Pajaro Valley High’s football team was handed its first loss, 13-6, by host Independence in the teams’ tightly contested battle of unbeatens in nonleague action on Friday night.
The No. 9 seed Aptos High’s boys basketball team opened with a 17-0 run and beat unseeded Pajaro Valley 61-15 in the teams’ Central Coast Section Division III play-in game in Aptos on Friday.
Soquel High’s boys basketball team, enjoying the program’s first Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title since 2013, received the No. 1 seed in Division III in the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs.
Defending CCS Division IV boys’ basketball champion Carmel seeded No. 2 in section playoffs. Reigning State Division IV champion Monterey seeded No. 3 in the CCS Division III bracket. Palma awarded the No. 2 seed in Division V.
Guard Pat Spencer and two-way center Usman Garuba each recorded double-doubles, but the Santa Cruz Warriors fell to Sioux Falls 105-102 in their NBA G League regular-season opener Thursday at Kaiser Permanente Arena.