Some of the area’s top senior boys and girls hoopsters, as well as the 2025-26 incoming class of freshmen boys, will compete at the 12th annual Central Coast Basketball All-Star Games at Scotts Valley High on Sunday.
Nicholas Fantl had a hit and two RBI, and Javier Fonseca also drove in two runs to help St. Francis High’s baseball team edge visiting Aptos 5-3 for its second walk-off win Wednesday in nonleague play.
Senior Kaleb Wing struck out nine batters over 4 2/3 and scoreless innings, and Scotts Valley High’s baseball team earned a 2-1 walk-off win over visiting Santa Teresa in nonleague action Tuesday.
UC Santa Cruz’s Eric Anderson and Elena Stanciu posted top-10 finishes at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships at Nazareth University in Rochester, New York, on Saturday.
Aptos seniors Logan Brantley and Casey MacConnell each won two individual events, and the Mariners’ boys track and field team won eight total at the Santa Cruz County Meet of Champions II at Harbor High on Saturday.
UC Santa Cruz’s Eric Anderson and Elena Stanciu advanced from the prelims to the finals on the opening day of the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships at Nazareth University in Rochester, New York, on Friday.
Jaxson Hoye was dominant on the mound, and Harbor High’s baseball team shut out visiting Thomas More of San Jose, 5-0, in the teams’ nonleague game Tuesday.
Basketball is a team game. Santa Cruz High has a superstar in DeMarco Hunter, but his supporting cast struggled mightily when the Cardinals needed them most Tuesday night.
Santa Cruz’s Brody Price took first place in the U16 boys division on the final day of USA Surfing’s West Coast Prime Series at Steamer Lane, his hometown break, on Sunday.
Santa Cruz High’s DeMarco Hunter had a first quarter that won’t be forgotten anytime soon by anyone who witnessed the CIF Division IV NorCal Regional basketball semifinals on Saturday night.
Santa Cruz saw Wisconsin’s Stephen Thompson make a pair of free throws with 3.9 seconds left, and the Warriors were edged by the Herd, 112-110, in the teams’ NBA G League game at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday night.
Another Cinderella squad stands between Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team and a repeat trip to the California Interscholastic Federation NorCal Regional finals.
Six-foot-8 forward Braxton Key, a three-year NBA veteran, shined his debut with Santa Cruz on Wednesday night, but the Warriors lost to the Wisconsin Herd 116-98 in the teams’ NBA G League game at Kaiser Permanente Arena.
Sophomore Evan Vessey had three hits, three RBI and scored a run, and Monte Vista Christian School’s baseball team beat visiting North Salinas 12-2 in the teams’ five inning nonleague game Tuesday.
Leave it to Santa Cruz High boys basketball coach Lawan Milhouse to produce the best explanation of Tuesday’s California Interscholastic Federation NorCal Division IV playoff game against Venture Academy of Stockton.
Harbor High volleyball talent Sabine Kemos announced on social media that she will continue her athletic career at NCAA Division III Claremont-Mudd-Scripps while studying at Claremont McKenna College.
Guard Yuri Collins recorded his 10th double-double of the season, but the Santa Cruz Warriors lost 125-117 to Memphis in NBA G League action at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Saturday night.
Junior forward DeMarco Hunter has paced Santa Cruz High’s basketball team by making a living in the paint, often flying above the rim for crowd pleasing dunks.
A pair of locals, San Lorenzo Valley High junior Gabriel Attia and Aptos High sophomore Cruz Contreras, met their goals of earning a win at the CIF State Championships at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield on Friday.
Star senior forward Isaiah Ackerman and No. 1 seeded Aptos High’s boys basketball team didn’t look past Sacred Heart Cathedral in the Central Coast Section Division III semifinals on Thursday night.
No. 2 seed Santa Cruz earned a repeat trip to the CCS Division III championship and a fourth meeting with its county rival with a 57-46 victory over No. 6 Burlingame on Thursday night.