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Soquel earns sweep of SCCAL Tournament titles | High school water polo
Soquel High’s water polo program earned a sweep at the SCCAL Tournament finals on Saturday, with the Knights’ boys knocking off favored Santa Cruz, and the girls pulling away from host Aptos.
UCSC men, women win conference cross country titles | Local Roundup
The UC Santa Cruz men’s and women’s cross country teams won titles at the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday.
Soquel dominates Salinas in The Pit, earns no worse than a share of Gabilan Division title | High school football roundup
Soquel’s High’s football team earned one of the program’s all-time great wins Friday, and they made it look rather easy despite facing one of the top program’s in the Central Coast Section.
Harbor earns No. 1 seed in D-IV; eight county teams make playoffs | CCS girls volleyball
Harbor High’s girls volleyball team received the No. 1 seed in Division IV, and eight teams from Santa Cruz County were seeded in the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs.
CCS volleyball pairings
Pacific Coast Athletic League teams in the CCS volleyball playoffs
Game of the week: Salinas, Soquel in showdown of Gabilan Division unbeatens
Salinas and Soquel will go into their Gabilan Division showdown each riding six game winning streaks
Aptos, Soquel girls water polo teams to square off in SCCAL Tournament final | Local Roundup
The No. 3 seed Aptos High girls water polo team edged No. 2 Santa Cruz 5-4 in the SCCAL Tournament semifinals at Soquel High on Wednesday.
Harbor sweeps SV, repeats as SCCAL Tournament champ | Girls volleyball
Harbor High’s girls volleyball team was perfect in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action last season. It was so rewarding, the veteran Pirates were intent on accomplishing the feat again.
Pajaro Valley girls volleyball team wins PCAL’s Santa Lucia Division with perfect record | Local Roundup
Junior Olivia Contreras had eight kills, three aces, and three digs, and the Pajaro Valley High girls volleyball team closed Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division play with a perfect record Tuesday.
Scotts Valley senior Maisey Chard wins SCCAL Girls Golf Championship
Scotts Valley High senior Maisey Chard shot her best round at DeLaveaga Golf Course on Tuesday, a 13-over-par 82, to win medalist honors at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Girls Golf Championship.
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.
Soquel girls water polo takes ninth at NorCal Invitational | Local Roundup
Soquel High’s girls water polo team went 3-1 and took ninth place at the prestigious, two-day NorCal Invitational, which was hosted Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton and concluded Saturday.
Jordan Renteria scores twice, makes two takeaways as SLV moves to 8-0 with shutout of Santa Cruz | High school football roundup
Jordan Renteria had two touchdown receptions on offense and made two takeaways on defense, and the San Lorenzo Valley High football team remained unbeaten with its 41-0 win over Santa Cruz on Saturday.
Eli Fitchen-Young sets course record in Cardinals’ race at UCSC | Local Roundup
Senior Eli Fitchen-Young broke Santa Cruz High’s 16-year-old course record at UC Santa Cruz and led the Cardinals to a 15-50 win over Harbor, 15-50, on Thursday. Mount Madonna had an incomplete squad in the tri-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet.
Santa Cruz distance runner Evie Marheineke commits to UCLA
Santa Cruz’s Evie Marheineke, one of the top distance runners in Archbishop Mitty High history, will extend her academic and athletic careers at UCLA.
Santa Cruz Warriors trade for returning player rights to forwards Kevin Knox II, Aaron Wheeler | Local Roundup
The Santa Cruz Warriors, the NBA G League affiliate of the Golden State Warriors, acquired the returning player rights to 6-foot-7 forward Kevin Knox II and 6-9 forward Aaron Wheeler in a three-team trade with the Rip City Remix and Westchester Knicks on Wednesday.
Lauren Ohlsson wins medalist honors as Scotts Valley girls golf team goes 10-0 in SCCAL | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High’s Lauren Ohlsson earned medalist honors, and the Falcons’ girls golf team beat Soquel 138-161 to finish 10-0 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League on Tuesday.
UCSC men’s swim team wins Slug Shootout | Local Roundup
UC Santa Cruz’s Asher Kates took first in two events on Saturday, and the Banana Slugs’ men’s swim and dive team took first place with 908 points at the 2024 Slug Shootout.
Friday football roundup: Maturino throws four touchdowns in return, Salinas’ routs Aptos
Salinas erupts for 56 points in win over Aptos; goal line stand enables Alisal to beat St. Francis
Santa Cruz tops Marina in shootout, snaps 19-game losing streak | High school football roundup
The roar from Santa Cruz High’s football players and fans could be heard blocks away.
Santa Cruz boys, Soquel girls lock up water polo titles | Local Roundup
Senior Pa’ kalani Vaka-Saxton had six goals and one steal, and Santa Cruz High’s boys water polo team beat Soquel 13-10 to lock up the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title on Thursday.
Game of the week: North County wants to prove it’s a contender
North County finds itself in a foreign situation on Friday when it hosts Seaside — undefeated in league play
Three matches go to third-set tiebreakers as Aptos girls tennis knocks off Scotts Valley | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s girls tennis team won three singles matches and two doubles matches to secure a 5-2 win over Scotts Valley in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match on Tuesday.
Preps of the Week
The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
MLB pitcher Jared Koenig recognized for stellar 2024 season | Local Roundup
Left-handed pitcher Jared Koenig, an Aptos High alum, was among the Milwaukee Brewers recognized for their efforts in 2024 by a panel from the Milwaukee Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America on Monday.