Aptos native Nikki Hiltz took third out of 12 runners in the women’s 1,500 final at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship at National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday.
Aptos High’s softball team held a six-run lead through four innings, but feisty San Lorenzo Valley battled back with five unanswered runs, as the Mariners held on for narrow, 6-5 win to stay unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Thursday.
Guard Chance McMillian made five 3-pointers and scored a team-high 19 points, but the Santa Cruz Warriors lost to the Osceola Magic 122-97 in NBA G League action at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Saturday night.
Senior center Connor Corlett had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Soquel High’s boys basketball team beat visiting Watsonville 77-42 in the teams’ nonleague game 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.
Freshman forward Claire Galbo made a 3-pointer to give UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team an eight-point lead with 4:21 remaining, and the Banana Slugs held on for a 47-46 victory over Whittier at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Sunday.
Senior middle blocker Daisy Manako had eight kills and three blocks, and Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team swept visiting Aptos, 25-12, 25-15, 25-16, to stay unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
Santa Cruz High sophomore Eli Fitchen-Young and Scotts Valley junior Ashlyn Boothby won races at the 3-mile Monterey Bay Invitational at Toro Park on Saturday.
Ella Giguiere and Lauren Ambiel recorded double-doubles to help the Cabrillo College women’s basketball team beat Feather River 77-72 in overtime Wednesday and snap the Seahawks’ eight-game losing streak.
Samantha Taylor had 15 kills and 15 digs, but the No. 1 seed UC Santa Cruz women’s volleyball team was upset 26-24, 25-23, 26-28, 25-20 by No. 4 seed Salisbury in the Coast-To-Coast Conference Tournament semifinals Friday in Milwaukee.