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High School football roundup: Villanueva breaks King City school record for wins
Mac Villanueva becomes King City’s winningest football coach; Alisal’s Jayden Durate accounts for seven touchdowns; Marina remains undefeated
Santa Cruz shakes Seaside, eclipses 2024 win total | High school football roundup
Senior quarterback Neven Ristic accounted for five touchdowns, and Santa Cruz High’s football team beat visiting Seaside 44-27 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division game Friday night.
Scotts Valley girls volleyball slips past Santa Cruz in five sets | Local Roundup
Outside hitter Hayden Smith had 21 kills, 12 digs, and three blocks to lead Scotts Valley High’s girls volleyball team to a 25-21, 20-25, 25-12, 18-25, 20-18 win over host Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Thursday.
Pajaro Valley rallies big, storms past Harbor for Santa Lucia win | High school football roundup
Pajaro Valley High’s football team scored 36 unanswered points to rally past host Harbor 44-24 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division game Thursday night.
Peyton Orradre helps St. Francis volleyball team earn sweep of Mount Madonna | Local Roundup
Senior outside hitter Peyton Orradre had nine kills and 11 digs, and St. Francis High’s girls volleyball team earned a 25-17, 25-18, 25-15 nonleague sweep of Mount Madonna in Watsonville on Wednesday.
Soquel girls volleyball team hands Scotts Valley first SCCAL loss | Local Roundup
Natalie Barry closed the match with back to back aces, and Soquel High’s girls volleyball team knocked Scotts Valley from the unbeaten ranks with its 23-25, 25-21,21-25, 25-22, 16-14 win in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play on Tuesday.
Golden State Warriors sign Alex Toohey, Pat Spencer to two-way contracts | Local Roundup
The Golden State Warriors have signed 6-foot-8 Australian forward Alex Toohey, 21, and 6-3 guard Pat Spencer, 29, to two-way contracts, the team announced Monday.
Late takeaway, touchdown keeps Scotts Valley perfect | High school football roundup
Scotts Valley High’s football team rallied twice, and managed a game-changing takeaway late in the fourth quarter to set up the Falcons’ decisive touchdown and remain unbeaten Saturday night.
Saturday high school football: Hard luck Aztecs fall to Scotts Valley
Late touchdown lifts undefeated Scotts Valley past snakebitten Soledad
Soquel boys water polo goes 2-0 in doubleheader | Local Roundup
Soquel High’s boys water polo team earned a sweep in its nonleague doubleheader on Saturday. The Knights posted a 17-6 win over Carmel and 20-12 win over Leland of San Jose.
Soquel’s boys water polo team holds off Los Gatos | Local Roundup
Senior Stryder Stelck had five goals and steal, and Soquel High’s boys water polo team, ranked No. 5 in the Central Coast Section, held off No. 6 Los Gatos 9-7 in the teams’ nonleague match Friday.
Ava Decleve, Hanna Shehorn pace Scotts Valley past Santa Cruz in cross country action | Local Roundup
UCLA-committed Ava Decleve (15:06) held off teammate Hanna Shehorn (15:16) for the individual win, as they helped the Falcons earn a 22 to 39 win over Santa Cruz on the Falcons’ 2.59-mile course in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Thursday.
Bryan Bunker, Cabrillo men’s water polo pull away from Ohlone | Local Roundup
Bryan Bunker had a monster second half to help the Cabrillo College men’s water polo team knock off visiting Ohlone 20-16 in the teams’ Coast Conference match in Aptos on Wednesday.
Natalie Monroe makes season-high 27 kills as Santa Cruz volleyball sweeps Soquel | Local Roundup
UNLV-committed Natalie Monroe, a senior outside hitter, made a season-high 27 kills, and Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team beat Soquel 22-25, 25-18, 26-24, 25-16 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Tuesday.
Cabrillo football leveled by Los Medanos, 76-29 | Local Roundup
Cabrillo College quarterback Mario Cosma threw three touchdown passes, but the Seahawks’ football team gave up 70 or more points for the first time since 2022 and suffered a 76-29 loss to host Los Medanos in Pittsburg on Saturday.
Santa Cruz’s Kaikoura Nauenberg advances to Round of 32 at World Surf League’s Super Girl Surf Pro | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Kaikoura Nauenberg advanced to the Round of 32 at the World Surf League’s Nissan Super Girl Surf Pro, a Women’s Qualifying Series 4,000-point event in Oceanside on Saturday.
Santa Cruz cancels football game against powerful McClymonds | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High’s football program is in significantly better shape than it was at the outset of 2024, when then-first-year coach Sergio Escobar inherited an 0-10 squad that was held scoreless and forfeited four games.
Aptos flag football pulls away for SCCAL win | Local Roundup
Senior quarterback Ella Porter ran for four touchdowns and threw for another, and Aptos High’s flag football team earned a 33-12 win over Harbor in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play at Soquel High on Wednesday.
Scotts Valley girls volleyball wins another five-setter in SCCAL action | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High’s girls volleyball team saw its match go down to the wire, yet again.
Aptos native Nikki Hiltz advances to women’s 1,500 semifinals at World Athletics Championships | Local Roundup
Aptos native Nikki Hiltz advanced to the women’s 1,500-meter semifinals at 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Saturday.
Neven Ristic, Santa Cruz crush Oakland’s Castlemont for first win | High school football roundup
Senior quarterback/cornerback Neven Ristic accounted for five touchdowns, and Santa Cruz High’s football team crushed host Castlemont 42-20 in nonleague action to earn its first win of the season on Friday night.
Scotts Valley girls volleyball hands powerful Harbor first league loss since ’22 | Local Roundup
Senior outside hitter Hayden Smith had 21 kills, 12 digs, three aces, and five blocks for Scotts Valley High’s girls volleyball team, as the Falcons beat two-time defending league champion Harbor in five sets, 21-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-20, 15-12, in Santa Cruz Coast Coast Athletic League play Thursday night.
No. 4 CCS ranked St. Francis posts shutout in flag football win over crosstown foe Watsonville | Local Roundup
St. Francis High’s flag football team didn’t overlook crosstown foe Watsonville on Wednesday, and the Sharks secured another coveted win in commanding fashion, 32-0, in Pacific Coast Athletic League Gavilan Division action Wednesday.
Scotts Valley volleyball rallies for five-set win over Santa Cruz | Local Roundup
Senior outside hitters Rylee Giesen and Hayden Smith had big outings, and Scotts Valley High’s girls volleyball team recorded a reverse sweep in their 15-25, 17-25, 25-13, 27-25, 15-12, five-set win over visiting Santa Cruz in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener on Tuesday night.
Boulder Creek golfer Jennifer Serbin qualifies for her fourth U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur in past five years | Local Roundup
Boulder Creek golfer Jennifer Serbin (née Brumbaugh), a Scotts Valley High and San Jose State University alumna, shot 2-over-par 73 to advance from U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Qualifying at Carmel Valley Ranch on Monday.