Monte Vista Christian School senior wrestler Jacob Wong took second place in his weight division at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Championships at Watsonville High on Saturday. The Mustangs’ Megan Merson took third in the girls tournament.
The newly crowned repeat champion Aptos High girls soccer team jumped out to a three-goal lead in the first half and received goals from four players in its 4-1 victory over host Soquel in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play on Thursday.
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.
Senior guard Chris Lively scored a game-high 18 points, and the Kirby School boys basketball team beat host Pajaro Valley 49-44 to solidify its lead in the Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division standings on Wednesday.
Scotts Valley High fourth-year guard Brooklyn Williams was pulled after scoring her 1,000th career point, and the repeat Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion Falcons celebrated senior night with a 60-34 win over visiting Aptos on Tuesday.
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.
Seventeen athletes from Santa Cruz County will compete in the 40th annual Central Coast High School All-Star Football Game at Rabobank Stadium in Salinas on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
Scotts Valley High girls basketball team wasn’t given the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championships banner after the Falcons soundly defeated visiting Santa Cruz for the second time this season Wednesday. But everyone on both benches, as well as those who helped fill out the bleachers, knew it was essentially a title-clinching outcome.
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.
Soquel High quarterback Sam Whelan and lineman Django Daillak were chosen to represent Santa Cruz County at the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame awards banquet for their contributions in the classroom, community, and on the football field.
Isabella Hartnett scored two goals and made an assist, and the Aptos High girls soccer team beat visiting Scotts Valley 3-0 to remain unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Thursday.
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.
Pacific Collegiate School’s girls soccer team topped Watsonville 1-0 in a battle of unbeaten teams in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division action at Soquel High on Tuesday night.
Santa Cruz guard Chance McMillian made five 3-pointers and scored a career-high 28 points, and the Warriors held off the Valley Suns to secure a 113-108 victory in NBA G League action at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Monday.
Pacific Collegiate School’s girls soccer team scored twice in the final 12 minutes and rally for a 2-1 win over Stevenson in their Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division match Friday.
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.
Senior guard Samantha Rebbert led Scotts Valley High’s balanced attack with 13 points, and the Falcons’ girls basketball team beat host Santa Cruz 52-28 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Tuesday.
Junior forward Justin Alfaro scored three goals for the second time in the past three matches, and Watsonville High’s boys soccer team stomped Seaside 7-0 in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division action Monday.
Two local wrestlers, Soquel High freshman Aliyah Marcus and Santa Cruz sophomore Vera Bentley, won titles at the fifth annual La Manazanita Ladies Classic at Watsonville High on Thursday.
Harbor High’s boys basketball team, which earned seven wins last season, picked up its eighth win before opening the 2026 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League season.
Soquel’s High football team was rewarded handsomely by Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division coaches after posting another stellar season in 2025.
The inaugural Reggie Stephens Foundation/Gino Panelli Foundation Central Coast Flag Football All-Star Game delivered plenty of fireworks at Santa Cruz High last year.