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Photos | Santa Cruz County flag football All-Stars show off their skills

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In the pre-game skills competition, Aptos High School senior Izzy Graff and Hollister’s Jasayla Mariscal tied for the fastest 40-yard dash with marks of 5.0 seconds. Scotts Valley’s Taylor Wilson, competing for the North, won the passing accuracy event and Alisal’s Jasmine Estrada, competing for the South, won longest throw contest with a chuck of 38 yards. The skills competition winners won gift cards from Erik’s Deli Cafe.

Inaugural Central Coast Flag Football All-Star Game exceeds expectations

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No one beats the NFL. No one. But ask any of the 300-plus fans who skipped watching the NFL’s Championship Sunday to attend a piece of local history at Santa Cruz High — the inaugural Central Coast Flag Football All-Star Game, presented by the Reggie Stephens and Gino Panelli foundations — and they’d tell you they chose correctly.

Former Soquel star Ciara Cantlen transfers from Hawaii to Santa Clara for beach volleyball | Local Roundup

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Santa Cruz beach volleyball talent Ciara Cantlen has transferred from University of Hawaii to compete for Santa Clara University, the Broncos announced Friday. 

Pat Spencer scores career-high 34 points, leads Santa Cruz past Salt Lake City in G League action | Local Roundup

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Golden State two-way guard Pat Spencer made four 3-pointers and scored a career-high 34 points in Santa Cruz’s 128-118 win over Salt Lake City in NBA G League action at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Saturday night.

Locals celebrate flag football’s massive growth with first All-Star game

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The inaugural Central Coast Flag Football All-Star Game, presented by the Reggie Stephens and Gino Panelli foundations, takes place at Santa Cruz High on Sunday at 2 p.m.

Cardinals girls survive Aptos in overtime | Local Roundup

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Karolina Espinosa made two free throws in the final 9.1 seconds, and Santa Cruz High’s girls basketball team edged host Aptos 58-56 in overtime in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Thursday.

Seahawks top Mission, face San Jose City for sole possession of division lead next | Local Roundup

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Freshman forward Gabby Brooks made two 3-pointers and scored a game-high 22 points, and the Cabrillo College women’s basketball team beat Mission 63-56 in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game in Aptos on Wednesday.

Scotts Valley girls hoopsters hand SC first league loss since 2022 | Local Roundup

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Junior guard Brooklyn Williams scored a team-high 13 points, and the Scotts Valley HIgh’s girls basketball team beat two-time defending champion Santa Cruz 46-40 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.

Four county wrestlers win tournament titles | Local Roundup

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Aptos High sophomore wrestler Dominic Cabot, senior teammate Lucas Zuniga, and San Lorenzo Valley senior Grady Cloyd took first place in their respective weight classes at the 60th Overfelt Classic in San Jose on Saturday. … St. Francis senior Johnny Croghan took first at the 61st Jim Root Memorial in Saratoga.

Mosiah Cumberbatch, Guerande Houssin help Santa Cruz slip past Soquel in overtime | Local Roundup

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Senior guard Mosiah Cumberbatch scored a season-high 19 points, and Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team needed everyone of them to knock off relentless Soquel 58-54 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League overtime  thriller Friday night.

St. Francis’ youth-laden girls basketball team keeps rolling in PCAL’s Cypress Division | Local Roundup

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Freshmen guard Liliana Whitmeyer scored a game-high 21 points to help St. Francis High’s girls basketball team beat visiting Greenfield 67-38 and remain unbeaten in Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division play Thursday.

Aptos boys soccer begins title defense with win | Local Roundup

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Josiah Siqueiros, Ivan Zavala, and Ricardo Ortiz scored, and Aptos High’s boys soccer team earned a 3-0 win over San Lorenzo Valley in the teams’ Santa Cruz Athletic League opener in Felton on Wednesday.

Hanna Shehorn helps Scotts Valley storm past Aptos in SCCAL opener | Girls basketball roundup

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Sophomore Hanna Shehorn made two 3-pointers and scored a game-high 18 points, and Scotts Valley High’s girls basketball team knocked off host Aptos 46-28 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener Tuesday.

Nareni Carre Martinez scores twice in Cardinals’ win over PCS | Local Roundup

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Sophomore Nareni Carre Martinez scored twice for Santa Cruz High’s girls soccer team, and the Cardinals edged crosstown foe Pacific Collegiate 2-1 in the teams’ physical nonleague match Wednesday. 

Isabella Hartnett scores twice as Mariners cruise to 6-0 win over Christopher | Local Roundup

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Isabella Hartnett scored twice, and Aptos High’s girls soccer team beat Christopher 6–0 in their nonleague match in Gilroy on Tuesday.

St. Francis boys basketball team makes 21 3-pointers, produces 90-plus points for third time | Local Roundup

Robert Gomez made seven of St. Francis High’s 21 3-pointers to help the Sharks’ boys basketball team roll past King City 91-43 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division opener in Watsonville on Monday.