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Santa Cruz struggles against Los Gatos’ pressure, falls in Dad’s Club championship | Boys basketball
Keyondre Randolph buried a 3-pointer on Santa Cruz High’s first possession to give the Cardinals a quick lead, but the night — as well as the 69th annual Emmett Thompson Memorial Dad’s Club Tournament title — belonged to Los Gatos’ boys basketball team.
Kat Buckley leads PCS girls basketball team to Pescadero Hoop Dreams title | Local Roundup
Junior forward Kat Buckley produced another double-double, and Pacific Collegiate School’s girls basketball team beat Pescadero 43-16 in the championship of the Pescadero Hoop Dreams tournament on Saturday.
Santa Cruz surfer John Mel moves into quarterfinals at Morro Bay | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s John Mel advanced to the Round of 16 at the World Surf League’s SLO CAL Open Morro Bay, a Qualifying Series 2,000-point event, in Morro Bay on Saturday.
Santa Cruz edges Monterey, will face Los Gatos for Dad’s Club title | Boys basketball
Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team endured stretches without scoring. Still, the Cardinals found a recipe for success: heart, hustle and suffocating defense.
Santa Cruz surfer John Mel advances at SLO CAL Open Morro Bay | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s John Mel advanced to the Round of 32 at the World Surf League’s SLO CAL Open Morro Bay, a Qualifying Series 2,000-point event, in Morro Bay on Friday.
Soquel, Santa Cruz move into Dad’s Club semifinals | Boys basketball
It was early-season basketball at its finest, where heart and hustle tend to offset the absence of consistency and blissful and flawless execution.
Santa Cruz hosts Dad’s Club at KP Arena, Jacob’s Heart Pediatric Cancer Shootout | High school basketball
It’s December, and that means in addition to it being Christmas season, it’s high school basketball tournament/showcase time.
Emilie Ngo helps UC Santa Cruz rally past UC Merced in OT at KP Arena | Local Roundup
Sophomore guard Emilie Ngo continued her offensive ways, and the UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team, an NCAA Division III squad, rallied past D-II UC Merced 79-72 at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Tuesday.
Kat Buckley paces PCS past Soquel in girls basketball | Local Roundup
Junior forward Kat Buckley had 25 points, seven rebounds and five blocks to lead the Pacific Collegiate School girls basketball team past host Soquel 39-18 in nonleague action Monday.
Scotts Valley girls produce their best team finish at CIF Cross Country Championships
A pair of runners from Santa Cruz County, Scotts Valley High senior Ava Decleve and Aptos senior Maya Schiro, posted top-five finishes in the Division IV race at the CIF State Cross Country Championships in Fresno on Saturday.
High School football: Digesting this past season
While the milestones in the regular season were historic, for just the third time in 17 years, no team in the county played for a CCS title
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Soquel’s girls, boys water polo teams suffer narrow losses in CIF NorCal Regional playoffs
Sophomore Grace Graessle scored a season-high nine goals on 12 shots, but the No. 6 seed Soquel High’s girls water polo team lost 13-12 to No. 3 Acalanes in double overtime in the CIF Division I NorCal Regional quarterfinals on Tuesday.
Santa Cruz sees feel-good, league championship season end | CCS football
Santa Cruz High’s usually reliable offense went cold in the second half Saturday, and with it went the chances of the Cardinals extending their feel-good football season.
Soquel, Santa Cruz suffer heartbreaking losses in CCS girls water polo finals
Soquel High’s girls water polo team came oh so close to winning the program’s third Central Coast Section Open Division title Saturday.
Scotts Valley’s Hanna Shehorn, Ava Decleve finish 1-2, help Falcons repeat in D-IV | CCS Cross Country Championships
Scotts Valley High junior Hanna Shehorn and UCLA-bound senior teammate Ava Decleve finished 1-2 to lead the Falcons to the girls’ Division IV team title at the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships in Belmont on Saturday.
County has rough go in quarterfinals | CCS football roundup
San Lorenzo Valley High’s football team, playing in its first postseason game in 10 years, was in contention to pull off an upset after Cougars running back Justin Griffis scored early in the fourth quarter.
Game of the Week: Dukes, defense, lead Palma past Soquel in CCS playoffs
Eli Dukes rushes for 248 yards and four touchdowns as Palma opens the CCS Open/Division I postseason with a 28-0 win over Soquel
Soquel falls to dynasty Sacred Heart Prep in Open semifinals | Boys water polo
Soquel High’s boys water polo team came up short in its bid to topple dynasty Sacred Heart Prep of Atherton in the Central Coast Section playoffs on Thursday.
Game of the Week: Palma, Soquel set for rematch in CCS playoffs
Palma and Soquel will get reacquainted Friday in the CCS Open/Division I football first round
Soquel makes fifth straight CCS Open Division final; SC returns in D-II | Girls water polo roundup
It was one of those days. One of the good ones, where everything goes right.
Aptos’ Adelaide Friedley, Soquel’s Libby Forrest ready for next level | National Signing Day
Two local, female water polo players, Aptos High’s Adelaide Friedley and Soquel’s Libby Forrest, are among Santa Cruz County’s select few who will formalize their college commitments on Wednesday.
All four county teams in CCS football playoffs open on the road
Four football teams from Santa Cruz County made the Central Coast Section playoffs with automatic berths. All four open with road games in the quarterfinals of their respective divisions this weekend, it was announced at the CCS seeding meeting on Sunday.
CCS football playoffs: Carmel seeded No. 2 in DIII, Palma No. 4 in Open
Alisal, Carmel, King City, North Salinas, Palma, Salinas and Stevenson all seeded into the CCS football playoffs