruz Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals on Thursday. So was Lily Thayer on the offensive glass.
Senior Skylar Thayer scored 27 points, and the No. 6 seed San Lorenzo Valley High boys basketball team stunned host and No. 3 Scotts Valley 65-57 in the first round of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament on Tuesday night.
The UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team, ranked No. 10 nationally among NCAA Division III programs, closed its seven-match road trip with a pair of wins Sunday in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
Monte Vista Christian School sophomore Rykin Resurreccion took second place at 132 pounds at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Wrestling Championships at Salinas High on Saturday.
Nash Horton scored a team-high 15 points, and the St. Francis High’s boys basketball team got its revenge against host Watsonville with a 57-53 win on Thursday night to stay in the league title hunt.
Raul Calles scored on a pass from Brandon Jimenez in the 65th minute, and the Harbor High boys soccer team beat visiting Scotts Valley 1-0 to secure its second Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title in the past four years on Tuesday night.
The undefeated UC Santa men’s volleyball team, ranked No. 14 in the NVA/AVCA D-III Coaches Poll, swept UC Merced, an NAIA program, 25-23, 25-22, 31-29, at the West Field House on Thursday.
Karlos Corpus buried a last-second 3-pointer, and Watsonville High’s boys basketball team stunned visiting King City 60-57 on Wednesday to remain unbeaten in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Cypress Division.
Ava Churchill scored in the 70th minute, and the Aptos High girls soccer team edged host Harbor 1-0 to stay unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team won two more matches Saturday at its tournament, UCSC Slug Slam, and finished the two-day event with a 4-0 record and four sweeps.
Aden Cury scored a career-high 32 points to go along with 10 rebounds and four steals, as Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team beat host Scotts Valley 75-37 to stay unbeaten in league play Friday.
Kaitlyn Murphy had a goal and an assist, as Aptos High’s girls soccer team knocked off visiting Soquel 3-1 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Thursday.
Aptos High’s boys basketball team rallied past visiting Scotts Valley in the fourth quarter for a 47-44 win in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play on Tuesday night.
Ben Dotten had 16 points, six rebounds and three steals and was named the game MVP, as Santa Cruz High boys basketball team upset Justin-Siena of Napa 55-52 win in the MLK Classic Showcase at Berkeley High on Saturday.
Aden Cury had 14 points, 12 rebounds and four steals, and Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team beat visiting Aptos 44-36 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
Freshman midfielder Alexa Castañeda had two goals and an assist, as the Aptos High girls soccer team beat visiting Harbor 3-1 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Friday night.
Junior Sonja Hulphers produced a hat trick and Harbor High’s girls soccer team beat host San Lorenzo Valley 4-2 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener Tuesday.
Hannah Morley scored 20 points, and San Lorenzo Valley High’s girls basketball team rallied past Watsonville 53-46 in the Lady Shark Shootout semifinals Thursday.
Santa Cruz High junior Daniel Evert (132 pounds) and Harbor senior Diallo Thomas (152) placed sixth in their respective weight divisions at the Pat Lovell Holiday Wrestling Classic on Wednesday.