The Santa Cruz Warriors held a one-point lead at the half, but were outscored 49-29 in the third quarter of their 138-116 loss to the host Cleveland Charge at Public Auditorium on Friday night.
Zane Seichen sank a suspenseful, 20-foot putt on the ninth green to lift Scotts Valley High to a 209-210 win over San Lorenzo Valley on the front nine at DeLaveaga Golf Course on Thursday.
Senior outside hitter Lucas Kamalani had a team-high nine kills, and Santa Cruz High’s boys volleyball team swept Scotts Valley 25-13, 25-13, 25-21 to open Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
Santa Cruz County had three runners turn in personal bests and post time-five finishes in the girls’ 1,600-meter race at the 34-team K-Bell Track and Field Classic at Westmont High in Campbell on Saturday.
The Cabrillo College softball team earned a doubleheader split with Feather River in Aptos on Friday, losing 4-2 in seven innings and winning 20-0 in five innings.
Junior Jed Del Favero had five goals and two assists and became Soquel High lacrosse program’s all-time goal scoring leader and points leader in the Knights’ 10-2 win over Christopher on Thursday.
Jake Fiorenza scored in the first inning on a delayed double steal with Triton Dew, and the Cabrillo College baseball team held on for a 1-0 win over visiting De Anza in nonconference play Tuesday.
Center Charles Bassey recorded his 10th double-double of the regular season, but the Santa Cruz Warriors coughed up an early lead and lost 130-126 to the San Diego Clippers in NBA G League action at Kaiser Pernante Arena on Friday.
UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball talent Emilie Ngo was named the Coast To Coast Conference’s 2026 Player of the Year in addition to being an all-conference first-team selection.
One by one, three veterans on the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team came to the bench early in the second half on Wednesday, a result of either foul trouble or injury.
Leadoff hitter Jayson Schmeisser was 7-for-7 batting with two doubles, six RBI, and five runs scored, and Cabrillo College’s baseball team blasted host De Anza 26-7 in the teams’ nonconference game in Cupertino on Saturday.
Runner Nikki Hiltz, an Aptos native competing for Lululemon, took first place in the women’s 3,000-meter ASICS race at the ASICS Sound Invite in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Saturday.
Sophomore guard Isabella Alvarez scored a game-high 35 points, and the No. 3 seed Aptos High’s girls basketball team upset No. 2 Santa Cruz 59-40 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals at Scotts Valley High on Wednesday.
Sophomore forward Andres Reyes scored six goals and had an assist, as Harbor High’s boys soccer team blasted host San Lorenzo Valley 12-0 to secure its second Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title in four years on Friday.
Junior forward Kaden Miritz had 19 points, 13 rebounds, and three blocks, and the Santa Cruz High boys basketball team pulled away from visiting Harbor for a 59-46 win in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League make-up game Thursday night.
Sophomore Emilie Santiago scored the first of her three goals in the opening minute, and Aptos High’s girls soccer team earned its fourth straight Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title outright with its 7-0 rout of San Lorenzo Valley in Felton on Tuesday.
Soquel High’s boys basketball team shined again on defense, and the Knights beat host Aptos 52-23 on Saturday to secure no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title.
Senior Diego Guillen had five goals and one assist, and the Watsonville High boys soccer team rolled past host King City 7-2 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division game Friday.
Sophomore forward Mike Carson scored 17 points, and the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team beat Foothill 77-73 to conclude the first round of Coast Conference South Division action Wednesday.
Senior midfielder Cutler Bauscher scored in each half, and Santa Cruz High’s boys soccer team beat visiting Scotts Valley 3-0 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Wednesday.
Stefan Ciesiolkiewicz scored on an assist from Desmond Boutelle early in the second half to help Santa Cruz High’s boys soccer team play to a 2-all draw against host Aptos in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener on Wednesday night.
Sophomore forward Mike Carson and freshman guard Damani Wilkerson each scored 18 points, and the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team beat host Monterey Peninsula 92-86 in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division opener Wednesday night.