Watsonville High senior forward/center Leilani Yasin-Espinoza shined at both ends of the basketball court, but was honored as the Gabilan Division Defensive Player of the Year after leading the Wildcatz to a three-way tie for fourth place in the highest tier of the Pacific Coast Athletic League.
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 […]
Leading Alisal in nearly every statistical category and to a Gabilan Division title, Nayeli Gil-Silva was named The Herald’s Basketball Player of the Year.
Alisal moves into a tie for first place in the Gabilan Division with defending girls champion Salinas after a 51-46 decision over their cross-town rivals
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.
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.
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.