Senior Isaiah Ackerman scored 30 points, and the Aptos High boys basketball team beat Everett Alvarez 61-40 in the first round of the 76th annual Carmel Classic on Thursday.
Junior midfielder Mathea Marcucci scored in the 60th and 78 minutes, and the Monte Vista Christian School girls soccer team shut out host Harbor 2-0 in nonleague action Tuesday.
Two-way center Quinten Post scored a game-high 22 points, and had seven rebounds and two assists, but Santa Cruz lost its series opener against San Diego, 123-89, in the teams’ NBA G League Showcase Cup game at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Saturday night.
Freshman Isabella Alvarez turned in another stellar outing, and the Watsonville High girls basketball team trounced host North Salinas 57-17 on Friday to extend their hot start.
Junior guard Brooklyn Williams drained a 3-pointer to put Scotts Valley High’s girls basketball team ahead by five points with a minute left and the unbeaten Falcons held on to beat Pioneer of San Jose 42-41 in Sunnyvale on Thursday.
Forward Kevin Knox II and guard Yuri Collins posted double-doubles, but the Santa Cruz Warriors lost 120-117 to the host Stockton Kings in NBA G League Showcase Cup action to conclude their four-game road trip on Wednesday night.
Nash Horton had 25 points, 10 rebounds and five steals, and the St. Francis High boys basketball team beat host San Lorenzo Valley 64-57 in nonleague action on Tuesday.
Forward Javan Johnson made six 3-pointers and scored a season-high 22 points, but the Santa Cruz Warriors suffered a 121-118 loss in overtime to the Valley Suns in their NBA G League game at Mullett Arena in Tempe, Arizona, on Thursday night.
Sophomore forward Renee Parker scored a game-high 19 points, and the Cabrillo College women’s basketball team beat visiting Modesto 65-48 for its sixth straight win in nonconference play Tuesday.
Sophomore point guard Sophia Marello, playing in her second varsity game, had 14 points and 10 steals, and San Lorenzo Valley High’s girls basketball team beat KIPP San Jose Collegiate 41-11 in nonleague action in Felton on Monday night.
Aptos High’s girls tennis team suffered a narrow, 4-3 loss to Stevenson in Pebble Beach in the first round of the Central Coast Section Team Tournament on Tuesday.
Junior receiver Sammy Rebbert scored in the final minute, and the No. 2 seed Scotts Valley High girls flag football team topped No. 3 Aptos 12-7 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament championship at Harbor High on Saturday.
Pacific Collegiate School senior Addie Payne, who plays basketball and volleyball for the Pumas, committed to Saint Mary’s College of California on her official visit last weekend. She’ll compete on the crew team.
Anthony Karagiannopoulos had two hits, one walk, one RBI, and a run scored, but Cabrillo College’s baseball team lost 4-2 to visiting Ohlone in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Thursday.
Aptos High’s girls track and field team produced eight top-three finishes to help the Mariners take second place at the 51st Avis Kelley Invitational, which drew athletes from 39 school to Gilroy High on Saturday.
Midfielders Skylar Dufour, Sofia Niklaus, and Dillon Fiorita worked as a unit to command the draws, and Scotts Valley High’s girls lacrosse team knocked off host Soquel 20-3 a Pacific Coast Athletic League non-divisional game on Thursday.
The Santa Cruz Warriors topped the Austin Spurs, 101-94, at H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas, to wrap up their five-game road trip with a 3-2 record on Wednesday night.
The Santa Cruz Warriors cleaned up their sloppy play, and never trailed in a 117-100 win over the host Mexico City Capitanes in NBA G League action on Monday night.
Kendric Davis scored a team-high 35 points, but the Santa Cruz Warriors lost to Raptors 905 118-112 in overtime in the teams’ NBA G League game at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Saturday night.
Scotts Valley High senior Danica Kelley advanced to the semifinals on Day 2 of the 2024 CIF State Wrestling Championships at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield on Friday.
Scotts Valley High senior Danica Kelley went 2-0 on the Day 1 of the 2024 CIF State Wrestling Championships at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield on Thursday.
Will Shilling scored a team-high 15 points, and the No. 9 seed Scotts Valley High boys basketball rolled past unseeded KIPP San Jose 58-36 in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division IV playoffs on Friday night.
Kaleb Plascencia had a goal and an assist, as Aptos High’s boys soccer team beat Scotts Valley 4-0 to win its first Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title since 2014 on Monday night.