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Warriors fall to Clippers, drop to 1-1 in NBA G League | Local Roundup
Trevion Williams second double-double to open the season wasn’t enough to lead the Santa Cruz Warriors to victory on Saturday night.
Six county runners claim division titles at PCAL Cross Country Championships
Monte Vista Christian School’s James Ponzio and Watsonville’s Katelynn Ruiz won Gabilan Division titles at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cross Country Championships on Saturday. Pacific Collegiate School’s Spencer Koontz and Santa Catalina’s Heidi Green, a Santa Cruz resident, won the Mission Division titles.
Soquel completes perfect run through Mission Division, celebrates first league title since 2009 | High school football
Soquel High’s football team was heavily favored to knock off Monte Vista Christian on Friday night. The Knights left nothing for chance. It was too important a game.
Eight county teams qualify for CCS girls volleyball playoffs
Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team was awarded the No. 1 seed in Division III for the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs.
Falcons stay in playoff hunt with narrow win over MVC | High school football roundup
Scotts Valley High’s football team ran through Monte Vista Christian’s defense for a 10-play, 64-yard touchdown drive on the first series of the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division game Friday night.
Santa Cruz’s Eli Fitchen-Young a blazing quick success story | High school cross country
Eli Fitchen-Young may only be a sophomore, but he has goals and dreams that he’s chasing. His pursuit of greatness isn’t a vote of confidence for those trying to keep pace with the budding Santa Cruz High star on cross country courses throughout the greater Bay Area.
County trio sweeps podium at Bellarmine’s Terry Ward Invitational | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz County produced the top three individuals at Bellarmine’s 10-team Terry Ward Invitational in Sunnyvale on Saturday.
Scotts Valley girls tennis sweeps Harbor, stays unbeaten in SCCAL | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High’s girls tennis team won all seven matches in straight sets in a 7-0 sweep of Harbor in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Thursday.
Soquel girls water polo secures 12th straight league title | Local Roundup
Senior Quinn Healy scored six goals and junior teammate Leah Murphy scored five goals, as the Soquel High girls water polo team beat host Aptos 21-4 and secured no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League regular-season title Wednesday.
UCSC women’s soccer rallies for win over Redlands | Local Roundup
Angela Bradbury scored on a pass from Julia Hernandez in the 89th minute, and the UC Santa Cruz women’s soccer team rallied past visiting Redlands 2-1 at Lower East Field on Saturday.
Aptos thumps Alvarez, sets stage for battle against unbeaten Salinas | High school football roundup
Aptos High’s football team beat Alvarez 54-24 to set the stage for its anticipated Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division showdown with Salinas by surpassing 50-plus points for the third straight game Friday night.
Santa Cruz falls on road to unbeaten Salinas | High school football roundup
Myles Reber scored on a long pass from Dominic Lopezzi but Santa Cruz High’s football team suffered a 55-7 league loss to host Salinas at The Pit on Friday night.
Scotts Valley tops SC in SCCAL cross country meet | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High cross country runner Eli Fitchen-Young finished the 2.08-mile course at UC Santa Cruz with a time of 11:06 but Scotts Valley won the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet 23-32 on Thursday.
Pajaro Valley football team beats SLV, records first shutout since 2017 | Local Roundup
Pajaro Valley High’s football team turned in a solid all-around effort and beat San Lorenzo Valley 26-0 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division opener Saturday in Watsonville.
St. Francis completes perfect run through Watsonville foes | High school football roundup
Watsonville High’s football team celebrated homecoming on Thursday night, but it was St. Francis’ players who crowned themselves kings of Watsonville — not just the school, the entire city.
Local runners dominate at Jackie Henderson Memorial in Castroville | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High sophomore Eli Fitchen-Young produced his third win on the young season, this time at the Jackie Henderson Memorial at North Monterey County on Saturday.
MVC knocks off Santa Cruz | High school football roundup
Monte Vista Christian School’s football team beat visiting Santa Cruz 43-28 in its nonleague finale Friday night.
Santa Cruz boys run to perfect score at Soquel | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High posted a perfect score of 15 in its Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet win over host Soquel (48) and Harbor (76) on Thursday.
Sophomore Holly Rejfir paces Harbor volleyball past Scotts Valley | Local Roundup
Sophomore outside hitter Holly Rejfir had 17 kills, and Harbor High’s girls volleyball team defeated host Scotts Valley 25-15, 26-28, 25-22, 25-15 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday night.
MVC girls volleyball team sweeps crosstown foe Watsonville
Hard serves that no one could touch. Hard serves that were shanked. And mix in some big blasts from the middle.
St. Francis, MVC rally for wins in nonleague thrillers | High school football roundup
Diego Wolfe ran for a pair of touchdowns, and St. Francis High’s football team beat host Greenfield 14-10 in the teams’ nonleague game Thursday night to move to 3-0.
Soquel QB Cole Johnson hopes to win Stump, follow grandpa’s path | High school football
Ken Caldwell, a 1959 Santa Cruz High alum and record-setting starting quarterback for the Cardinals, will be in attendance when his alma mater takes on host Soquel in another physical and passionately played edition of The Stump rivalry game Friday night.
Unmasking the favorites for league titles | 2022 Girls volleyball preview
Setter Kayla Rhee-Pizano and outside hitter Jessie Dueck return for Soquel High’s girls volleyball team, the defending Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion. But 2021 runner-up Santa Cruz will again provide fierce competition.
Soquel produces winning TD with 5 seconds left, beats Hillsdale | High school football roundup
Soquel High quarterback Cole Johnson passed for 145 yards and three touchdowns — the last coming with 5 seconds remaining — as the Knights did all their scoring in the second half and rallied for a 27-21 nonleague win over host Hillsdale on Friday night.
Mustangs have big goals with new head coach | Girls volleyball
When Monte Vista Christian School girls volleyball program had an opening for its head coaching position in the offseason, Mustangs junior setter Avery Coleman had a good idea who she’d like to see at the helm: Natalie Picone, her coach at Main Beach Volleyball Club, also the head coach at Mount Madonna School.