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.
San Lorenzo Valley High’s softball team scored 11 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, and the Cougars rallied for a 12-2 win over Alvarez in nonleague action Wednesday.
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 wing Mila Conn scored 17 points, and the No. 2 seed Santa Cruz High girls basketball team beat No. 3 Pioneer 54-47 in the Division III semifinals in Santa Cruz on Thursday night.
The No. 2 seed Scotts Valley High girls basketball team wasn’t at its best, and still it rolled to a 63-36 win over No. 7 Stevenson of Pebble Beach in the Central Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals on Tuesday.
Robert Gomez Jr. had a hot hand again, but he wasn’t the only one as the No. 8 seed St. Francis High boys basketball beat unseeded North Valley Baptist 79-52 in the second round of the Central Coast Section Division V playoffs in Watsonville on Saturday.
Soquel High’s boys basketball team, enjoying the program’s first Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title since 2013, received the No. 1 seed in Division III in the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs.
Scotts Valley High’s girls basketball team — the repeat champion in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League — was placed in Division IV for the Central Coast Section playoffs and given the No. 2 seed behind Notre Dame of Belmont.
Aptos High’s girls soccer team celebrated its six seniors on Thursday night, and its fourth-year players and the rest of the Mariners had plenty to celebrate.
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.
Alexa Castaneda scored a natural hat trick, and the Aptos High girls soccer team beat visiting Scotts Valley 5-1 on Tuesday night to move a victory away from posting its third straight unbeaten season in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play.
Senior forward/center Alex Burgos recorded a double-double, and the No. 5 seed Scotts Valley High boys basketball team rallied past No. 4 Harbor 59-57 in the first round of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament in Santa Cruz on Monday.
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.
Harbor High’s boys soccer team took another step toward winning its second Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title in four years by beating host Soquel 2-0 on Monday night in a make-up game.
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.