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July 5, 2025

Girls' SCCAL Basketball: Aptos completes perfect SCCAL regular season

Tuesday night’s 68-49 victory over St. Francis High locked up the program’s first 12-0 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League season since 1983. It’s also the first time the Mariners’ can call themselves league champions — period — since 2001.

Westbrook, George lead Thunder rout of Durant, Warriors

Westbrook had 34 points, nine rebounds and nine assists to get the better of old buddy and teammate Durant, George scored 38 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder embarrassed the defending champions 125-105 on Tuesday night to snap a four-game losing streak.

Next level local, 2/8: Nikki Hiltz

Aptos High alumna Nikki Hiltz, now a redshirt senior with Arkansas, placed ninth in the Millrose Games Wanamaker Mile in New York while competing against several of the top female milers in the country on Saturday.

Local Roundup, 2/8: Aptos girls’ soccer coasts to 7th straight win

Aptos High cruised to their seventh straight Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League on Tuesday afternoon, beating Harbor High, 8-0, at Depot Park in Santa Cruz.

HS Athlete of the Week, 1/29-2/3: Ryan Magbag

Pajaro Valley senior guard Ryan Magbag scored 39 points and hit nine 3-pointers to lead the Grizzlies to a pair of league wins last week.

Local Roundup, 2/6: Cabrillo women’s hoops bounces back with win

Pauli Pappas had 24 points and seven rebounds, Teal Maixner added 16 points and Cabrillo College cruised to a 77-54 win over Monterey Peninsula College in Coast Conference South division action on Friday.

Boys' SCCAL Basketball: St. Francis withstands Aptos' upset bid; sets up big meeting with Santa Cruz

Senior forward Jason Gallo had 18 points, fellow senior forward Chase Watkins added 22 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter, and St. Francis outlasted Aptos 56-53 on senior night to set up a pivotal Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League showdown with Santa Cruz High on Tuesday night.

Foles, Eagles outshoot Patriots for 1st Super Bowl, 41-33

Nick Foles guided the drive of a lifetime, Zach Ertz made a bobbling touchdown catch that had to survive replay review, and an exhausted defense came up with two stands in the final moments Sunday for a 41-33 victory.

Girls' CCS Wrestling: Mosqueda goes the distance to capture elusive title

Mosqueda, the top-seeded wrestler at 143 pounds heading into the weekend’s action, completed her dominant run to a Central Coast Section championship by outlasting a final takedown attempt from No. 2-seeded Kelly Nebesnick, of Gilroy High, to escape with a 5-3 decision.

Jokic makes go-ahead 3-pointer, Nuggets top Warriors 115-108

Jokic hit a go-ahead 3-pointer off a missed dunk by Harris, and the Nuggets rallied to beat the Golden State Warriors 115-108 on Saturday night.