Santa Cruz struggles against Los Gatos’ pressure, falls in Dad’s Club championship | Boys basketball

SANTA CRUZ — Keyondre Randolph buried a 3-pointer on Santa Cruz High’s first possession to give the Cardinals a quick lead, but the night — as well as the 69th annual Emmett Thompson Memorial Dad’s Club Tournament title — belonged to Los Gatos’ boys basketball team. The Cardinals struggled breaking the Wildcats’ press and committed more than 25 turnovers in their 59-38 loss in the championship game at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Saturday night. “They forced us right to the place that they wanted,” said Kaden Miritz, a junior forward for the Cardinals, of the Wildcats’ trap. “The positive is, there’s stuff we got to work on. If...