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.
Senior cross country runner Eric Jackson became UC Santa Cruz’s first All-American in over 40 years with his finish at the 2023 Division III Championships on Saturday at Big Spring High in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Forward Gui Santos and two-way guard Lester Quinones paced Santa Cruz to a 121-112 win over NBA G League Ignite, 121-112, on Friday night as the Warriors improved to 3-0 at Kaiser Permanente Arena in front of a sold-out crowd.
Current U.S. Senior National Team wrestler Maya Letona will compete at 62 kg in the women’s freestyle division at the Bill Farrell Memorial International at New York Athletic Club in New York City on Friday.
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.
Soquel High’s boys water polo coach Trevor Wiens didn’t have high expectations heading into the season. He started with a small, eight-player roster after a few seniors he thought might play didn’t try out.
The first day of National Letter of Intent signing period for all student-athletes competing in sports other than football opened Wednesday. The early signing period runs through Division I basketball runs through Wednesday. The period for all other athletes runs through Aug. 1.
The No. 3 seed Soquel High girls water polo team has some spectacular senior leadership, boasting three NCAA Division I committed athletes. But to reach its third straight Central Coast Section Open Division championship match, the team relied heavily on its youth down the stretch.
Aptos High’s girls tennis team won three of four singles matches but were swept in doubles action as the Mariners fell 4-3 to Santa Catalina in the first round of the Central Coast Section Team Tournament on a rainy Monday at Seascape Sport Club.
Senior attacker Malloy Wiens scored two of his six goal in the first quarter, and No. 3 seed Soquel High boys water polo team beat No. 6 Carmel 15-7 in the Central Coast Section Division II quarterfinals on Saturday.
Aptos High’s football team was intent of sending retiring coaching legend Randy Blankenship out with a win in its regular-season finale Friday, but rival Soquel took its game to another level to pull away in the second half.
UC Santa Cruz will host the Coast-To-Coast Conference Men’s Soccer Tournament on its Lower East Field, with matches taking place Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.
Monte Vista Christian School junior Justin McCullick (17:14.90) took first place and led the Mustangs to the team title at the PCAL Mission Division Championships on Saturday at Palo Corona Regional Park’s 5,000-meter course.
Santa Cruz High’s boys water polo team returned to the site of its last league loss and earned some redemption on Saturday. More than that, actually, the Cardinals prevailed 8-6 on in their grudge match against rival Soquel to claim the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament title.
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.
Aptos High senior Tiana Smith, the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s newly crowned singles tennis champion, was still letting her unexpected title victory sink in when she heard cheers from her teammates a few courts away.
Santa Cruz High sophomore tennis player Francesca Garces and Aptos senior Tiana Smith will square off for the girls singles title at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Championships at Imperial Courts in Aptos on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
Scotts Valley HIgh’s girls volleyball team rallied from a two-set deficit to edge Aptos in five sets, 23-25, 21-25, 25-18, 25-21, 15-12, in the first round of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament on Monday night.