Every high school in Santa Cruz County has been extended an invitation to have its track and field programs compete in the inaugural Santa Cruz County Meet of Champions, which takes place at Aptos High on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m.
Soquel senior Braylon Noble, an all-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League talent in football and basketball, continued to prove himself as Santa Cruz County's top all-around athlete. He took second place in the decathlon on Day 2 of the prestigious Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High on Saturday.
Korean outfielder Jung Hoo Lee and third baseman Matt Chapman, two of the biggest offseason acquisitions for the San Francisco Giants, may not have turned in the performances they desired Friday, but they didn't disappoint in their home debuts on Opening Day at Oracle Park.
Pat Spencer made three clutch 3-pointers in the final 3 minutes, 22 seconds of the NBA G League's Western Conference quarterfinals, and the No. 4 seed Santa Cruz Warriors held on to edge No. 5 Salt Lake City 113-111 in front of 2,168 ecstatic fans at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Tuesday night.
Scotts Valley High's girls track and field team won three races and posted top-five finishes in four events at the Firebird Relays at Fremont High in Sunnyvale on Saturday.