Though the Santa Cruz High boys basketball team fell in the Central Coast Section finals Saturday, the Cardinals landed a top seed in the Division III state playoffs and host Oakland’s Head-Royce High School in the first round Tuesday.
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High school sports roundup: Aptos, Santa Cruz lead local contingent into CCS hoops quarters
The Santa Cruz High and Aptos High boys and girls basketball teams are moving toward possible collisions in the Division III Central Coast Section basketball playoffs. Other local schools advancing include the Soquel High boys and girls teams from Scotts Valley High, St. Francis High, Pacific Collegiate and Monte Vista Christian.
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High school sports roundup: Santa Cruz High, Aptos High capture SCCAL basketball titles
Tournament championships were on the line over the weekend in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League basketball, with Santa Cruz High taking the boys crown and Aptos High winning on the girls side.
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High school sports roundup: Santa Cruz High holds top seeds as SCCAL hoops tournaments tip off
Boys and girls basketball tournaments start Tuesday in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League, with Santa Cruz High and Aptos High the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds, respectively, in both. In the Pacific Coast Athletic League, basketball season heads into its final week, and girls and boys soccer season is also winding up in both the SCCAL and PCAL.
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High school sports roundup: Santa Cruz High teams top SCCAL hoops standings; Pajaro Valley, Aptos shine in girls soccer
The Santa Cruz High boys and girls basketball teams both entered this week with 8-0 records in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League, while in girls soccer, Pajaro Valley High is atop the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division and Aptos High leads the SCCAL.
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High school sports roundup: MVC, St. Francis, Santa Cruz High lead pack as hoops league play hits high gear
Editor’s note: Welcome to Lookout’s high school sports coverage. We’ll send you an email each week as it is published each Monday — just sign up here. Thomas Frey, an alum of Cabrillo College who has covered high school sports locally, leads our coverage, his column appearing weekly and his athlete of the month feature mid-month. We […]
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High school sports roundup: A Santa Cruz-Aptos hoops duel; soccer league play in full swing
Santa Cruz High clipped Aptos High in an overtime boys basketball thriller in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League, where the Cardinals boys soccer team also won its opener. On the girls side, Aptos High and Soquel High leapt out to 2-0 SCCAL starts.
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High school sports roundup: Monte Vista Christian hoops squads off to strong league start
The Monte Vista Christian School girls and boys basketball teams are both 2-0 in Pacific Coast Athletic League play; in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League, the Scotts Valley High School and Santa Cruz High School boys teams are 2-0 ahead of a Tuesday meeting.
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High school sports roundup: Freshman Calfee powering St. Francis hoops, hot start for Aptos’ Alvarez
As Santa Cruz County high school sports teams head into the holiday break, freshman Maya Calfee is doing it all for the St. Francis High girls basketball team and senior Eddie Alvarez is on a goal-scoring spree for Aptos High.
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High school sports roundup: Seniors huge in Soquel football title run; Monte Vista Christian’s hot hoops start
Taking a look back at Soquel HIgh’s run to the CIF Division 4-AA championship, plus how the boys and girls basketball seasons are shaping up around Santa Cruz County, soccer highlights and more.