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 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.
Sophomore Chase Petersen and senior Nolen Westfall each scored 10 points, and the No. 7 seed Soquel High boys basketball team beat No. 10 Terra Nova 53-46 in the second round of the Central Coast Section Division IV playoffs in Soquel on Saturday night.
Three boys basketball league champions were among the six teams from Santa Cruz County that were seeded for the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs on Wednesday.
Nico Ramirez and D’Rell Hopkins each scored 15 points to help the No. 7 seed Soquel High boys basketball team beat No. 10 Stevenson 62-36 in the second round of the Central Coast Section Division IV playoffs on Saturday night.
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.
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.
The Aptos High and Santa Cruz boys basketball teams, co-champions of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League, could square off in the Central Coast Section semifinals, if they win their playoff openers. The rivals split their regular-season meetings.
Senior Camille Dayton had a goal and assist in the final 10 minutes to rally Harbor High’s girls soccer team past Stevenson 3-2 in the teams’ nonleague game in Pebble Beach on Tuesday.