Fast takeover
Monte Vista Christian Faculty women and boys basketball groups go 2-0 in Pacific Coast Athletic League play; within the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League, Scotts Valley Excessive Faculty and Santa Cruz Excessive Faculty boys groups are each 2-0 heading into Tuesday's assembly.
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Monte Vista Christian Faculty has a pair of undefeated basketball groups in league play because the girls and boys groups are every 2-0 within the Pacific Coast Athletic League.
The boys crew gained its video games by a median of 28 factors because it defeated Pajaro Valley Excessive Faculty and King Metropolis Excessive Faculty within the PCAL Cypress Division. Junior Nico Downey led the Mustangs in scoring in opposition to Pajaro Valley whereas a senior Bryce Brogan was the crew chief in opposition to King Metropolis. Subsequent up for the Mustangs is a go to from Gonzales Excessive Faculty on Wednesday.
The Mustangs women crew, which performs within the PCAL Mission Division, posted an enormous 41-14 win over Carmel Excessive Faculty on Tuesday and a 24-23 win on the highway at Stevenson Excessive Faculty on Thursday.
Senior Rhazelle Gonzales hit a buzzer beater on high of Stevenson. The Mustangs will proceed with league play on Wednesday at Seaside Excessive Faculty.
Boys basketball
Scotts Valley Excessive Faculty and Santa Cruz Excessive Faculty opened Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play with excellent 2-0 data. The 2 will meet on Tuesday. Scotts Valley defeated Aptos Excessive Faculty 66-44 earlier than occurring the highway to beat Harbor Excessive Faculty 66-36.
Towards Aptos, junior Will Shilling led the Falcons with 22 factors and junior Taylor Knox had 19. Later within the week in a win over Harbour, Knox had 17 factors and Sr Chase Properly he had 11 factors.
Santa Cruz went 2-0 with a 71-27 win over Harbor and a 56-44 win in opposition to Soquel Excessive Faculty. Ben Dotten, Liam Jones and Kirby Seals all had no less than 14 factors for the Cardinals within the recreation in opposition to Harbour.
Women basketball
Francis Excessive Faculty is 2-0 within the PCAL Cypress Division after a 44-34 win over Notre Dame Excessive Faculty and a 50-34 victory in opposition to Pajaro Valley Excessive Faculty.
Senior Nevaeh Litel led the Sharks with 12 factors in opposition to Notre Dame. St. František was clearly dominant as a senior Aliysah Gomez and Emily Raich every had 5 steals. Then in opposition to Pajaro Valley, Raich stepped up once more, scoring 22 factors and grabbing 5 steals. freshman Maya Calfee recorded 11 factors, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and eight steals.
Pajaro Valley is 1-1, with a 36-22 win in opposition to Pacific Collegiate Faculty. Senior Giselle Quintero led the best way for the Grizzlies with 17 factors.
Santa Cruz Excessive Faculty and Aptos Excessive Faculty every lead the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League with 2-0 data. The Cardinals topped Harbor Excessive Faculty 64-12 on Tuesday and Soquel Excessive Faculty 51-25 on Friday.
Santa Cruz prolonged the scoring in opposition to Soquel with the junior Land of O'Connor and sophomore Karolina Espinosa 11 factors every.
Aptos gained their video games over Scotts Valley Excessive Faculty 54-37 and San Lorenzo Valley Excessive Faculty 72-36. Senior Laurel Southall led the Mariners to a victory over Scotts Valley as he scored 23 factors, grabbed 5 rebounds and dished out 3 assists. freshman Gabby Wickham scored 13 factors. Wickham got here via once more in opposition to San Lorenzo Valley, scoring 19 factors. Junior Berkeley Ashby and sophomore Abby Sherwood every had 14 factors.
Boys soccer
Watsonville Excessive Faculty opened the PCAL Gabilan Division season with a 2-1 win over North Salinas Excessive Faculty. Cristian Flores and senior Gabriel Sanchez they had been the Wildcatz shooters. Watsonville then tied Seaside Excessive Faculty 1-1 on Saturday.
Pajaro Valley Excessive Faculty tied Rancho San Juan Excessive Faculty to open PCAL Mission Division play. sophomore Abraham Tirado scored a Grizzlies objective.
League begins within the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League this week.
Women soccer
Pajaro Valley Excessive Faculty posted a 2-0 league document within the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division with 4-1 wins over North Salinas Excessive Faculty and 2-0 wins over Seaside Excessive Faculty.
Junior Valeria Acosta scored a hat trick in opposition to North Salinas; senior Maricza Rodriguez and junior Isabella Brandon scored a objective in opposition to Seaside.
Additionally within the Mission, Monte Vista Christian Faculty is 1-0 in league play after defeating Carmel Excessive Faculty 3-1 on Tuesday. sophomore Ashley Drago had two targets and a senior Julia Reiland he additionally received into the rating with a objective.
Just like the boys, the ladies' Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League kicks off this week. In non-league video games, Aptos Excessive Faculty and Harbor Excessive Faculty every posted six wins.
The Soquel Excessive Faculty soccer crew's state championship parade will probably be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in Capitola Village. The route will lead from the police station at 422 Capitola Ave. on Stockton Avenue, then alongside the Esplanade to a podium on the seashore for a small ceremony.
The crew will probably be led by a police escort with floats, cheerleaders, drums and a marching band. The occasion is free.
Later that day, the Knights will probably be honored at halftime of the Santa Cruz Warriors' recreation in opposition to the South Bay Lakers at Kaiser Permanente Enviornment. A restricted variety of tickets remained as of Tuesday afternoon and had been obtainable right here beginning at $51.
Group and neighborhood members will carry out.
The Knights beat Fontana's Jurupa Hills Excessive Faculty 28-7 on Dec. 8 to win the California Interscholastic Federation 4-AA title, the primary time a Santa Cruz County crew has gained a state soccer championship within the present format.
Graduates
Santa Cruzan Kaitlin Imai, who performed at Scotts Valley Excessive Faculty and was the 2022 SCCAL women basketball MVP, is the second-leading scorer on the Willamette College ladies's basketball crew in Oregon. Imai is a sophomore who has scored in double figures in 5 consecutive video games. He’s averaging 13.6 factors per recreation in that span.
This week in historical past
The 2004-05 Santa Cruz Excessive Faculty boys basketball crew opened league play by defeating Harbor Excessive, Aptos Excessive and Watsonville Excessive in eight consecutive days. This Cardinals crew completed the season undefeated in league play and completed the season atop the state with 36 wins and only one loss.
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