Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team was two points away from beating down the demons that have haunted the program in Central Coast Section Division championship games since 2018: Four title game appearances, four runner-up finishes.
Santa Cruz High boys basketball coach Lawan Milhouse sounds like a broken record. He is constantly asking for his players to give him and each other 32 minutes of unrelenting hustle and passion.
Santa Cruz High’s girls basketball team was active on defense against Notre Dame-San Jose in the Central Coast Section Division III semifinals. So were the tenacious Regents.
Junior guard Isaiah Ackerman scored a team-high 13 points, but the No. 2 Aptos High boys basketball team was upset by No. 7 Burlingame 47-43 in the Central Coast Section Division III quarterfinals on Tuesday 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.
Aptos High’s girls basketball team avenged a pair of regular-season losses to rival Santa Cruz with its 46-36 win in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament Championship at Cabrillo College on Saturday.
The Santa Cruz Warriors overcame a 16-point deficit to beat the Iowa Wolves, 128-122, in the teams’ NBA G League game at Kaiser Permanente Arena in front of a sold-out crowd on Friday.
Freshman guard Gabby Wickham scored nine of her season-high 35 points in overtime, as Aptos High’s girls basketball team beat host Scotts Valley 62-53 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals on Thursday.
Esteban Garcia had a goal and an assist, and Aptos High’s boys soccer team stayed in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title hunt with its 3-0 win over Santa Cruz on Wednesday night.
Kit Deforest’s steal and and-one basket helped the No. 4 seed Scotts Valley High boys basketball team edge No. 5 San Lorenzo Valley 70-68 in triple overtime in the first round of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament on Tuesday.
Soquel High junior Cheryl Brightfield and Santa Cruz senior Jonah Susskind each made a pair of finals at the second annual Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf League Individual Championships at The Hook on Saturday.
Forward Donovan Williams scored a game-high 28 points and added nine rebounds in the Santa Cruz Warriors’ 122-119 overtime win over the Texas Legends in NBA G League action at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday night.
Sophomore guard Darius Best scored 26 points, and the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team beat visiting Gavilan 84-73 in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Wednesday night.
With the final seconds ticking away, Santa Cruz High’s star forward Ben Dotten leaped above Aptos’ Ryan Solorio and Luke Garvey to gather a pass from teammate Demeke Smith on the wing.
Santa Cruz High’s girls basketball team played good defense, but it needed someone to step up on offense to gain some separation from feisty Aptos on Tuesday in a battle of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s top two teams.
Aptos High junior wrestler Lucas Zuniga won the heavyweight division title at the 59th annual Overfelt Classic at Overfelt High in San Jose on Saturday.
Rain Li made five 3-pointers and scored a season-high 30 points, and the Kirby School’s boys basketball team beat York 54-50 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division game Friday at Enterprise Sports Club in Scotts Valley.
The Watsonville boys basketball team used a balanced attack to beat host St. Francis 60-50 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division game Wednesday night.
Nico Downie scored a game-high 20 points, and Monte Vista Christian School’s boys basketball team knocked off Greenfield 57-49 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division game Tuesday.
Four UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball players recorded double-doubles, and the Banana Slugs produced a school record for points scored in a game in their 120-53 win over visiting Bethesda at the West Field House on Friday.
Anahi Macias scored twice, and Aptos High’s girls soccer team produced a season-high goal total in its 7-0 win over visiting Santa Cruz in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Thursday night.
Dominic Pierini made three 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 14 points, and Monte Vista Christian School’s boys basketball team beat Rancho San Juan 56-40 to gain sole possession of the Cypress Division lead in Pacific Coast Athletic League play Wednesday.
Aptos High’s girls soccer team scored a goal in each half of its 2-0 win over host Soquel to stay unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday night.
Guard Kendric Davis scored a team-high 23 points and the Santa Cruz Warriors knocked off the Long Island Nets 98-90 in the teams’ NBA G League game at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Monday.