Two-way guard Lester Quinones led Santa Cruz in its highest-scoring outing in franchise history, as the Warriors trounced NBA G League Ignite, 153-118, at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada, on Friday night.
Junior Noah Steiger scored 15 points, and San Lorenzo Valley High’s boys basketball team beat St Francis 63-59 in the first round of the Watsonville Tournament on Wednesday.
Golden State Warriors two-way guard Lester Quinones had 35 points, eight rebounds, and four assists, but the Santa Cruz Warriors fell 119-109 to host Ontario in NBA G League action at Toyota Arena on Tuesday night.
Darius Best scored 19 points, and the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team beat Folsom Lake 102-72 in the Saltwater Classic in Aptos on Saturday night.
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.
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.
All four scorers for Scotts Valley High’s girls golf team shot 33 or better at DeLaveaga Golf Course on Tuesday, and the Falcons beat Soquel 120-157 to post a perfect season in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League.
Aptos High tennis teammates Natalie Victory and Neci Hoeptner won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 3 doubles to clinch the Mariners’ narrow, 4-3 win over visiting Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
Scotts Valley High senior Ashlyn Boothby (17:25.8) took sixth out of 150 runners in the Bill Buettner 5K Championship race at the Asics Clovis Invitational at Woodward Park in Fresno on Saturday.
The Scotts Valley High girls golf team stayed unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play with its 121-169 win over Aptos at DeLaveaga Golf Course on Thursday.
Several Monte Vista Christian School parents have created a GoFundMe page to help support Mustangs football player Taylor Fernandez: “Support Taylor Fernandez Road to Recovery #51.”
Senior Zoe Ann Watson had two goals and two assists, and Santa Cruz High’s girls water polo team edged host Aptos 5-4 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League battle Thursday.
Scotts Valley High’s Ashlyn Boothby and Soquel’s Jonelle Scott repeated as event champions at the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships at Gilroy High on Saturday afternoon.
Santa Cruz County advanced 13 girls and 11 boys in individual events from the Central Coast Section Track and Field Semifinals at Gilroy High on a warm Saturday afternoon.
Scotts Valley High’s (Ashlyn Boothby, Diana Alivov, Ava Decleve, and Rafaela Putnam) won the 4×800-meter relay title in 9:37.34 at the SCCAL Prelims at Santa Cruz High on Wednesday. Scotts Valley (Aiden Boothby, Spencer George, Ben George, and Mason Lantz) won the boys’ 4×800-meter relay title in 8:06.75.
Matt Lawton had three hits with a walk, double, home run, two RBI, and two runs scored, but the Cabrillo College baseball team blew an early lead in their 9-7 loss to Mission in Coast Conference South Division play Thursday.
Aptos High’s boys tennis team — the unbeaten Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion — produced three of the four finalists on opening day at the league tournament Tuesday.
Championship matches will be held at Imperial Courts in Aptos on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
The best track and field athletes in the Central Coast Section assembled at Los Gatos High on breezy Friday for the 44th annual CCS Top 8 Classic, as the Los Gatos Mountains and cirrus clouds graced a Bob Ross-painted backdrop.
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young advanced to the Round of 32 of Friday at the World Surf League’s Western Australia Margaret River Pro, event No. 5 on the Championship Tour.