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Gabriel Gonzales, 42, takes over as Santa Cruz’s boys basketball coach
It took Santa Cruz High’s hiring committee three shots, but a successor to recently retired Lawan Milhouse, the Cardinals’ wildly successful boys basketball coach, was officially named last week.
Santa Cruz’s Haisley Flanagan, Leela Whiting and MVC’s Mayla Spahn, Jessie Ingram win beach volleyball titles | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High’s Haisley Flanagan and Leela Whiting took first place in the Mark Brewer Memorial Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Pairs Beach Volleyball Tournament ‘A’ Final at Main Beach on Friday.
GBA all-star basketball game rosters
GBA all-star boys and girls basketball game rosters
Isabelle Jas, Scotts Valley’s freshman double-double dynamo, named MVP | 2025-26 All-SCCAL girls basketball
Scotts Valley High’s Isabelle Jas didn’t waste any time making an impact.
Soquel’s Connor Corlett named MVP after leading Knights to historic season | 2025-26 All-SCCAL boys basketball
Soquel High basketball talent Connor Corlett gave opponents fits in the paint this season.
Scotts Valley’s dream season ends with narrow loss in NorCal Regional semifinals | Girls basketball
When the final buzzer sounded Saturday, it signaled the end of the line for Scotts Valley High’s girls basketball team — a squad Falcons coach Stu Hurvitz felt embodied “the little engine that could” in the CIF NorCal Regional playoffs.
Scotts Valley survives another thriller, advances to NorCal Regional semifinals for first time | Girls basketball
Play it again, Sam. If the script sounds familiar, it is. And, ask anyone affiliated with Scotts Valley High’s girls basketball team and they’ll tell you, the ending never gets old.
Scotts Valley girls, Soquel boys win NorCal Regional openers | High school basketball roundup
Scotts Valley High star freshman center Isabelle Jas turned in a postseason performance for the ages, and a throng of Falcons girls basketball fans stormed the court to celebrate one of the biggest wins in program history Tuesday night.
Scotts Valley tops Notre Dame-Belmont for first section title | CCS girls basketball roundup
Scotts Valley High has added plenty of championship banners to its gymnasium walls since opening in 1999, just none for basketball — boys or girls — entering this season. Falcons coaches often joked about the irony.
Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley advance to section championships | CCS girls basketball roundup
Junior wing Mila Conn scored 17 points, and the No. 2 seed Santa Cruz High girls basketball team beat No. 3 Pioneer 54-47 in the Division III semifinals in Santa Cruz on Thursday night.
Four county squads move into semifinals | CCS basketball roundup
The No. 2 seed Scotts Valley High girls basketball team wasn’t at its best, and still it rolled to a 63-36 win over No. 7 Stevenson of Pebble Beach in the Central Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals on Tuesday.
SCCAL champ Scotts Valley, runner-up Santa Cruz earn No. 2 seeds, home games to open CCS | Girls basketball
Scotts Valley High’s girls basketball team — the repeat champion in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League — was placed in Division IV for the Central Coast Section playoffs and given the No. 2 seed behind Notre Dame of Belmont.
Aptos girls soccer team secures third straight unbeaten season in SCCAL, fourth straight title | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s girls soccer team celebrated its six seniors on Thursday night, and its fourth-year players and the rest of the Mariners had plenty to celebrate.
No. 3 seed Aptos girls basketball team stuns Santa Cruz, will face No. 1 Scotts Valley in SCCAL Tournament final | Local Roundup
Sophomore guard Isabella Alvarez scored a game-high 35 points, and the No. 3 seed Aptos High’s girls basketball team upset No. 2 Santa Cruz 59-40 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals at Scotts Valley High on Wednesday.
Scotts Valley, Aptos boys teams reach SCCAL Tournament semis | High school basketball roundup
Senior forward/center Alex Burgos recorded a double-double, and the No. 5 seed Scotts Valley High boys basketball team rallied past No. 4 Harbor 59-57 in the first round of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament in Santa Cruz on Monday.
Sky’s the limit for Scotts Valley star freshman Isabelle Jas | Girls basketball
Scotts Valley High center Isabelle Jas has been a dominant force for one of the top girls basketball teams in the Central Coast Section this season.
Harbor boys soccer locks up SCCAL title with 12-0 rout | Local Roundup
Sophomore forward Andres Reyes scored six goals and had an assist, as Harbor High’s boys soccer team blasted host San Lorenzo Valley 12-0 to secure its second Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title in four years on Friday.
Brooklyn Williams reaches 1,000-point milestone for repeat SCCAL champion Scotts Valley | High school basketball roundup
Scotts Valley High fourth-year guard Brooklyn Williams was pulled after scoring her 1,000th career point, and the repeat Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion Falcons celebrated senior night with a 60-34 win over visiting Aptos on Tuesday.
Soquel’s boys basketball team silences Aptos, secures no worse than a share of SCCAL title | Local Roundup
Soquel High’s boys basketball team shined again on defense, and the Knights beat host Aptos 52-23 on Saturday to secure no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title.
Scotts Valley girls storm past Santa Cruz to close in on SCCAL title repeat | High school basketball roundup
Scotts Valley High girls basketball team wasn’t given the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championships banner after the Falcons soundly defeated visiting Santa Cruz for the second time this season Wednesday. But everyone on both benches, as well as those who helped fill out the bleachers, knew it was essentially a title-clinching outcome.
Aptos boys basketball team edges Santa Cruz in OT in front of raucous home crowd | Local Roundup
Junior forward Levi Race made a driving layup with 1.2 seconds left in overtime, and Aptos High boys basketball team beat rival Santa Cruz 40-39 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Monday.
Slow start dooms Santa Cruz Warriors in NBA G League loss | Local Roundup
Two-way forward Malevy Leons secured his first double-double of the regular season, but the Santa Cruz Warriors dug themselves an early hole and never recovered in their 117-103 loss to the Sioux Falls Skyforce at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Saturday night.
Soquel posts decisive win over Santa Cruz, gains sole possession of SCCAL lead | Local Roundup
Soquel High’s boys basketball team had seven players score in the first half, and the Knights built an early lead and beat visiting Santa Cruz 57-37 in the teams’ first Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meeting of the season Friday.
PCS girls soccer team tops Watsonville in battle of unbeatens in PCAL Mission Division | Local Roundup
Pacific Collegiate School’s girls soccer team topped Watsonville 1-0 in a battle of unbeaten teams in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division action at Soquel High on Tuesday night.
Vera Bentley, Onyx Escobar, and Kira Demma wrestle to titles at Ladies Coast Classic | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High wrestlers Vera Bentley and Onyx Escobar, and Harbor’s Kira Demma took first place in their respective weight classes at the sixth annual Ladies Coast Classic at Santa Cruz High on Saturday.