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.
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.
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.
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.
The Santa Cruz High girls soccer team clinched no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title with its 8-0 win over host San Lorenzo Valley on Tuesday.
Renee Parker recorded a triple-double, and Cabrillo College’s women’s basketball team crushed Hartnell 52-23 in Coast Conference South Division action on Friday night.
Ella Giguiere had 23 points and 16 rebounds, and the Cabrillo College women’s basketball team edged Mission 69-67 in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Wednesday.
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 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.
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 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.
Santa Cruz High senior wrestler Mike Pena took third place at 132 pounds, and the Cardinals finished 14th out of 35 teams at the 58th Jim Root Memorial at Prospect High on Saturday.
Ella Giguiere and Lauren Ambiel recorded double-doubles to help the Cabrillo College women’s basketball team beat Feather River 77-72 in overtime Wednesday and snap the Seahawks’ eight-game losing streak.
Junior forward Kaylee Murphy posted her fifth double-double of the season and 26th of her career to help the UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team open the UCSC December Classic with a win Saturday.
The Cabrillo College men’s basketball team — playing its first game in nearly two weeks — beat Diablo Valley 84-72 in Pleasant Hill on Wednesday night.
Christian Magana scored a buzzer beating basket to lift St. Francis High’s boys basketball team over visiting Gilroy 43-42 on Tuesday in the teams’ nonleague game.
Senior David Ibarra scored on a pass from Mateo Arias in the second half and the Watsonville High boys soccer team earned a 1-1 draw with host Los Gatos in pool play for the Homestead Christmas Cup on Thursday night.
Senior Camille Dayton had a goal and assist in the final 10 minutes to rally Harbor High’s girls soccer team past Stevenson 3-2 in the teams’ nonleague game in Pebble Beach on Tuesday.
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young, 30, is returning to the World Surf League’s Championship Tour. He finished 10th overall in four-event Challenger Series season with 12,100 points and advanced.
Santa Cruz’s Evie Marheineke placed third out of 55 runners in the girls championship at the NXR California Regional at Woodward Park in Fresno on Saturday.
Goalie Alexa Malaspina made nine saves and the Monte Vista Christian School girls soccer team edged Harbor 1-0 in the third game of the Watsonville Tournament on Wednesday.