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Soquel boys overcome early deficit to reach Open semifinals; Knights and SC girls also advance | CCS water polo roundup
In the teams’ second meeting this season, and equally grueling, the No. 5 seed Soquel High boys water polo team slipped past No. 4 Los Gatos 12-11 in the Central Coast Section Open Division quarterfinals on Saturday.
Injury-riddled Soquel rebounds from Palma loss, enters playoffs with momentum | High school football roundup
A week after losing several key starters to injury, including its quarterback, and suffering its lone loss, Soquel High’s playoff-bound football team was eager to prove Friday that it could find success employing a “next-man up” mentality.
High School football: Cowboys corral Alisal in playoff tuneup
SALINAS — Growth has come over the course of 13 weeks of practice for Salinas High’s football team. Not all goals were met and there were bumps in the path that didn’t always have to do with football. But the strength the Cowboys built this season was on full display Friday night. Trailing throughout the […]
Aptos senior Brady Bliesner wins first title, Scotts Valley’s Ava Decleve repeats | SCCAL Cross County Championships
Aptos High senior Brady Bliesner and junior teammate Sam Hansen traded the lead down the home stretch at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Cross Country Championships as fans cheered them on.
Three county teams advance to section semifinals | CCS girls volleyball roundup
Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team continued its postseason hot streak on Tuesday night.
Singles, doubles finals set for SCCAL Girls Tennis Championships | Local Roundup
Aptos High, the 2025 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League team champion, will attempt to produce a sweep of the singles and doubles competitions at the SCCAL Girls Tennis Championships at Imperial Courts in Aptos on Thursday at 3 p.m.
Soquel’s star QB Sam Whelan suffers season-ending foot injury | High school football
Soquel High star senior quarterback Sam Whelan sustained a broken fibula in the first quarter of the Knights’ 28-21 loss to Palma in Salinas on Friday night and will miss the remainder of the season.
CCS flag football playoffs: Carmel, Salinas advance into semifinals
Carmel, Salinas advance into the CCS flag football semifinals in their respective divisions
Four of county’s five CCS qualifiers make prestigious Open Division | High school water polo
Santa Cruz County had five high school water polo teams, two boys and three girls, qualify for the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs, including four in the prestigious Open Division.
County goes 3 for 3 in first round of CCS playoffs | Girls volleyball roundup
Senior outside hitter Natalie Monroe had 25 kills and 16 digs, and the No. 5 seed Santa Cruz High girls volleyball team swept No. 12 Mills of Millbrae, 25-19, 25-13, 25-22, in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division III playoffs on Saturday.
Soquel water polo earns sweep of SCCAL Tournament titles | Local Roundup
Soquel High’s boys water polo team outscored visiting Santa Cruz 4-0 in the fourth quarter to rally for an 11-8 win in the SCCAL Tournament championship match on Saturday.
Soquel loses QB, perfect record as Palma claims Gabilan title | High school football roundup
Soquel High’s football team endured a series of blows in its highly anticipated Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division battle against fellow unbeaten Palma on Friday.
Game of the Week: Palma ends Soquel’s reign, clinches Gabilan Division title
Eli Dukes rushes for 235 yards and accounts for all four touchdowns as Palma beats Soquel 28-21 to clinch the Gabilan Division title
Water polo finalists set for SCCAL Tournaments | Local Roundup
Senior Adelaide Friedley scored three goals, and the No. 2 seed Aptos High girls water polo team beat No. 3 Santa Cruz 5-3 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals at Harbor High on Thursday.
Five Santa Cruz County girls flag football teams qualify for inaugural CCS playoffs
Five talented and successful teams from Santa Cruz County will make history Monday, when they open play in the inaugural Central Coast Section Girls Flag Football playoffs.
High School flag football: Five county teams seeded in first ever CCS playoffs
Five county teams will take part in the first CCS flag football postseason tournament
Six county teams qualify for CCS girls volleyball playoffs
Six girls volleyball teams from Santa Cruz County made the Central Coast Section playoffs, and all six open with home games, it was revealed at Thursday’s postseason seeding meeting.
High School playoffs: Salinas set to defend CCS Division I volleyball title
Salinas earns the No. 2 seed in the CCS Division I volleyball playoffs; Rancho to make first ever playoff appearance; North County ends 18 year playoff drought
Game of the Week: Chieftains, Soquel clash for Gabilan Division title
Palma will look to snap a two-game losing streak to Soquel when it hosts the defending Gabilan Division champions in a battle of 8-0 teams
Santa Cruz girls volleyball sweeps Aptos to claim SCCAL Tournament title | Local Roundup
Senior outside hitter Natalie Monroe, a four-year starter committed to UNLV, had a career night, and that paid dividends for Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team.
Scotts Valley’s Lauren Ohlsson wins SCCAL Girls Golf Championship
Scotts Valley High senior Lauren Ohlsson enjoyed team success, again, in helping the Falcons go unbeaten in girls golf for a seventh straight season.
Aptos, Harbor girls volleyball teams earn sweeps, advance to SCCAL Tournament semifinals | Local Roundup
The Aptos High and Harbor girls volleyball teams earned sweeps on Monday to advance to Tuesday’s SCCAL Tournament semifinals.
Santa Cruz’s Bob Camacho, 70, to be inducted into Pop Warner National Hall of Fame | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Bob Camacho, 70, of the Pacific Northwest Region, is one of 15 honorees who are part of the first class being inducted into the new Pop Warner National Hall of Fame.
Aptos native Caspar Corbeau swims to World Record in 200 breaststroke | Local Roundup
Aptos native Caspar Corbeau, 24, became the first swimmer to break two minutes in the 200-meter breaststroke at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup – Toronto 2025 at Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre in Toronto, Canada, on Saturday.
Friday night football: Palma runs past North Salinas to stay undefeated
Eli Dukes rushes for five touchdowns as Palma tunes up for Soquel after a 37-14 win over North Salinas