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Yoan Ponio lifts Cabrillo men’s soccer with second-half tally | Local Roundup
Yoan Ponio scored in the 65th minute, and the Cabrillo College men’s soccer team beat visiting Gavilan 1-0 in the teams’ Coast Conference crossover match on Tuesday.
Aptos flag football earns thrilling OT win over Hollister | Local Roundup
Aptos High junior quarterback Ella Porter completed 21 of 31 passes for 192 yards and three touchdowns, and the Mariners’ flag football team knocked off visiting Hollister 18-12 in overtime on Friday night.
Alessandro Castro helps UCSC men’s soccer earn draw to stay unbeaten | Local Roundup
Alessandro Castro scored the equalizer in the 56th minute on a pass from Kotetsu Horike, and the UC Santa Cruz men’s soccer team earned a 1-all draw against visiting William Jessup to remain unbeaten on the season Wednesday.
Antoine Francoeur, Anna Guzman repeat as Santa Cruz Triathlon champs | Local Roundup
Antoine Francoeur of Emerald Hills and Anna Guzman of Los Gatos repeated as champions at the 42nd Santa Cruz Triathlon on Sunday.
Local trio eliminated from Nissan Super Girl Surf Pro in Oceanside | Local Roundup
Santa Cruzan’s Keanna Miller, Riviera Hunter, and Esme Brigham were eliminated in the Round of 64 at the World Surf League’s Nissan Super Girl Surf Pro at Oceanside Pier on Saturday.
Ella Porter leads Aptos past Soquel in flag football | Local Roundup
Junior Ella Porter completed 20 of 29 passes for 152 yards and three touchdowns, and Aptos High’s girls flag football team beat Soquel 31-8 on Wednesday night.
Aptos girls volleyball sweeps Santa Cruz in SCCAL action | Local Roundup
Sophomore outside hitter Ella Dueck had 15 kills and hit .333, and Aptos High’s girls volleyball team swept visiting Santa Cruz 25-21, 25-23, 25-16 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Tuesday.
Santa Cruz girls water polo rallies big, edges Leigh | Local Roundup
Senior attacker Kat Fanni scored the game-winning goal with six seconds left, and Santa Cruz High’s girls water polo team overcame a five-goal deficit to beat visiting Leigh of San Jose 8-7 on Saturday.
Mark Climaco beats Victor Dias in LFA 192 main event | Local Roundup
Mark Climaco defeated Victor Dias by unanimous decision to win the main event at Legacy Fighting Alliance 192 at Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz on Friday.
Aptos’ Brady Bliesner, MVC’s Kylie Brunelli lead local cross country runners at Jackie Henderson Memorial | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s Brady Bliesner took seventh and teammate Sam Hansen was eighth at the fifth annual Jackie Henderson Memorial Cross Country Invitational at North Monterey County High on Saturday..
Harbor volleyball moves into bracket play at Orange County tournament | Local Roundup
Harbor High’s girls volleyball team went 1-2 in pool play at the 30-team Dave Mohs Tournament in Orange County on Friday.
Santa Cruz falls in 3 sets to powerful Salinas | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team suffered a 25-18, 25-17, 26-24 loss to visiting Salinas in nonleague action Tuesday.
UCSC men’s soccer opens season with pair of wins | Local Roundup
The UC Santa Cruz men’s soccer team won a pair of matches over the weekend to start the season 2-0.
Cabrillo women shut out in soccer opener | Local Roundup
The Cabrillo College women’s soccer team opened its season with a 2-0 nonconference loss to Canada on Tuesday.
St. Francis hires Sabrina Bracken, Robert Gomez to fill coaching vacancies
St. Francis High filled two coaching vacancies, Sharks Athletics Director John Ausman announced Tuesday. The small, private school has hired alumna Sabrina Bracken, 32, to coach girls volleyball and Watsonville grad Robert Gomez, 42, to coach boys basketball.
SC’s Mari Friedman, Palo Alto’s Benjamin Beaudry win Firecracker 10K titles | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Mari Friedman was the fastest female and placed fourth overall at the Santa Cruz Firecracker 10K on Thursday. She finished in 41:41.3.
Cabrillo stuns Santa Rosa with walk-off double, advances to Super Regional championship | College baseball
Cabrillo College’s baseball team wasn’t ready to see its season end, so it played like there was no tomorrow. And, now, there is.
Cabrillo baseball wins Chabot Super Regional opener | Local Roundup
Cabrillo College’s baseball team continued its postseason magic Thursday in the opening game of the Chabot Super Regional in Hayward.
Santa Cruz native Natalia Grossman wins 10th Boulder World Cup Gold | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz native Natalia Grossman, a 22-year-old who lives and trains in Salt Lake City, continued her dominance in front of friends and family by winning IFSC World Cup Series 2024 stop in Utah on Sunday.
Cabrillo baseball completes stunning upset of Fresno City | Local Roundup
The No. 23 seed Cabrillo College baseball team competed its stunning upset of No. 2 Fresno City in the first round of the CCCAA NorCal Regional playoffs on Friday.
Cabrillo baseball rallies for upset over Fresno City in playoff series opener | Local Roundup
Cabrillo College’s baseball team scored 10 runs over the final three innings and rallied past host Fresno City 14-11 to open its best-of-three NorCal Regional playoffs opener Thursday.
Cabrillo softball talent Kasydi Bennett named to all-state, all-conference teams | Local Roundup
Cabrillo College sophomore utility softball player Kasydi Bennett earned NFCA all-state team honors, and was named an all-Coast Conference first-team selection.
SC’s Glenallen HIll Jr. returns in organized baseball, playing for Fresno Grizzlies | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Glenallen Hill Jr., 23, is back in organized baseball and shining early with his newest team, the Fresno Grizzlies, the Single-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies.
Cabrillo baseball edges Monterey Peninsula to close regular season | Local Roundup
First baseman Matt Morrison singled home outfielder Jacob Pappas with the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, and the Cabrillo College baseball team held off host Monterey Peninsula 3-2 to close the teams’ regular season Thursday.
Scotts Valley baseball rallies for win over Santa Cruz | Local Roundup
Kit DeForest hit a solo home run in Scotts Valley High’s four-run sixth inning, and the Falcons rallied past visiting Santa Cruz 8-6 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Tuesday.