Santa Cruz’s John Mel, 26, advanced to the quarterfinals at the World Surf League’s Corona Cero Surf Open Cerritos in Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur, Mexico, on Saturday.
Aptos High junior Maya Schiro took first out of 66 runners at the nine-team Tom Leikam Invitational at Pinto Lake County Park, in Watsonville on Saturday.
Four UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball players recorded double-doubles, and the Banana Slugs produced a school record for points scored in a game in their 120-53 win over visiting Bethesda at the West Field House on Friday.
Zach Shilling scored 10 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter, and Scotts Valley High’s boys basketball team pulled away in the second half for a 75-65 nonleague win over visiting St. Francis on Friday night.