Aptos High’s girls basketball team struggled to answer Mills’ runs in the second half and suffered a 47-36 loss in the third-place game at the 10th annual Aptos High/Santa Cruz Warriors NorCal Invitational at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Saturday.
Zach Shilling scored 10 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter, and Scotts Valley High’s boys basketball team pulled away in the second half for a 75-65 nonleague win over visiting St. Francis on Friday night.
Guard Pat Spencer and two-way center Usman Garuba each recorded double-doubles, but the Santa Cruz Warriors fell to Sioux Falls 105-102 in their NBA G League regular-season opener Thursday at Kaiser Permanente Arena.
Freshman Gabby Wickham made three 3-pointers and finished with a team-high 15 points, as Aptos High’s girls basketball team beat Palo Alto 50-17 in the opening round of the 10th annual Aptos High/Santa Cruz Warriors NorCal Invitational at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Wednesday.
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.
Freshman guard Jade Crum made three 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 15 points, but the Cabrillo College women’s basketball team lost 60-37 to visiting Redwoods on Tuesday.
Monta Vista Christian School wrestler Rykin Resurreccion took first place at 138 pounds at the seventh annual Nick Buzolich Classic at Lincoln High in San Jose on Saturday.
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.
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.
Senior Tosh Woods took first in the 100-meter run (11.46), long jump (19 feet, 5 inches) and high jump (5-8) and Aptos High’s track and field team took first in every event Thursday in a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet against visiting San Lorenzo Valley.
Scotts Valley High’s girls lacrosse team knocked Monte Vista Christian from the unbeaten ranks with its 17-8 win over the host Mustangs on Wednesday night.
Santa Cruz’s Maddie Storrer advanced to the semifinals on Saturday at the World Surf League’s SLO CAL Open at Morro Bay, a 1,000-point Qualifying Series event.
Lululemon runner Nikki Hiltz, an Aptos native, took first place in the women’s 1,500-meter race at the USA Track and Field Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Saturday.
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.
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.
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.