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MVC’s unbeaten girls volleyball team rallies past Scotts Valley for 5-set win | Local Roundup
Senior Elizabeth McCuistion had 11 kills, nine coming on tips, and three service aces, and Monte Vista Christian School rallied for a 15-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-9 nonleague win over Scotts Valley on Wednesday.
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.
St. Francis baseball star Nash Horton commits to Pepperdine
You could hear the relief in Nash Horton’s voice. The St. Francis High baseball star exhaled and it, seemingly, almost created a high-wind advisory.
QB Jack Dagan passes for 4 TDs as SLV beats defending CCS D-V champ | High school football roundup
Quarterback Jack Dagan passed for four touchdowns and 200-plus yards, and San Lorenzo Valley High’s football team beat South San Francisco, the defending Central Coast Section Division V champion, 39-14 in the teams’ 2024 season opener Saturday.
SLV boys, Harbor girls win water polo openers | Local Roundup
Freshmen Forrest McKinley-Newby scored six goals, and San Lorenzo Valley High’s boys water polo team beat York 13-7 in its season opener Thursday.
County teams set for scrimmages | High school football
Aptos, Harbor, San Lorenzo Valley, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, and Watsonville will compete in the annual varsity football jamboree at Cabrillo College on Saturday evening.
Defending champ Scotts Valley faces challenges from MVC, Watsonville, St. Francis and others in PCAL’s Mission North Division | KICKOFF 2024
Scotts Valley High’s football team looks to defend its Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission North Division title in 2024, but to do so it’ll have to overcome some internal challenges as well as challenges from the usual suspects.
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.
St. Francis’ Nash Horton returns from injury, earns co-MVP honor | All-PCAL baseball
St. Francis High baseball talent Nash Horton made up for lost time.
County runners hit the streets of SF for Bay to Breakers | Local Roundup
More than four dozen runners from Santa Cruz County were among the 14,000 finishers at the111th Bay to Breakers, a 12-kilometer San Francisco race best known for its costumed participants, on Sunday.
Harbor, Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley advance to semifinals | CCS baseball roundup
Jake Fiorenza had a hit, two stolen bases, and scored twice, and Harbor High’s baseball team beat Piedmont Hills of San Jose 6-1 in the Central Coast Section Division V quarterfinals on Saturday.
Soquel alum Sam Walters excited for new role as Cal Poly-SLO basketball assistant | Local Roundup
Former Soquel High basketball player Sam Walters, 28, has been named an assistant coach for coach Mike DeGeorge at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo.
Six county teams qualify for CCS playoffs | High school baseball
Six county baseball teams qualified for the Central Coast Section playoffs, including Harbor and Soquel with at-large berths, at the Central Coast Section seeding meeting on Monday.
Local track and field collegians shine at conference championships | Local Roundup
University of Idaho senior Camryn Crouch, a San Lorenzo Valley High alumna, posted three top-10 finishes at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Bozeman, Montana, on Saturday.
St. Francis extends win streak, remains poised for postseason | High school baseball
St. Francis High’s streaking baseball team made it look easy again Wednesday. The confident Sharks are expecting to enjoy continued success in the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs.
Santa Cruz’s Isaac Weintraub misses cut at U.S. Open Local Qualifying | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Isaac Weintraub missed the cut at U.S. Open Local Qualifying at The Fountaingrove Club in Santa Rosa on Monday.
St. Francis’ Pedro ‘Jr.’ Ibarra commits to San Jose State | High school baseball
Pedro “Jr.” Ibarra, a four-year starter for St. Francis High’s baseball team, will follow in his older brother Ruben’s footstep and continue playing career at NCAA Division I San Jose State University.
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 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.
South County track programs show well at PCAL division finals | Local Roundup
Seniors Ruben Mora and Giancarlo Mendo, and junior Nathaniel Aceves-Aguilar each posted a pair of top-three finishes for Watsonville High’s boys track and field team at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division Championships at North Monterey County High on Friday.
Unbeaten Harbor beach volleyball wins SCCAL title | Local Roundup
Harbor High’s beach volleyball team beat visiting Soquel 5-0 to finish unbeaten in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League on Wednesday.
Aptos wrestler Janie Houser wins junior freestyle state title | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s Janie Houser took first place and Scotts Valley’s Danica Kelley took second at the California USA Wrestling Junior Freestyle State Championships at Selland Arena in Fresno on Sunday.
SV’s Ashlyn Boothby, Soquel’s Jonelle Scott earn wins at CCS Top 8 | Girls track and field
Scotts Valley High senior Ashlyn Boothby turned in one of the most exciting finishes at the 43rd CCS Top 8 Invite at Los Gatos High on Saturday. And with it, her immediate future on the track is tentative.
Cabrillo baseball falls to Ohlone in Coast Conference battle | Local Roundup
Anthony Karagiannopoulos had two hits, one walk, one RBI, and a run scored, but Cabrillo College’s baseball team lost 4-2 to visiting Ohlone in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Thursday.
Soquel girls lacrosse knocks off Santa Cruz | Local Roundup
Haylie Kennedy scored four goals and teammate Ashby Weeks scored three to help Soquel High girls lacrosse team beat Santa Cruz, 13-6, on Tuesday.