Aden Cury and the rest of Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team was out to prove they had a better showing in them after enduring a gut punch on the road against rival Aptos last week.
The challenge was directly in front of the first-place Santa Cruz High girls basketball team Wednesday as it looked for revenge against Aptos. Win and control the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League race. Lose and rely on others.
Kaitlin Imai reached the 1,000-point milestone in her Scotts Valley High basketball career as the Falcons posted a 70-11 win over Harbor on senior night Tuesday.
Watsonville High’s boys basketball team rallied from a 19-point deficit in the final four minutes of its game against Rancho San Juan to force overtime and emerged with a thrilling, 79-72 win in front of dozens of energetic fans Saturday.
It was hard to tell which was the 2-3 team and which was the 4-0 league leader Friday night. The fifth-place Mariners exploded for a 21-point halftime lead over a stunned Santa Cruz squad and held off a late Cardinal rally for a 50-41 win.
The highly anticipated Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League boys basketball showdown between Aptos and Santa Cruz highs, according to their coaches, found one team “doing nearly everything right” and the other “missing in action.”
Santa Cruz High’s girls soccer team was out to prove that its first win over powerful Aptos was no fluke. And it did just that in front of 200-plus fans at Trevin Dilfer Memorial Stadium on Thursday night.
A trio of locals remain in the World Surf League’s SLO CAL Open at Pismo Beach, a a QS 1,000 event. The competition window opened Thursday and runs through Sunday.
Watsonville High’s boys soccer team received goals from two unlikely sources and stunned nationally ranked Alisal 2-0 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division match Tuesday night in Salinas.
Makena Bedolla scored three goals and St. Francis High’s girls soccer team beat Greenfield 5-0 in its Pacific Coast Athletic League game at Depot Park in Santa Cruz on Monday.
Wrestlers Cristian Cruz of Harbor High, Daniel Evert of Santa Cruz and Lucas Zuniga-Marquez of Aptos won their respective weight divisions at the Lynbrook Second Man Challenge in San Jose on Saturday, while Scotts Valley’s Danica Kelley and Kayse Martinovsky, and Harbor’s Amy Gray won titles at the Lynbrook Ladies Challenge.
Sophomore guard Austin James scored a game-high 26 points, and the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team beat Monterey Peninsula College 64-54 in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Friday night.
Senior Bella Stevens saw her first real action of the season, and Santa Cruz High’s girls basketball team knocked off Scotts Valley 51-44 in the teams’ make-up Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Thursday.
Senior guard Kaitlin Imai scored 19 points and Scotts Valley High’s girls basketball team beat Aptos 45-36 to snap an 11-game losing streak to the Mariners in the Falcons’ league opener Tuesday.
Senior Luis Carrasco had a goal and assist to help Soquel High’s boys soccer team beat host Santa Cruz 3-0 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Thursday night.
Clearly, Julia Moore took his message to heart. The senior made the move from midfielder to forward and scored five goals in a 6-1 win over the Knights in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game.
Football players from Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties will compete in the 36th annual Central Coast 2021 All-Star High School Football Game at Rabobank Stadium in Salinas on Friday at 7 p.m.
Karlos Corpus scored 22 points and Watsonville High’s boys basketball team beat host King City 62-48 on Tuesday in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League game.
Jasmin Nguyen’s second goal off a free kick sent Santa Cruz High’s girls soccer team past previously unbeaten Aptos 3-2 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game.
Junior Ibarra scored 18 points and teammate Christian Magana added 13 points to help St. Francis High’s boys basketball team beat Seaside 58-57 on Friday night.