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CCS volleyball playoffs: Salinas begins defense of title as No. 3 seed
Salinas will begin defense of its CCS Division I volleyball title as the No. 3 seed; King City earns No. 2 seed in Division III; Carmel seeded No. 2 in Division IV
No. 4 Santa Cruz, No. 3 Scotts Valley advance to SCCAL Tournament semifinals | Local Roundup
Natalie Monroe had a stellar outing, and the No. 4 seed Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team beat No. 5 Aptos 25-14, 27-25, 22-25, 25-20 in the first round of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament on Monday.
Violet Rubin scores seven goals in Cardinals’ water polo win over Harbor | Local Roundup
Junior center Violet Rubin scored seven goals and drew two exclusions, and the Santa Cruz High girls water polo team emptied its bench in a 21-9 win over Harbor in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match on Thursday night.
Clipboard: Jensen sets a career high for appearances for Twins Triple A team
Former Salinas High pitcher Ryan Jensen appeared in a career high 44 games this past season for the Minnesota Twins Triple A team in St. Paul
County athletes dominate special honors | All-PCAL girls lacrosse
Scotts Valley High junior midfielder Sofia Niklaus was named Offensive Player of the Year in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Gabilan Division after leading a rebuilding Falcons girls lacrosse team to a surprising second-place finish behind champion Stevenson.
Watsonville’s Amelia Martinez named Mission Division Pitcher of the Year | All-PCAL softball
Watsonville High’s Amelia Martinez was named the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division Pitcher of the Year after leading the Wildcatz to the title.
St. Francis freshman Maya Calfee named MVP of Cypress Division | All-PCAL girls basketball
Nice work, “Glasses.” St. Francis High freshman guard Maya Calfee, who opts to play basketball wearing her everyday spectacles instead of sturdier, less expensive goggles, said she heard the “glasses” reference often.
No. 2 seed Aptos boys upset by No. 7 Burlingame in D-III quarterfinals | CCS basketball roundup
Junior guard Isaiah Ackerman scored a team-high 13 points, but the No. 2 Aptos High boys basketball team was upset by No. 7 Burlingame 47-43 in the Central Coast Section Division III quarterfinals on Tuesday night.
Scotts Valley boys basketball edges SLV in triple OT thriller to open SCCAL Tournament | Local Roundup
Kit Deforest’s steal and and-one basket helped the No. 4 seed Scotts Valley High boys basketball team edge No. 5 San Lorenzo Valley 70-68 in triple overtime in the first round of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament on Tuesday.
Darius Best scores 26 points, helps No. 7 Cabrillo top Gavilan | Local Roundup
Sophomore guard Darius Best scored 26 points, and the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team beat visiting Gavilan 84-73 in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Wednesday night.
Santa Cruz Warriors top Austin, push win streak to five | Local Roundup
Guard Kendric Davis made six 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 33 points to help the Santa Cruz Warriors beat the Austin Spurs 125-123 at H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas, on Thursday night.
Local trio earns first-team honors | All-PCAL Girls Volleyball
Three local high school girls volleyball players, Watsonville’s Daisy Cornejo, Pacific Collegiate’s Jade Hausmann, and Pajaro Valley’s Kalia Maravilla, were honored as all-Pacific Coast Athletic League first-team selections.
Harbor girls volleyball takes second at Rumble at the Rock in Morro Bay | Local Roundup
Harbor High’s girls volleyball team went 6-2 to place second at the Rumble at the Rock Tournament in Morro Bay on Saturday.
MVC trio named first-team all-Cypress Division | All-PCAL softball
Monte Vista Christian School had three softball players named to the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s all-Cypress Division first team following its wildly successful season.
County players sweep special honors | All-PCAL girls lacrosse
Santa Cruz County girls lacrosse teams earned a sweep of top individual honors during all-Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division voting.
Scotts Valley runs to pair of 4×800 relay titles at SCCAL Prelims | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High’s (Ashlyn Boothby, Diana Alivov, Ava Decleve, and Rafaela Putnam) won the 4×800-meter relay title in 9:37.34 at the SCCAL Prelims at Santa Cruz High on Wednesday. Scotts Valley (Aiden Boothby, Spencer George, Ben George, and Mason Lantz) won the boys’ 4×800-meter relay title in 8:06.75.
SC surfer Sam Coffey advanced to the quarterfinals in Barbados | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Sam Coffey advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Surf League’s Barbados Surf Pro on Thursday at Soup Bowl in Bathsheba, Barbados.
Tosh Woods paces Aptos in track meet against SLV | Local Roundup
Senior Tosh Woods took first in the 100-meter run (11.46), long jump (19 feet, 5 inches) and high jump (5-8) and Aptos High’s track and field team took first in every event Thursday in a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet against visiting San Lorenzo Valley.
MVC’s Alexa Malaspina named Mission Division’s Defensive POY | All-PCAL girls soccer
Monte Vista Christian School’s Alexa Malaspina, a junior goalie on the girls soccer team, was named Defensive Player of the Year in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division.
Watsonville’s Xitlali Montesino a first-team selection in Gabilan Division | All-PCAL girls basketball
Watsonville High girls basketball standout Xitlali Montesino was a first-team selection in the Gabilan Division, the top tier of the Pacific Coast Athletic League.
Cypress Division boys basketball leader St. Francis pushes win streak to seven games | Local Roundup
Junior Ibarra scored a team-high 14 points, and the St. Francis High’s boys basketball team beat host North Salinas 63-45 on Wednesday to remain in first place in Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division play.
Sonja Hulphers’ hat trick helps Harbor knock off SLV in SCCAL girls soccer opener | Local Roundup
Junior Sonja Hulphers produced a hat trick and Harbor High’s girls soccer team beat host San Lorenzo Valley 4-2 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener Tuesday.
Kirby’s Anna Shelton named co-MVP of Santa Lucia Division | All-PCAL girls volleyball
Kirby School girls volleyball player Anna Shelton, a 5-foot-9 senior setter/outside hitter, was named co-MVP of the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Santa Lucia Division with Greenfield senior setter Ariana Villagomez.
UCSC women’s soccer dominates in season opener | Local Roundup
The UC Santa Cruz women’s soccer team had five players score goals Thursday as it opened their season with a 5-0 rout of host Pacific Union in Angwin.
Kaylee Gooch paces Harbor girls water polo past Pioneer | Local Roundup
Senior captain Kaylee Gooch had four goals and five steals to lead Harbor High’s girls water polo team to an 8-2 win over visiting Pioneer on Tuesday.