Watsonville High girls basketball standout Xitlali Montesino was a first-team selection in the Gabilan Division, the top tier of the Pacific Coast Athletic League.
St. Francis High junior guard Sam Braun was named MVP of the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Cypress Division after leading the Sharks’ boys basketball team to the title.
Santa Cruz High sophomore Balam Letona, junior teammate Daniel Evert, and Harbor senior Diallo Thomas took first place in their respective weight classes at the 6th annual Nick Buzolich Classic.
Sophomore guard Taylor Knox scored 14 of his game-high 27 points in the fourth quarter, and Scotts Valley High’s boys basketball team beat visiting Monte Vista Christian 73-59 in their nonleague game Tuesday.
In the opening minute of the Dad’s Club Tournament semifinals on Friday night, Santa Cruz High guard Mosiah Cumberbatch nearly stole the basketball from a Leigh player, but knocked it out of bounds in the process.
Soquel High’s boys basketball team is playing for now and the future, and that takes some of the sting off results like the one it endured Thursday in its Dad’s Club Tournament opener.
“It’s a crying shame he’s not getting more looks,” Santa Cruz coach Lawan Milhouse said after his team hosted PCS in the regular-season finale. “He can really play. And I’m not talking about junior college. He has a significant package. He’s probably the best player in our area.”
Watsonville High basketball player Xitlali Montesino, a junior guard/forward, was named Defensive Player of the Year in the Mission Division, the second-highest tier in the Pacific Coast Athletic League.
Senior guard Kaitlin Imai made nine 3-pointers and finished with 35 points as the No. 4 seed Scotts Valley High girls basketball team beat the No. 5 Carmel 51-32 in the Central Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals on Tuesday.
It’s not always about how you start, but how you finish. And both went incredibly well for Santa Cruz High’s basketball team at the Dad’s Club Tournament on Saturday night.
Josh Bendix had Santa Cruz High’s lone field goal in the fourth quarter, as the Cardinals held on for a 52-44 win over Monterey in the Dad’s Club semifinals at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium on Friday night.
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young, 30, will wait and see if the 12,500 points he earned in four World Surf League Challenger Series events is enough to return him to the Championship Tour.