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MVC girls lacrosse beats Harker, moves to 2-0 | Local Roundup
Monte Vista Christian School’s girls lacrosse team beat Harker 17-8 in its nonleague game in San Jose on Monday.
Santa Cruz basketball teams seeded for CIF NorCal Regional playoffs
High school basketball teams statewide learned their division placements and seeds Sunday for the upcoming CIF regional tournaments. There were some head-scratchers. Plenty of them.
Santa Cruz surfer Maddie Storrer takes third in Morro Bay | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Maddie Storrer tied for third place on Sunday at the World Surf League’s SLO CAL Open at Morro Bay, a 1,000-point Qualifying Series event.
Santa Cruz unable to contain Mills’ perimeter attack, falls in D-III final | CCS girls basketball
In the aftermath of a rare snowstorm to hit the area a day earlier, Highway 17 had just one lane open for Santa Cruz HIgh’s girls basketball team to drive over the hill for its battle against Mills in the Central Coast Section Division III final on Saturday.
Santa Cruz’s Maddie Storrer surfs into semifinals in Morro Bay | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Maddie Storrer advanced to the semifinals on Saturday at the World Surf League’s SLO CAL Open at Morro Bay, a 1,000-point Qualifying Series event.
UCSC men ousted by No. 1 Christopher Newport in C2C Tournament semifinals | Local Roundup
Tyler Kessinger had 17 points, five rebounds and five assists, but the UC Santa Cruz men’s basketball team lost to No. 1 seed Christopher Newport 81-73 in the Coast To Coast Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday.
Aptos falls short in rematch against Burlingame in D-III semifinals | CCS boys basketball roundup
Good looks at the basket were hard to come by in the Central Coast Section Division III semifinals on Thursday night.
Sophomore Tiera O’Connor’s big outing helps Santa Cruz reach D-III final | CCS girls basketball
Sophomore Tiera O’Connor missed her first three attempts from beyond the arc Thursday. Admittedly, her confidence took a hit, but not so much so that she’d stop shooting.
No. 4 UCSC men control boards, No. 5 Warren Wilson in C2C Tournament quarterfinals | Local Roundup
Avri Finch and Treyson Keating recorded double-doubles, and the No. 4 seed UC Santa Cruz men’s basketball team beat No. 5 Warren Wilson 87-72 in the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Thursday morning.
Another slow start costly for SC in Open Division pool play | CCS boys basketball
In what is turning into a costly postseason trend, Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team again was doomed by a slow start.
Aptos native Nikki Hiltz wins women’s 1,500 race at USATF Indoor Championships | Local Roundup
Lululemon runner Nikki Hiltz, an Aptos native, took first place in the women’s 1,500-meter race at the USA Track and Field Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Saturday.
‘Timid’ start dooms Cardinals against No. 1 Mitty in Open Division opener | CCS boys basketball
Talk about great starts: Aden Cury drove to his left along the baseline on Santa Cruz High’s first possession, and snuck a pass past an Archbishop MItty defender to teammate Kirby Seals, who attacked on the backside for an uncontested dunk.
Wildcatz grateful for postseason experience after narrow loss in D-I opener | CCS girls basketball
Winning isn’t everything.
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young advances to Round of 16 at Hurley Pro Sunset Beach | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young won his second straight heat and advanced to the Round of 16 at the World Surf League’s Hurley Pro Sunset Beach in Oahu, Hawaii, event No. 2 on the Championship Tour season.
Santa Cruz boys make Open Division for first time since 2016 | CCS basketball
Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team is back in the Open Division for the Central Coast Section playoffs for the first time since 2016. In total, six boys teams and seven girls teams made the playoffs.
Pajaro Valley clinches Cypress Division boys soccer title in final match | Local Roundup
It came down to the final game of the regular-season, but Pajaro Valley High’s boys soccer team secured the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division title with its 4-1 win over host North Monterey County on Tuesday night.
PCS, Ceiba boys win finales, share Santa Lucia Division soccer title | Local Roundup
The Pacific Collegiate School boys soccer team beat host York 3-0 in its regular-season finale Monday to earn a share of the Pacific Coast Athletic Athletic League Santa Lucia Division title with Ceiba.
UCSC’s Kaylee Murphy posts 50th double-double in rout | Local Roundup
UC Santa Cruz senior forward Kaylee Murphy posted her 15th double-double of the season and 50th of her career in a rout Sunday at Kaiser Permanente Arena.
Anthony Lamb, Patrick Baldwin Jr. lead Santa Cruz past Windy City | Local Roundup
The Santa Cruz Warriors beat the host Windy City Bulls, 112-98, in the teams’ NBA G League game at NOW Arena on Saturday night.
Cardinals bring ‘A’ game to SCCAL Tournament final, annihilate Aptos | Boys basketball
Bring on the Central Coast Section Open Division. Aden Cury and Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team believes they’re ready for the highest level of the playoffs after their latest dominant showing.
Santa Cruz stomps Soquel for SCCAL Tournament title | Girls basketball
The last time Santa Cruz High’s girls basketball team played Soquel, the Cardinals won by 20 points on Jan. 31. It was their smallest margin of victory in their unbeaten, 10-game run to three-peat as Santa Cruz Coast Athletic regular-season champion.
Elias Golino, PCS pull away from Anthony Toriz-led Ceiba | Local Roundup
Two of the top boys basketball scorers in Central Coast Section, Ceiba’s Anthony Toriz and Pacific Collegiate School’s Elias Golino, squared off again Friday at Gateway School in Santa Cruz on Friday night. And neither did anything to disappoint.
Wrestling seeds revealed for CCS Southern Regionals | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz County has wrestlers seeded in the top eight in each of the 14 weight classes for the Boys’ Central Coast Section Southern Regionals at Watsonville High on Saturday.
No. 3 seeded Soquel girls knock off SLV; will face No. 1 SC in final | SCCAL Basketball Tournament Roundup
Gianna Winterhalder and Amelie Stotland were consistent in their barrage of 3-point attempts in the Santa Cruz Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals on Thursday. So was Lily Thayer on the offensive glass.
Cypress Division boys basketball leader St. Francis pushes win streak to seven games | Local Roundup
Junior Ibarra scored a team-high 14 points, and the St. Francis High’s boys basketball team beat host North Salinas 63-45 on Wednesday to remain in first place in Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division play.