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Freshman guard Gabby Wickham scored nine of her season-high 35 points in overtime, as Aptos High's girls basketball team beat host Scotts Valley 62-53 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals on Thursday.

Alexa Castaneda scored twice in the first half, and Aptos High's girls soccer team beat San Lorenzo Valley 3-0 in Felton on Thursday.

By college basketball standards, Gabby Giuffre has been a late bloomer.

A year after falling short by one goal, Stevenson completed a record setting girls water polo season with a Northern California Division III title

For four years, Blake Welle was essentially the Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger of Cal’s men’s basketball program.

Iman Moshari, a senior at Aptos High School, found a way to provide bikes to people who can't afford them, years after he himself struggled to afford a bike. His idea, Bikes4All, won him global recognition and a full-ride scholarship to any university of his choosing.

Soquel High's boys water polo coach Trevor Wiens didn't have high expectations heading into the season. He started with a small, eight-player roster after a few seniors he thought might play didn't try out.

The No. 3 seed Soquel High girls water polo team has some spectacular senior leadership. But to reach its third straight Central Coast Section Open Division championship match, the Knights were forced to rely on its youth.

At last, it was Eli Fitchen-Young's day in the sun at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Boys Cross Country Championships.

Monte Vista Christian School junior Justin McCullick (17:14.90) took first place and led the Mustangs to the team title at the PCAL Mission Division Championships on Saturday at Palo Corona Regional Park's 5,000-meter course.