Basketball Recap: Aptos Extends Home Winning Streak to Four

It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Aptos ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They snuck past the Santa Cruz Cardinals with a 50-46 win. This was payback for the Mariners, who suffered a 43-36 defeat the last time these two teams met.

Mariners

Previous 4 Games (Home)

01/23/25 vs Santa Cruz	50-46
01/14/25 vs Scotts Valley	69-47
12/26/24 vs Pioneer	59-47
12/17/24 vs North Monterey County	50-34

Aptos pushed their record up to 14-4 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Santa Cruz, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 9-9 record.

Aptos and Santa Cruz should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps California Rankings. Aptos will face off against Harbor at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday up 968 places (190 vs. 1158). Similarly, Santa Cruz (ranked 345th) will meet San Lorenzo Valley (ranked 1159th) at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.