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Cardinals eye SCCAL title repeat | Boys basketball preview
Boys’ basketball teams in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League will be seeing less of Aden Cury this season. Not the kind of “less” they’d probably prefer, though.
Aptos, Santa Cruz continue rivalry for SCCAL bragging rights | Girls basketball preview
As they dueled for league and Central Coast Section supremacy last spring, Aptos and Santa Cruz developed a compelling high school girls’ basketball rivalry.
Aptos unable to keep pace with Lowell in NorCal Invitational, takes fourth | Boys basketball
Senior center Jack Spinelli had 20 points and 13 rebounds, but the cold-shooting Mariners were unable to keep pace with Lowell of San Francisco and fell 54-33 in the third-place game in the Blue Division at Aptos.
Mariners basketball team falls to Pioneer in NorCal Invitational semifinals | Local Roundup
Jack Spinelli posted a double-double in Aptos High’s 41-35 basketball loss to Pioneer of San Jose in the Blue Division semifinals at the 8th annual Aptos High/Santa Cruz Warriors NorCal Invitational on Tuesday.
Aptos rolls in tournament opener at Kaiser Permanente Arena | Boys basketball
Limited action cost Spinelli another double-double; he finished with a team-high 19 points and nine rebounds. But if the Mariners showed anything in their tournament opener — and they showed plenty — it was their penchant for sharing the ball.
Basketball tournaments at Alvarez canceled for COVID-19 protocols | Local Roundup
All seven games Friday and the remaining events at the Eagles Classic boys and girls basketball tournament at Alvarez High were canceled after multiple players tested positive for COVID-19.
David Ibarra’s goal helps Wildcatz earn soccer draw with Los Gatos | Local Roundup
Senior David Ibarra scored on a pass from Mateo Arias in the second half and the Watsonville High boys soccer team earned a 1-1 draw with host Los Gatos in pool play for the Homestead Christmas Cup on Thursday night.
Harbor girls soccer rallies past Stevenson | Local Roundup
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.
Santa Cruz topples Leigh for sixth straight Dad’s Club title | Boys basketball
It’s not always about how you start, but how you finish. And both went incredibly well for Santa Cruz High’s basketball team at the Dad’s Club Tournament on Saturday night.
Santa Cruz, Leigh to square off for Dad’s Club title
Josh Bendix had Santa Cruz High’s lone field goal in the fourth quarter, as the Cardinals held on for a 52-44 win over Monterey in the Dad’s Club semifinals at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium on Friday night.
Santa Cruz stomps MVC in tournament opener | Dad’s Club Tournament Roundup
A suffocating Cardinal defense recorded one dozen steals and rolled to a 70-15 rout of outmanned Monte Vista Christian.
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young makes early exit in Hawaii | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young, 30, will wait and see if the 12,500 points he earned in four World Surf League Challenger Series events is enough to return him to the Championship Tour.