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Athletes represent county well on eventful track and field weekend | Local Roundup
A pair of senior track and field talents, Scotts Valley High’s Ashlyn Boothby and Soquel’s Jonelle Scott, earned top-three finishes at the Stanford Invitational on Saturday.
Santa Cruz Warriors beat NBA G League Ignite, move to 3-0 | Local Roundup
Forward Gui Santos and two-way guard Lester Quinones paced Santa Cruz to a 121-112 win over NBA G League Ignite, 121-112, on Friday night as the Warriors improved to 3-0 at Kaiser Permanente Arena in front of a sold-out crowd.
Locals make it look easy at CCS Cross Country Championships
Scotts Valley High senior Ashlyn Boothby earned her third straight individual Division IV title and the Falcons won their third straight team title at the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships in Belmont on Saturday.
Madalyn Price, Sae Ackerstein shine at International Surf Rescue Challenge in Texas | Local Roundup
Madalyn ‘Munchie’ Price (Capitola) and Sae Ackerstein (Santa Cruz City), competing for Team USA, turned in stellar performances at the week-long International Surf Rescue Challenge in South Padre Island, Texas, which ended Saturday.
MVC girls lacrosse holds head high after loss in its CCS debut
Menlo-Atherton High’s girls lacrosse team took its lumps in finishing tied for fifth place in the West Bay Athletic League, the toughest league in the Central Coast Section.
Scotts Valley, MVC seeded for CCS girls lacrosse playoffs | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High’s unbeaten girls lacrosse team received the No. 3 seed in the Central Coast Section playoffs, and Monte Vista Christian qualified as the No. 9 seed.
Soquel seniors Tenaya Winter, Matthew Elliot qualify for CIF State meet | CCS Swimming Championships
Swim fast and achieve your goals. The reward for Soquel High senior swim stars Tenaya Winter and Matthew Elliot is a weekend in Clovis for the CIF State Swimming Championships and missing Friday’s Soquel prom. But competing in “state” is every swimmer’s goal.
Aptos girls seeded No. 1 for first time since 2001 | CCS soccer
Aptos High’s girls soccer team earned its first No. 1 seed in the Central Coast Section playoffs since 2001 on Thursday at the seeding meeting. Now, the Mariners will attempt to make that seed hold up.
Scotts Valley’s boys basketball team advances to final at Watsonville Tournament | Local Roundup
Tristan Roure scored 15 points, and the Scotts Valley High boys basketball team beat Alisal 54-52 in the Watsonville Tournament on Thursday.
Santa Cruz edged in OT by Menlo-Atherton; Cardinals see Dad’s Club title streak end at six | Boys basketball
Santa Cruz High’s dominance at the Dad’s Club Basketball Tournament came to end Saturday night.
Defense lifts Santa Cruz into Dad’s Club final | Boys basketball
In the opening minute of the Dad’s Club Tournament semifinals on Friday night, Santa Cruz High guard Mosiah Cumberbatch nearly stole the basketball from a Leigh player, but knocked it out of bounds in the process.
Soquel drops Dad’s Club opener to Pioneer | Boys basketball
Soquel High’s boys basketball team is playing for now and the future, and that takes some of the sting off results like the one it endured Thursday in its Dad’s Club Tournament opener.
Cabrillo soccer teams seeded for NorCal Regional playoffs | Local Roundup
The Cabrillo College women’s soccer team (13-5-1), the Coast Conference’s South Division champion, received the No. 8 seed for the CCCAA NorCal Regional playoffs.
Ashlyn Boothby, Scotts Valley repeat in D-IV; SC’s Evie Marheineke posts second-fastest time for PR | CCS Girls Cross Country Championships
Scotts Valley High junior Ashlyn Boothby had some company in the final leg of her title repeat at the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships on Saturday at Crystal Springs’ 2.95-mile course. She saw some deer during her runaway win.
Golden State assigns Patrick Baldwin Jr., Ryan Rollins to Santa Cruz | Local Roundup
The 2022 NBA champion Golden State Warriors assigned forward Patrick Baldwin Jr. and guard Ryan Rollins to the team’s G League affiliate, the Santa Cruz Warriors.
Scotts Valley’s Kain wins two of county’s five titles | CCS Track and Field Championships
The first part of the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships looked like a Santa Cruz County showcase. Winner from Soquel. Winner from Aptos. Winner from Scotts Valley. Another winner from Scotts Valley.
Santa Cruz, St. Francis and MVC advance to semifinals | CCS baseball roundup
Johann Brooks doubled home Langston Burkett, who reached on a double, for the go-ahead run in the fifth inning, and Santa Cruz High’s baseball team made it hold up to beat Menlo-Atherton 3-2 in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division III semifinals Saturday.
Six Santa Cruz County baseball teams qualify for CCS playoffs
Six Santa Cruz County high school baseball teams qualified for the Central Coast Section playoffs, it was revealed at Wednesday’s seeding meeting.
Aptos baseball slips past Harbor in 10 innings to reach SCCAL Tournament final | Local Roundup
James Craig’s RBI single to left field scored pinch runner Nick Forbes from third base in the 10th inning, giving Aptos High’s baseball team a 5-4 walk-off win over Harbor in the SCCAL Tournament semifinals on Wednesday.
Cabrillo baseball gets three players named first-team all-conference | Local Roundup
Cabrillo College’s baseball team had three players receive all-Coast Conference South Division first-team honors: starting pitcher David Eichhorn, infielder Kinsal Plunkett and outfielder Dominic Giuffre.
SC’s Tallia Harper falls in CCS quarterfinals | Girls tennis
Santa Cruz High senior Tallia Harper, the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s four time singles champion, went 1-1 at the Central Coast Section Singles Championship at Bay Club Courtside on Monday.
Aubree Westjohn’s goal brings Cabrillo women’s soccer an upset, share of conference title | Local Roundup
Aubree Westjohn’s game winning goal helped the Cabrillo College women’s soccer team upset host San Francisco, the state’s No. 9 ranked team, 1-0 on Tuesday. The win helped the Seahawks, playing their regular-season finale, earn a share of the Coast Conference South Division title in the Rams.
Ciara Cantlen’s 30 kills pace Soquel past Menlo-Atherton in NorCal D-III playoffs opener | Girls volleyball
The Menlo-Atherton High girls volleyball team had been road warriors recently, hitting the highway for four straight wins to capture the Central Coast Section Division I title. But the travelers found the end of the road Tuesday night in Soquel.
Soquel boys water polo dumps Stevenson | Local Roundup
Nick Graessle scored a season-high nine goals and Soquel High’s water polo team bet Stevenson 18-7 on Saturday to rebound from a loss to Menlo-Atherton on Friday.