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Kaitlin Imai helps Scotts Valley’s girls basketball team beat Mariners for first time since 2017 | Local Roundup
Senior guard Kaitlin Imai scored 19 points and Scotts Valley High’s girls basketball team beat Aptos 45-36 to snap an 11-game losing streak to the Mariners in the Falcons’ league opener Tuesday.
UCSC men’s volleyball opens season with pair of losses | Local Roundup
UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team opened its season, as well as the UC Slug Slam, with a pair of losses Friday at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday, falling 3-1 to Westcliff in the morning and 3-2 to Cal Lutheran in the evening.
Soquel boys soccer blanks SC, moves to 2-0 in SCCAL | Local Roundup
Senior Luis Carrasco had a goal and assist to help Soquel High’s boys soccer team beat host Santa Cruz 3-0 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Thursday night.
Central Coast All-Star Football Game set for Friday in Salinas | High school football
Football players from Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties will compete in the 36th annual Central Coast 2021 All-Star High School Football Game at Rabobank Stadium in Salinas on Friday at 7 p.m.
Jasmin Nguyen, Santa Cruz use injury time to hand Aptos its first loss | Girls soccer roundup
Jasmin Nguyen’s second goal off a free kick sent Santa Cruz High’s girls soccer team past previously unbeaten Aptos 3-2 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game.
St. Francis blows huge lead, edges Seaside in boys basketball | Local Roundup
Junior Ibarra scored 18 points and teammate Christian Magana added 13 points to help St. Francis High’s boys basketball team beat Seaside 58-57 on Friday night.
Cardinals pin loss on SLV in teams’ SCCAL opener | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High’s wrestling team beat SLV 36-12 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener in Santa Cruz on Wednesday night.
Cardinals eye SCCAL title repeat | Boys basketball preview
Boys’ basketball teams in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League will be seeing less of Aden Cury this season. Not the kind of “less” they’d probably prefer, though.
Aptos, Santa Cruz continue rivalry for SCCAL bragging rights | Girls basketball preview
As they dueled for league and Central Coast Section supremacy last spring, Aptos and Santa Cruz developed a compelling high school girls’ basketball rivalry.
Sports Newsmakers 2021 | Pandemic didn’t limit massive accomplishments
Santa Cruz County produced dozens of magnificent sports feats in ’21, and it’s no surprise that surfing was among the sports that dominated headlines. The following is a recap of some of the most memorable feats of the year.
Diving into the season | Boys soccer preview
The Wildcatz are back in the PCAL’s elite Gabilan Division this season with a squad that’s loaded with seniors.
Aptos’ Jazmine Castañeda, SC’s Julia Moore head county’s star power | Girls soccer preview
Now that they’re seniors, they’re well on their way to doing so again – and they’ve carried their respective girls’ soccer teams to unbeaten records in the process.
Ella Giguiere, Lauren Ambiel record double-doubles in Cabrillo’s OT win | Local Roundup
Ella Giguiere and Lauren Ambiel recorded double-doubles to help the Cabrillo College women’s basketball team beat Feather River 77-72 in overtime Wednesday and snap the Seahawks’ eight-game losing streak.
Five local wrestlers advance to semifinals at Pat Lovell Holiday Classic | Local Roundup
Five athletes from Santa Cruz County went unbeaten on the opening day of the Pat Lovell Holiday Wrestling Classic at Aptos High on Tuesday.
Aptos boys basketball team suffers first loss | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s boys basketball team suffered its first loss of the season, 75-61 to Whitney of Rocklin in the Carmel Tournament semifinals on Friday.
St. Francis’ Joshua Alvarez, Santa Cruz’s Qwentin Brown awarded National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame scholarships
St. Francis High lineman Joshua Alvarez and Santa Cruz running back Qwentin Brown were chosen as National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame scholarship winners for their contributions in the classroom, community and on the football field this season.
Santa Cruz girls soccer blasts PCS in preseason finale | Local Roundup
Sam Wenger scored three goals and the Santa Cruz High girls soccer team beat Pacific Collegiate 9-1 in its nonleague finale Thursday.
Cabrillo men’s basketball stays hot despite lengthy layoff | Local Roundup
The Cabrillo College men’s basketball team — playing its first game in nearly two weeks — beat Diablo Valley 84-72 in Pleasant Hill on Wednesday night.
Christian Magana’s buzzer beater lifts Sharks basketball team | Local Roundup
Christian Magana scored a buzzer beating basket to lift St. Francis High’s boys basketball team over visiting Gilroy 43-42 on Tuesday in the teams’ nonleague game.
Harbor girls soccer pulls away from St. Francis | Local Roundup
Harbor High’s girls soccer team scored twice in the second half to secure a 3-1 nonleague win over St. Francis on Monday night in Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz’s Eli Fitchen-Young places fifth at Junior Olympic Cross Country National Championships | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High freshman Eli Fitchen-Young, representing Santa Cruz Track Club, posted a top-five finish at the USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country National Championships in Paris, Kentucky, on Saturday.
Mariners win Gilroy Tournament; Cameron Saldana named MVP | Local Roundup
Cameron Saldana had 19 points and five steals to help the Aptos High’s boys basketball team beat Lincoln 55-44 in the Bob Hagen Memorial Tournament championship at Gilroy High on Saturday.
David Ibarra’s goal helps Wildcatz earn soccer draw with Los Gatos | Local Roundup
Senior David Ibarra scored on a pass from Mateo Arias in the second half and the Watsonville High boys soccer team earned a 1-1 draw with host Los Gatos in pool play for the Homestead Christmas Cup on Thursday night.
Wildcatz’s boys basketball team wins Watsonville Tournament opener | Local Roundup
Oswaldo Hernandez scored 12 points and Brody Legions added eight points as the Watsonville High boys basketball team beat Pacific Point Christian 54-28 in the first round of the Watsonville Tournament on Wednesday.
Harbor girls soccer rallies past Stevenson | Local Roundup
Senior Camille Dayton had a goal and assist in the final 10 minutes to rally Harbor High’s girls soccer team past Stevenson 3-2 in the teams’ nonleague game in Pebble Beach on Tuesday.