Monte Vista Christian School sophomore Rykin Resurreccion took second place at 132 pounds at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Wrestling Championships at Salinas High on Saturday.
Senior guard Madison Yazalina had 23 points, six rebounds, four assists, and four steals, and Santa Cruz High’s girls basketball team beat Harbor 69-6 to finish Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play unbeaten on Friday.
Nash Horton scored a team-high 15 points, and the St. Francis High’s boys basketball team got its revenge against host Watsonville with a 57-53 win on Thursday night to stay in the league title hunt.
Raul Calles scored on a pass from Brandon Jimenez in the 65th minute, and the Harbor High boys soccer team beat visiting Scotts Valley 1-0 to secure its second Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title in the past four years on Tuesday night.
Claire Thompson posted a double-double, and Santa Cruz High’s girls basketball team won the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s regular-season title outright with its 57-17 win over Aptos on Friday.
The undefeated UC Santa men’s volleyball team, ranked No. 14 in the NVA/AVCA D-III Coaches Poll, swept UC Merced, an NAIA program, 25-23, 25-22, 31-29, at the West Field House on Thursday.
Several athletes from Santa Cruz County will compete in the 37th annual Central Coast High School All-Star Football Game, which takes place at Rabobank Stadium on Saturday night.
Ava Churchill scored in the 70th minute, and the Aptos High girls soccer team edged host Harbor 1-0 to stay unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
Aden Cury scored a career-high 32 points to go along with 10 rebounds and four steals, as Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team beat host Scotts Valley 75-37 to stay unbeaten in league play Friday.
Pajaro Valley High’s soccer pitch looked to be in much better shape than the local beaches cluttered with large driftwood after storms pelted the region last week.
Aptos High’s boys basketball team rallied past visiting Scotts Valley in the fourth quarter for a 47-44 win in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play on Tuesday night.
Sam Braun had another big night, and the St. Francis High’s boys basketball team beat visiting King City 68-61 in Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division play Thursday night.
Freshman midfielder Alexa Castañeda had two goals and an assist, as the Aptos High girls soccer team beat visiting Harbor 3-1 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Friday night.
Led by Aden Cury, the defending Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League MVP, Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team enters league play as heavy favorites to repeat as champion.
Amid triumph and tragedy, private moments of grief and public spectacles of joy, Mercury News and East Bay Times’ photojournalists captured the resilience of the human spirit across the Bay Area this year.
Raul Calles is a prolific goal scorer. Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League boys’ soccer coaches recognized that last season, naming the Harbor High striker the league’s Attacker of the Year.
Hannah Morley scored 20 points, and San Lorenzo Valley High’s girls basketball team rallied past Watsonville 53-46 in the Lady Shark Shootout semifinals Thursday.
Santa Cruz High junior Daniel Evert (132 pounds) and Harbor senior Diallo Thomas (152) placed sixth in their respective weight divisions at the Pat Lovell Holiday Wrestling Classic on Wednesday.
Heated foes Pajaro Valley High and Watsonville saw their boys soccer teams square off Friday, one hoping to extend one of its best starts in school history and the other looking to escape one of its worst starts.
Jocelyn Travers scored five goals, and Santa Cruz High’s girls soccer team posted a 10-0 win over visiting Pacific Collegiate in nonleague action Wednesday night.
Yssa Santo Domingo’s acrobatic layup with 8.6 seconds left was the sixth and final time the lead changed hands, as No. 21 Wisconsin-Whitewater knocked off No. 19 UC Santa Cruz 61-60 at Kaiser Permanente Arean on Tuesday night.