Heated foes Pajaro Valley High and Watsonville saw their boys soccer teams square off Friday, one hoping to extend one of its best starts in school history and the other looking to escape one of its worst starts.
Sophomore Tiera O’Connor buried a 3-pointer after gathering a kick-out pass from senior teammate Claire Thompson to give Santa Cruz High’s girls basketball team a 3-point lead with 2:07 remaining Thursday.
Jocelyn Travers scored five goals, and Santa Cruz High’s girls soccer team posted a 10-0 win over visiting Pacific Collegiate in nonleague action Wednesday night.
Yssa Santo Domingo’s acrobatic layup with 8.6 seconds left was the sixth and final time the lead changed hands, as No. 21 Wisconsin-Whitewater knocked off No. 19 UC Santa Cruz 61-60 at Kaiser Permanente Arean on Tuesday night.
Santa Cruz High sophomore Balam Letona, junior teammate Daniel Evert, and Harbor senior Diallo Thomas took first place in their respective weight classes at the 6th annual Nick Buzolich Classic.
Sophomore Sophia Cortes made five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points, and Monte Vista Christian School’s girls basketball team knocked San Lorenzo Valley from the unbeaten ranks, 53-52, Friday.
Forward Owen Garrahan scored twice, and San Lorenzo Valley High’s boys soccer team beat St. Francis 6-1 in Watsonville in the Cougars’ nonleague finale Thursday.
James Wiseman had a career-high 31 points to go along with six rebounds, but the short-handed Santa Cruz Warriors suffered a 128-116 loss to the South Bay Lakers in their NBA G League game in front of 353 fans at UCLA Health Training Center on Wednesday night.
Sophomore guard Taylor Knox scored 14 of his game-high 27 points in the fourth quarter, and Scotts Valley High’s boys basketball team beat visiting Monte Vista Christian 73-59 in their nonleague game Tuesday.
Santa Cruz High sophomore Eli Fitchen-Young was named the Central Coast Section Sophomore of the Year in cross country, as well as an all-CCS first-team selection, in a report published by PrepCalTrack.
Monte Vista Christian School alum Brendan Doyle scored a pair of touchdowns, and host College of San Mateo routed Riverside 55-0 to win the CCCAA State Championship in front of 1,169 fans on Saturday.
Guard Ryan Rollins had a triple-double and center James Wiseman posted his sixth double-double in eight games, as the Santa Cruz Warriors beat the South Bay Lakers 111-100 at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday night.
Scotts Valley High senior golfer Elana McGrew was named the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Player of the Year, and the Falcons’ John Surbridge was named Coach of the Year.
The Cabrillo College men’s basketball team lost its lead late and fell to Columbia, the No. 4 ranked team in NorCal, 84-81 in the championship game of the Saltwater Classic on Sunday night in Aptos.
The Santa Cruz Warriors had three players scored 20 points for the second straight night, as they beat the host Stockton Kings 125-114 Saturday to earn their first win streak in Showcase Cup play.
Monte Vista Christian senior James Ponzio booked a flight last week to compete in Huntsville, Alabama, his mind set on posting a fast time at the Garmin RunningLane Cross Country Championships.
James Wiseman, Lester Quinones and Ryan Rollins each had 20-point outings, helping the Santa Cruz Warriors earn a 118-106 win over the host Stockton Kings in NBA G League Showcase Cup play Friday night.
Pajaro Valley High’s girls soccer team beat crosstown rival Watsonville 3-2 in a penalty-kick shootout to advance to the Gold Division championship at the 16th annual Watsonville Tournament on Thursday.
Ella Ireland, Naiya Samios and Sammy Rebbert scored goals for Scotts Valley High’s girls soccer team in a 3-0 nonleague win over visiting North Monterey High on Wednesday.
The odds didn’t favor Santa Cruz surfer John Mel in his Opening Round heat at the World Surf League’s Haleiwa Challenger, at Home in The Hawaiian Islands, on Tuesday.
Amanda Inserra’s layup with 2:07 remaining held up as the game winning field goal, as the nationally ranked UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team held off Whitworth 58-57 to stay unbeaten Sunday at Kaiser Permanente Arena.