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SCCAL basketball tournaments canceled as league releases revised schedule
The Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League this week released revised boys and girls basketball schedules for the 2021-22 season. They’ll allow member schools that have endured postponed contests while following COVID-19 protocol to play a complete, 10-game season.
Soquel boys soccer blanks SC, moves to 2-0 in SCCAL | Local Roundup
Senior Luis Carrasco had a goal and assist to help Soquel High’s boys soccer team beat host Santa Cruz 3-0 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Thursday night.
Watsonville boys basketball moves to 2-0 in Santa Lucia Division | Local Roundup
Karlos Corpus scored 22 points and Watsonville High’s boys basketball team beat host King City 62-48 on Tuesday in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League game.
PCS girls soccer tops MVC in Mission Division opener | Local Roundup
Rosalyn Bourdow scored 90 seconds into the second half, and Pacific Collegiate School’s girls soccer team beat Monte Vista Christian 2-1 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division opener Monday at Depot Park in Santa Cruz.
Aptos-SC basketball games rescheduled for Wednesday | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s boys and girls basketball games at Santa Cruz on Tuesday have been rescheduled for Wednesday.
St. Francis blows huge lead, edges Seaside in boys basketball | Local Roundup
Junior Ibarra scored 18 points and teammate Christian Magana added 13 points to help St. Francis High’s boys basketball team beat Seaside 58-57 on Friday night.
Watsonville’s Danisha Nunez, Aptos’ Janie Houser wrestle to La Manzanita titles | Local Roundup
Watsonville High’s Danisha Nunez (109 pounds) and Aptos sophomore Janie Houser (124) won titles in their respective weight divisions at the second annual La Manzanita Ladies Classic at Watsonville High on Thursday.
Cardinals pin loss on SLV in teams’ SCCAL opener | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High’s wrestling team beat SLV 36-12 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener in Santa Cruz on Wednesday night.
Rise in COVID-19 cases forces handful of postponements
A surge in COVID-19 cases forced Scotts Valley High to postpone its athletic contests on Tuesday and Thursday. The pandemic forced a minimum of five games to be postponed county-wide Tuesday, including UC Santa Cruz’s men’s basketball game and Soquel at Aptos girls soccer.
Saint Francis administrator sends Santa Cruz apology | Boys basketball
An administrator from Saint Francis High in Mountain View sent Santa Cruz basketball coach Lawan Milhouse an apology over the weekend for an on-court exchange between a Lancers employee and Cardinals star Aden Cury.
Cardinals eye SCCAL title repeat | Boys basketball preview
Boys’ basketball teams in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League will be seeing less of Aden Cury this season. Not the kind of “less” they’d probably prefer, though.
Aptos, Santa Cruz continue rivalry for SCCAL bragging rights | Girls basketball preview
As they dueled for league and Central Coast Section supremacy last spring, Aptos and Santa Cruz developed a compelling high school girls’ basketball rivalry.
Sports Newsmakers 2021 | Pandemic didn’t limit massive accomplishments
Santa Cruz County produced dozens of magnificent sports feats in ’21, and it’s no surprise that surfing was among the sports that dominated headlines. The following is a recap of some of the most memorable feats of the year.
Scotts Valley beats Watsonville for Lady Shark Shootout title | Local Roundup
Kaitlin Imai made four of Scotts Valley High’s eight 3-pointers and finished with 25 points, as the Falcons’ girls basketball team beat Watsonville 58-42 in the championship of the Lady Shark Shootout on Thursday at St. Francis High in Watsonville.
Cardinals push WCAL’s Saint Francis to brink before fouls take toll | Boys basketball
The game was physical, tightly contested and smoothly flowing for much of the first three quarters, but officials gave their whistles a workout over the final eight minutes. The Lancers were awarded 21 free throws in the fourth quarter — making 18 of them — while the Cardinals were 5-of-6 from the line in the final stanza.
Aptos unable to keep pace with Lowell in NorCal Invitational, takes fourth | Boys basketball
Senior center Jack Spinelli had 20 points and 13 rebounds, but the cold-shooting Mariners were unable to keep pace with Lowell of San Francisco and fell 54-33 in the third-place game in the Blue Division at Aptos.
Santa Cruz edges Cupertino, advances to final of Saint Francis’ tournament | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team edged Cupertino 37-35 in the semifinals of the Joe Schram Holiday Basketball Classic at Saint Francis High in Mountain View on Wednesday.
Mariners basketball team falls to Pioneer in NorCal Invitational semifinals | Local Roundup
Jack Spinelli posted a double-double in Aptos High’s 41-35 basketball loss to Pioneer of San Jose in the Blue Division semifinals at the 8th annual Aptos High/Santa Cruz Warriors NorCal Invitational on Tuesday.
Two locals reach quarterfinals at World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship | Local Roundup
A pair of Santa Cruz martial artists, Nathan Albrecht Mendelsohn and Colton David Smith, reached the quarterfinals in their respective divisions at the World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship at Anaheim Convention Center on Dec 9-13.
Aptos rolls in tournament opener at Kaiser Permanente Arena | Boys basketball
Limited action cost Spinelli another double-double; he finished with a team-high 19 points and nine rebounds. But if the Mariners showed anything in their tournament opener — and they showed plenty — it was their penchant for sharing the ball.
Ella Giguiere, Lauren Ambiel record double-doubles in Cabrillo’s OT win | Local Roundup
Ella Giguiere and Lauren Ambiel recorded double-doubles to help the Cabrillo College women’s basketball team beat Feather River 77-72 in overtime Wednesday and snap the Seahawks’ eight-game losing streak.
Five local wrestlers advance to semifinals at Pat Lovell Holiday Classic | Local Roundup
Five athletes from Santa Cruz County went unbeaten on the opening day of the Pat Lovell Holiday Wrestling Classic at Aptos High on Tuesday.
Cabrillo men’s basketball doubles up on Foothill | Local Roundup
Sophomore guard Austin James came off the bench and scored 22 points as the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team doubled up on Foothill 91-45 in Aptos on Monday.
Kaylee Murphy posts another double-double for UCSC, sets up showdown with Whitman | Local Roundup
Junior forward Kaylee Murphy posted her fifth double-double of the season and 26th of her career to help the UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team open the UCSC December Classic with a win Saturday.
Aptos boys basketball team suffers first loss | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s boys basketball team suffered its first loss of the season, 75-61 to Whitney of Rocklin in the Carmel Tournament semifinals on Friday.