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Scotts Valley girls soccer tops NMC for first win | Local Roundup
Ella Ireland, Naiya Samios and Sammy Rebbert scored goals for Scotts Valley High’s girls soccer team in a 3-0 nonleague win over visiting North Monterey High on Wednesday.
Pajaro Valley girls soccer routs Ceiba | Local Roundup
Pajaro Valley High’s girls soccer team routed Ceiba for the second time in a week, rolling to a 9-1 win in the Watsonville Tournament on Monday.
Nationally ranked UCSC women’s basketball team holds off Whitworth to stay perfect | Local Roundup
Amanda Inserra’s layup with 2:07 remaining held up as the game winning field goal, as the nationally ranked UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team held off Whitworth 58-57 to stay unbeaten Sunday at Kaiser Permanente Arena.
Harbor girls soccer holds off Watsonville in season opener | Local Roundup
Harbor High’s girls soccer team held on for a 2-1 victory over host Watsonville in the Watsonville Tournament on Saturday.
Local football players named to all-Coast Conference team | Local Roundup
Cabrillo College had four football players named first-team all-Coast Conference.
Cabrillo upsets Fresno City in NorCal Regional playoffs | Local Roundup
Playing on the road, against a higher seed wasn’t an issue for the Cabrillo College women’s volleyball team in the second round of the CCCAA Northern California Regionals on Tuesday.
Santa Cruz’s Daniel Compton wins MMA fight at Tuff-N-Uff 130 in Las Vegas | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Daniel Compton defeated Hawaii’s Alfonso Pitolo at Tuff-N-Uff 130 in the Galaxy Ballroom at Circa in Las Vegas on Saturday.
James Wiseman posts double-double in Santa Cruz’s loss to South Bay | Local Roundup
Center James Wiseman produced a double-double in his season debut for Santa Cruz on Saturday night, but the Warriors fell 111-91 to the South Bay Lakers in front of 2,488 fans at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Saturday night.
SV’s Emma Dyc-O’Neal, Sofia Niklaus reach CCS quarterfinals | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High’s tennis duo of senior Emma Dyc-O’Neal and sophomore Sofia Niklaus, the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champions, went 1-1 at the Central Coast Doubles Tournament on Tuesday at Bay Club Courtside in Los Gatos.
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.
Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays shines at U.S. Air Force Super Girl Surf Pro | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays tied for ninth place on Sunday at the World Surf League’s U.S. Air Force Super Girl Surf Pro, a Women’s Qualifying Series 3,000-point event at Jax Beach Pier in Jacksonville, Florida.
Cabrillo women’s soccer repeats as conference champ; NorCal playoffs await | Local Roundup
Jennifer Limon scored off a corner kick from Elyanna Magdaleno in the 33rd minute, and the Cabrillo College women’s soccer team edged fellow unbeaten San Francisco 1-0 to repeat as Coast Conference South Division champion Friday night.
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.
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.
Santa Cruz resident Evie Marheineke wins WCAL cross country title | Local Roundup
Archbishop Mitty sophomore Evie Marheineke, a Santa Cruz resident, won the individual title at the West Catholic Athletic League Cross Country Championships on Wednesday in Belmont.
California mother must pay $9,000 for telling daughter to hit sports opponent
The girl who threw the punch is the daughter of former NBA player Corey Benjamin, who issued an apology shortly after he saw the video of the game last year.
Aptos to celebrate late basketball coaching legend Bill Warmerdam
Friends, family and former pupils from up and down the state are expected to show up at Aptos High on Saturday to pay tribute to Bill Warmerdam, who is said to be as good a person and teacher as he was a legendary high school basketball coach.
MVC guard Paloma Ramirez commits to UC Merced | Girls basketball
Paloma Ramirez, a 5-foot-8 senior guard for Monte Vista Christian School’s basketball team, has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete for UC Merced, an NAIA program.
Watsonville baseball rallies past St. Francis | Local Roundup
Senior right-hander Jayden Cardona and sophomore right-hander Adrian Leon threw a combined three-hitter as Watsonville High’s baseball team beat visiting St. Francis in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division game Wednesday.
Harbor beach volleyball sweeps Scotts Valley, moves to 4-0 | Local Roundup
Gwen Grigsby and Maren O’Farrell beat Hannah Fleming and Morgan Lipman, 21-13, 17-21, 15-8 in the No. 1 match, and Harbor High’s beach volleyball team beat Scotts Valley 5-0 on Friday.
PCS star guard Malachi Douyon named Cypress Division MVP | All-PCAL Boys Basketball
“It’s a crying shame he’s not getting more looks,” Santa Cruz coach Lawan Milhouse said after his team hosted PCS in the regular-season finale. “He can really play. And I’m not talking about junior college. He has a significant package. He’s probably the best player in our area.”
Santa Cruz junior forward Aden Cury named MVP | All-SCCAL Boys Basketball
Santa Cruz High basketball talent Aden Cury unveiled a new-and-improved version of himself this season — the old version was also pretty darn good — and it was too much for league coaches to overlook.
Wildcatz’s Xitlali Montesino named Mission’s top defensive player | All-PCAL Girls Basketball
Watsonville High basketball player Xitlali Montesino, a junior guard/forward, was named Defensive Player of the Year in the Mission Division, the second-highest tier in the Pacific Coast Athletic League.
Kirby boys volleyball tops PCS for first time in over a decade | Local Roundup
Senior opposite Zack Stack had 12 kills, 10 digs and three aces as Kirby School’s boys volleyball team rallied for its first win over Pacific Collegiate in more than a decade, 22-25, 25-13, 27-25, 17-25, 15-9, on Tuesday night.
Scotts Valley’s Kaitlin Imai named SCCAL MVP | Girls basketball
Scotts Valley High senior Kaitlin Imai was named MVP of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League at a recent vote by league basketball coaches.