Senior co-captain and attacker Tessa Jeffries scored the decisive goal with 14 seconds left in overtime to help Santa Cruz High’s girls water polo team stun visiting Valley Christian in the teams’ nonleague battle Wednesday.
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.
Soren Groessl and Joaquin Greenberg scored in the first 23 minutes, and the UC Santa Cruz men’s soccer team beat Puget Sound 2-0 in Tacoma, Washington, on Friday.
Eddie Alvarez scored four goals in the first 16 minutes and he also recorded an assist, as the Aptos High boys soccer team routed visiting Anzar 14-0 in nonleague action on Thursday night.
Amanda Scott scored in the 75th minute, and the UC Santa Cruz women’s soccer team knocked of host Menlo 2-1 in Atherton on Friday for its third straight win.
The Cabrillo College women’s soccer team (13-5-1), the Coast Conference’s South Division champion, received the No. 8 seed for the CCCAA NorCal Regional playoffs.
Santa Cruz’s Sam Coffey took 25th place at the World Surf League’s WRV Outer Banks Pro, a Qualifying Series 1,000-point event at Nags Head, North Carolina, on Saturday.
Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team beat visiting Scotts Valley 25-15, 25-16, 25-18 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener Tuesday night.