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St. Francis’ Robert Gomez Jr. earns Offensive POY honor in Mission Division | All-PCAL boys basketball

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St. Francis High junior basketball talent Robert Gomez Jr. took advantage of opponents focusing on drive-and-create wing Nash Horton in 2024-25. His senior season, with Horton graduated and competing in his freshman season of baseball at Pepperdine University, and after seeing Gomez bury 84 3-pointers and average 16.73 points last year, opponents were prepared to […]

Scotts Valley girls storm past Santa Cruz to close in on SCCAL title repeat | High school basketball roundup

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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.

Isa Alvarez scores career-high 30 points in Aptos’ girls basketball win | Local Roundup

Sophomore Isa Alvarez scored a career-high 30 points, and Aptos High’s girls basketball beat host Mount Pleasant 65-23 in San Jose in the teams’ nonleague game on Monday.

Leilani Yasin posts 20-rebound double-double, helps Watsonville girls basketball team knock off St. Francis | Local Roundup

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Senior forward Leilani Yasin scored a team-high 13 points, and the Watsonville High girls basketball team beat visiting St. Francis 49-36 in nonleague action Monday night.

Liliana Whitmeyer helps St. Francis pull away from SLV | Local Roundup

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Sophomore Liliana Whitmeyer scored 10 of her game-high 18 points in the third quarter, and St. Francis High’s girls basketball team pulled away from visiting San Lorenzo Valley 47-33 in the teams’ nonleague game Tuesday.

Soquel’s rally comes up short in basketball loss to powerful Palma | Local Roundup

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Soquel High boys basketball team battled back with a solid fourth quarter, but suffered a 59-52 loss to host Palma in the semifinals of the Luis & Lucille Scattini Memorial Tournament in Salinas on Friday night.

Kat Buckley paces PCS past Soquel in girls basketball | Local Roundup

Junior forward Kat Buckley had 25 points, seven rebounds and five blocks to lead the Pacific Collegiate School girls basketball team past host Soquel 39-18 in nonleague action Monday.

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The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week