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Cabrillo earns split in softball doubleheader against Butte | Local Roundup
Cabrillo College’s softball team earned a split in a nonconference doubleheader against visiting Butte, losing 8-6 and winning 9-1, on Tuesday.
John Mel takes fifth, Maddie Storrer 13th at surf events in Florida | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s John Mel tied for fifth place at the World Surf League’s Ron Jon Quiksilver Pro at Shepard Beach Park in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on Saturday. Capitola’s Maddie Storrer tied for 13th place and earned 295 points at the WSL’s Roxy Pro
Photos | Santa Cruz High basketball team falls in state finals
Santa Cruz High senior Demeke Smith looks on as Alemany receives its trophy after winning the CIF Division III Basketball State Championship in Sacramento on Friday.
SC surfer John Mel wins another heat in Ron Jon Quiksilver Pro in Florida | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s John Mel tacked on another heat win Friday to advance in the World Surf League’s Ron Jon Quiksilver Pro, a Qualifying Series 1,000-point event at Shepard Beach Park in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
Santa Cruz falls to Alemany in CIF D-III State Championship | Boys basketball
Santa Cruz High’s basketball team dug itself a hole, but remained confident knowing that it has come back from deficits before. Bishop Alemany guard Jared Mims made sure the Cardinals didn’t in the teams’ biggest game of the season.
Streaking Cardinals aim to cap season with state title | Boys basketball
Talk is cheap, and action speaks volumes. In the case of Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team, action also adds pages to the history book.
Santa Cruz wraps up road trip with win over Austin | Local Roundup
The Santa Cruz Warriors topped the Austin Spurs, 101-94, at H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas, to wrap up their five-game road trip with a 3-2 record on Wednesday night.
Santa Cruz survives relentless Bullard, wins D-III NorCal title | Boys basketball
Santa Cruz High’s basketball team needed a spark in the CIF Division III NorCal Championship on Tuesday night, and an unlikely player provided it.
Santa Cruz Warriors post win over host Mexico City | Local Roundup
The Santa Cruz Warriors cleaned up their sloppy play, and never trailed in a 117-100 win over the host Mexico City Capitanes in NBA G League action on Monday night.
Streaking Santa Cruz hosts bullish Bullard for D-III NorCal title | Boys basketball
Much to the delight of its large, vocal fan base, the streaking, No. 1 seed Santa Cruz High basketball team is peaking in the CIF Division III NorCal regional playoffs.
Evie Marheineke, Eli Fitchen-Young run to wins at K-Bell Classic | Local Roundup
Archbishop Mitty High junior Evangeline Marheineke, a Santa Cruz resident, and Santa Cruz junior Eli Fitchen-Young earned wins at the 41-team K-Bell Track and Field Classic on Saturday.
Santa Cruz shuts down Ygnacio Valley, advances to NorCal Championship | Boys basketball
Hunger is a powerful weapon in sports, especially when it’s a bunch of extremely skilled athletes who possess it.
SV wrestler Dom Parrish goes 2-0 at Pan Am Olympic Games Qualifier | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley native Dom Parrish (53 kg), Kayla Miracle (62 kg) and Amit Elor (68 kg) helped Team USA picked up three weight class quotas for the 2024 Olympic Games in women’s freestyle wrestling at the Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier on Thursday night.
Santa Cruz wallops West Park in second round of NorCal playoffs | Boys basketball
Throw out the seeds, Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team expects a battle in each and every round of the CIF Division III NorCal Regional Playoffs.
St. Francis baseball homers twice in win over SLV | Local Roundup
Trey Silva and Javier Fonseca hit home runs, and the St. Francis High baseball team beat San Lorenzo Valley 13-3 in nonleague play in Watsonville on Wednesday.
Santa Cruz overcomes slow start, tops Head-Royce in NorCal opener | Boys basketball
No. 16 seed Head-Royce School’s boys basketball team provided a hearty challenge for favored Santa Cruz in the first round of the CIF Division III NorCal Regional playoffs Tuesday night. For the first half, anyway.
Cabrillo basketball team earns bye, second-round home game for playoffs | Local Roundup
The Cabrillo College men’s basketball team was seeded No. 7/8 for the CCCAA NorCal Regional Playoffs after posting the best regular-season record in school history under coach James Page.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
Scotts Valley star wrestler Danica Kelley repeats as section champion | CCS Masters Finals
Scotts Valley High star senior wrestler Danica Kelley repeated as champion at the Central Coast Section Masters Finals at Watsonville High on Saturday.