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It’s anyone’s game in the Mission North Division | KICKOFF 2026
For the most part, the gang’s back together.
County’s high school football teams prepare for ’26 campaign with scrimmages this weekend
All 10 high school football teams from Santa Cruz County will see their first live action, full pads, against real opponents during scrimmages this weekend.
High School football tour: Day 11: Alvarez
Having had 12 touchdowns called back last year because of penalties, discipline has been preached in practice at Alvarez
High School football tour, Day 2: Soledad
Closing last season by winning three of its final four games, Soledad will look to take that momentum into this fall.
Aptos swimmer Jessa Melcer breaks 50 free record, earns three medals at Special Olympics | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz swimmer Jessa Melcer earned three medals, including two golds, and broke an event record at the Special Olympics USA Games Minnesota 2026, held in Minneapolis from June 20 through Friday.
High School baseball player of the year: Maxon leaves lasting imprint on Carmel program
Stanford bound pitcher Matt Maxon showed off his bat this past spring in breaking the Carmel single-season school record for home runs
St. Francis’ Nicky Fantl, Noah Magana earn first-team honors in Gabilan Division | 2026 All-PCAL baseball
St. Francis High baseball talents Nicky Fantl and Noah Magana were named to the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s All-Gabilan Division first team during all-league voting.
PV’s Hemeria Delatorre, St. Francis’ Neveah Padilla receive special honors | 2026 All-PCAL softball
Pajaro Valley High junior pitcher/corner infielder Hemeria Delatorre works out regularly, twice over. She works on her hitting during and after the Grizzlies’ practices in the offseason, too. And, she also hits the weights at the gym.
Monterey grad Calhoun named head football coach at Mission Prep
Former Monterey linebacker and Marina head football coach Vernon Calhoun was named the new coach at Mission College Prep in San Luis Obispo.
Soquel stuns No. 11 state-ranked Saint Francis 1-0 in D-I semifinals | CCS baseball roundup
A dozen shirtless fans in Saint Francis High’s student section waved their tees wildly above their heads and cheered at the top of their lungs, all in the name of getting Soquel’s Luke Shoemaker off his game.
County’s baseball teams go 5 for 5 in CCS quarterfinals
Pitchers Cole McGillicuddy and Jacob Kissinger threw a combined four-hitter, and the No. 5 seed Aptos High baseball team slipped past No. 4 Sacred Heart Prep 3-1 in the Central Coast Section Division III quarterfinals on Saturday.
CCS playoff roundup: Seven county teams extend postseason run
Carmel, Palma, Pacific Grove all advance into the CCS baseball semifinals; North County, Pacific Grove, Alisal and Monterey reach softball semifinals
Five county baseball teams make CCS playoffs
Five Santa Cruz County high school baseball teams — Soquel, Aptos, Harbor, Santa Cruz, and St. Francis — qualified for the 2026 Central Coast Section playoffs.
Six local girls, four boys advance from CCS Track and Field semifinals
Scotts Valley High senior Ava Decleve and Aptos senior Ella Boyes advanced in two individual events from the Central Coast Section Track and Field Semifinals at Gilroy High on Saturday.
Soquel’s Connor Corlett commits to D-III Whitman for baseball | Local Roundup
Soquel High senior pitcher Connor Corlett, the 2025-26 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League boys basketball MVP, has committed to play baseball at NCAA Division III Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.
Mount Madonna boys volleyball pulls off reverse sweep, makes CCS D-II quarterfinals | Local Roundup
The No. 4 seed Mount Madonna School boys volleyball team pulled off a thrilling reverse sweep, 27-29, 20-25, 25-12, 25-22, 15-12, to oust No. 13 University Prep of San Jose in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs in Watsonville on Monday.
Locals earn six event wins at PCAL Masters Meet | High school track and field
Monte Vista Christian School sophomore Anna Conca took first place in two running events on her home oval at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Masters Track and Field Meet in Watsonville on Friday.
Santa Cruz’s Haisley Flanagan, Leela Whiting and MVC’s Mayla Spahn, Jessie Ingram win beach volleyball titles | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High’s Haisley Flanagan and Leela Whiting took first place in the Mark Brewer Memorial Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Pairs Beach Volleyball Tournament ‘A’ Final at Main Beach on Friday.
High School golf: Stevenson makes a statement at the CCS Regionals
Behind morning medalist Zachary Hawkins, Stevenson grabs the first four spots at the CCS Golf Regionals at Laguna Seca
GBA all-star basketball game rosters
GBA all-star boys and girls basketball game rosters
Mount Madonna, SLV’s boys volleyball teams advance to semifinals in SCCAL Tournament | Local Roundup
Nikowa D’Costa Hemp made 24 kills, and the No. 3 seed Mount Madonna School boys volleyball team earned a 25-22, 25-17, 25-18 sweep of No. 6 Soquel in the first round of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament in Watsonville on Monday night.
MVC girls earn top spot at PCAL Mission Division Championships | High school track and field roundup
Monte Vista Christian School sophomore Anna Conca was victorious in the four events, three individual and one relay, to help the Mustangs’ girls track and field squad win the team title at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division Championships at Watsonville High on Friday.
High School track and field: Hollister holds off Palma for boys and girls team titles
Hollister sweeps the Gabilan Division track finals; Pacific Grove wins the Mission Division boys; North Salinas the Cypress Division boys, Gonzales the Santa Lucia Division boys, and Rancho San Juan the Cypress girls team titles