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‘Holy (expletive)!’ Cardinals’ seed for the CIF NorCal Regional basketball playoffs is downright shocking
“Holy (expletive)!”
That was coach Lawan Milhouse’s reaction when he saw what his Santa Cruz High boys basketball team was seeded Sunday for the upcoming CIF NorCal Regional Playoffs, a day after losing to San Francisco private school Sacred Heart Cathedral 49-48 in the Central Coast Section Division III Championship.
Warriors fall to Raptors 905 in OT for second straight night | Local Roundup
Kendric Davis scored a team-high 35 points, but the Santa Cruz Warriors lost to Raptors 905 118-112 in overtime in the teams’ NBA G League game at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Saturday night.
Sloppy play haunts Santa Cruz in narrow loss to SHC in D-III final | CCS boys basketball
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.
Scotts Valley’s Danica Kelley rallies late, reaches semifinals at CIF State Wrestling Championships | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High senior Danica Kelley advanced to the semifinals on Day 2 of the 2024 CIF State Wrestling Championships at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield on Friday.
Santa Cruz holds off Monterey, advances to D-III final | CCS boys basketball
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 upset by Notre Dame-San Jose in D-III semis | CCS girls basketball
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.
Mills motors past Aptos in D-III semifinals | CCS girls basketball roundup
Aptos High’s girls basketball team got off to a bad start in the Central Coast Section Division III semifinals on Thursday. Then, it got worse.
Scotts Valley’s Danica Kelley advances to quarterfinals at CIF State Wrestling Championships | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High senior Danica Kelley went 2-0 on the Day 1 of the 2024 CIF State Wrestling Championships at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield on Thursday.
Solomon Tucker, Jalen Cunningham pace Cabrillo’s basketball team past MPC | Local Roundup
Solomon Tucker and Jalen Cunningham each scored 15 points, and the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team knocked off Monterey Peninsula 83-74 in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Wednesday night.
No. 2 seed Aptos boys upset by No. 7 Burlingame in D-III quarterfinals | CCS basketball roundup
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.
Soquel stomps Stevenson, advances to D-IV quarterfinals | CCS basketball roundup
Nico Ramirez and D’Rell Hopkins each scored 15 points to help the No. 7 seed Soquel High boys basketball team beat No. 10 Stevenson 62-36 in the second round of the Central Coast Section Division IV playoffs on Saturday night.
UCSC men’s volleyball pushes win streak to five matches | Local Roundup
The streaking UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team beat Dominican 21-25, 31-29, 25-21, 25-18 in River Forest, Illinois, on Friday to push its win streak to five matches.
Scotts Valley, SLV, MVC advance from first round | CCS basketball roundup
Will Shilling scored a team-high 15 points, and the No. 9 seed Scotts Valley High boys basketball rolled past unseeded KIPP San Jose 58-36 in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division IV playoffs on Friday night.
SC, Aptos, seven other county teams make CCS playoffs | Boys basketball
Santa Cruz County had nine boys high school basketball teams qualify for the Central Coast Section playoffs, including the top two seeds in Division III, rivals Santa Cruz and Aptos.
Santa Cruz, Aptos, and St. Francis earn high seeds for CCS playoffs | Girls basketball
Eight high school girls basketball teams from Santa Cruz County qualified for the Central Coast Section playoffs.
St. Francis beats PCS, finishes unbeaten in PCAL’s Cypress Division | Local Roundup
Freshman Maya Calfee scored 26 points, and St. Francis High’s girls basketball team beat visiting Pacific Collegiate 62-45 to finish unbeaten in Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division play Tuesday.
Aptos boys soccer wins first league title since 2014 | Local Roundup
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 girls, SC boys win SCCAL Basketball Tournament titles | Local Roundup
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.
Jackson Rowe helps SC Warriors rally past Iowa Wolves | Local Roundup
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.
Aptos’ boys, girls teams prevail in overtime in SCCAL Tournament semis | Local Roundup
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.
Aptos boys soccer shuts out SC, stays in SCCAL title hunt | Local Roundup
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.
Scotts Valley boys basketball edges SLV in triple OT thriller to open SCCAL Tournament | Local Roundup
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.
MVC, Pajaro Valley girls soccer teams win, stay in division title hunt | Local Roundup
Tea Knowles’ first-half goal helped Monte Vista Christian School’s girls soccer team knock off visiting Seaside 1-0 to stay in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division title contention Monday.
Cheryl Brightfield, Jonah Susskind shred at SCSSL Championships | Local Roundup
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.
Donovan Williams buries winning 3 in SC Warriors’ OT win | Local Roundup
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.