Junior forward Kaylee Murphy posted her fifth double-double of the season and 26th of her career to help the UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team open the UCSC December Classic with a win Saturday.
The Cabrillo College men’s basketball team — playing its first game in nearly two weeks — beat Diablo Valley 84-72 in Pleasant Hill on Wednesday night.
Christian Magana scored a buzzer beating basket to lift St. Francis High’s boys basketball team over visiting Gilroy 43-42 on Tuesday in the teams’ nonleague game.
Santa Cruz High freshman Eli Fitchen-Young, representing Santa Cruz Track Club, posted a top-five finish at the USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country National Championships in Paris, Kentucky, on Saturday.
Cameron Saldana had 19 points and five steals to help the Aptos High’s boys basketball team beat Lincoln 55-44 in the Bob Hagen Memorial Tournament championship at Gilroy High on Saturday.
Senior David Ibarra scored on a pass from Mateo Arias in the second half and the Watsonville High boys soccer team earned a 1-1 draw with host Los Gatos in pool play for the Homestead Christmas Cup on Thursday night.
Senior Camille Dayton had a goal and assist in the final 10 minutes to rally Harbor High’s girls soccer team past Stevenson 3-2 in the teams’ nonleague game in Pebble Beach on Tuesday.
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young, 30, is returning to the World Surf League’s Championship Tour. He finished 10th overall in four-event Challenger Series season with 12,100 points and advanced.
Santa Cruz’s Evie Marheineke placed third out of 55 runners in the girls championship at the NXR California Regional at Woodward Park in Fresno on Saturday.
The Falcons turned out pretty special performances, too. Sophomore Ashlyn Boothby placed third in the D-IV girls race and Brabo placed ninth in the D-IV boys race. The boys took third and the girls took 12th.
It was a banner day for Santa Cruz County at the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships at Crystal Springs’ 2.95-mile course Saturday: two individual champions and four team champions.
Fiona Carey scored three early goals to give No. 3 seed Aptos girls water polo team the lead, and the Mariners rode the waves of a back-and-forth match to upset No. 2 Santa Cruz 14-12 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinal.
Senior outside hitter Marilu Pally had 15 kills to lead the Santa Cruz High girls volleyball team to a 25-14, 25-19, 19-25, 25-19 win over Harbor in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals on Tuesday night.
Aptos High’s girls tennis team won 7-0 over Harbor, winning every match in straight sets, and earned no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title Thursday.
Rebecca Fuller, Holly Hegna, Autumn Zaretsky and Ashley Lavender earned singles wins in straight sets, and Aptos High’s girls tennis beat visiting Soquel 6-1 to remain atop the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings Thursday.
Scotts Valley High’s girls and boys cross country teams won titles at the Bellarmine Terry Ward Invitational at Baylands Park’s 5k course in Sunnyvale on Saturday.
Holly Hegna, Autumn Zaretsky and Ashley Lavender earned singles wins in straight sets, and Aptos High’s girls tennis beat host Santa Cruz 6-1 to remain atop the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings Thursday.
Goalie Grace Howard blocked two penalty shots in the fourth quarter, and the Soquel High girls water polo team rallied past Clovis West 10-8 in a nonleague matchup of state powers Saturday.
Holly Hegna, Autumn Zaretsky and Ashley Lavender earned singles wins, and Aptos High’s girls tennis team moved into a tie for first place with Scotts Valley by beating the Falcons 6-1 in their Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Thursday.
Senior tennis player Aly Kosek rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Ashley Lavender at No. 4 singles to clinch Soquel High’s 4-3 win over visiting Aptos in a matchup of defending co-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champions Thursday.